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Active and Micro Mobility Modes Can Provide Cost-Effective Emission Reductions–If We Let Them

December 14, 2022/

Missoula transportation

 

What role can active and micro modes (walking, bicycling, e-bikes and their variants) play in reducing emissions? Far more than most current emission reduction plans will achieve. We can do better!

This study finds that most transportation emission reduction plans are biased in ways that tend to exaggerate electric vehicle benefits and undervalue active modes. They assume that active modes can provide only tiny emission reductions, and they overlook the co-benefits that result when travelers drive less and rely more on non-auto modes. This results in underinvestment in active modes compared with what is optimal.


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