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The authors are calling on national and local governments to set targets for the proportion of trips made on foot, by bicycle and by public transport, including national targets of:
- Doubling the proportion of trips walked to 25 per cent by 2050.
- Doubling the proportion of cycling trips in each of the next decades, with the ultimate goal of 15 per cent of all trips being on bicycles by 2050.
- Increasing the proportion of all trips by public transport to 15 per cent by 2050.
The report's authors further recommend:
- The government develop a national promotion and education campaign to persuade people to walk or cycle to schools and work-places
- That investment is made in liveable cities and creating urban environments designed for people, rather than cars
- That new regulations are introduced to make walking and cycling safer
The report prominently cites health concerns as a key reason to not drive, because people need to exercise more. Is it a tacit acknowledgement of electric vehicles' (EVs) imminent takeover of global car fleets?
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(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Tuesday April 30 2019, @05:19AM (1 child)
No, but switching to EVs rather takes the "Save the Earth" reason out of the balance when arguing for cycling instead of driving. Usually climate change has been the whole of the argument for dropping cars and biking instead, so this article was unusual to mention "lack of exercise kills!"
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 30 2019, @09:50AM
As with lots of other things in the capitalist world, electric cars are simply a way to hide the problem. You get to keep part of the transmission and the engine in the car. But the power source is now miles away where you don't see it. Of course most of the electricity in the world is made by burning coal, so there you have it, electric cars are really coal powered cars. But you get to feel good about it.