TY - JOUR AB - Active travel (walking or cycling for transport) is considered the most sustainable form of personal transport. Yet its net effects on mobility-related CO2 emissions are complex and under-researched. Here we collected travel activity data in seven European cities and derived life cycle CO2 emissions across modes and purposes. Daily mobility-related life cycle CO2 emissions were 3.2 kgCO2 per person, with car travel contributing 70% and cycling 1%. Cyclists had 84% lower life cycle CO2 emissions than non-cyclists. Life cycle CO2 emissions decreased by −14% per additional cycling trip and decreased by −62% for each avoided car trip. An average person who ‘shifted travel modes’ from car to bike decreased life cycle CO2 emissions by 3.2 kgCO2/day. Promoting active travel should be a cornerstone of strategies to meet net zero carbon targets, particularly in urban areas, while also improving public health and quality of urban life. AU - Brand,C AU - Dons,E AU - Anaya-Boig,E AU - Avila-Palencia,I AU - Clark,A AU - de,Nazelle A AU - Gascon,M AU - Gaupp-Berghausen,M AU - Gerike,R AU - Gotschi,T AU - Iacorossi,F AU - Kahlmeier,S AU - Laeremans,M AU - Nieuwenhuijsen,MJ AU - Orjuela,JP AU - Racioppi,F AU - Raser,E AU - Rojas-Rueda,D AU - Standaert,A AU - Stigell,E AU - Sulikova,S AU - Wegener,S AU - Panis,LI DO - 10.1016/j.trd.2021.102764 EP - 18 PY - 2021/// SN - 1361-9209 SP - 1 TI - The climate change mitigation effects of daily active travel in cities T2 - Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2021.102764 UR - http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000638249600002&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202 UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1361920921000687?via%3Dihub UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/89042 VL - 93 ER -