Shared and zero-emissions transport can be a shortcut to reducing emissions and pollution from road transport. The Clean Cities Campaign (CCC) has ranked 42 European cities on their efforts to introduce shared and zero-emission transport options. The report looks at how well cities are doing on a range of indicators, which are: shared bikes and e-scooters, shared electric cars, zero-emission buses and public electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure.
The two main findings of the report are that:
A strong offer of shared bikes, scooters and EVs can unlock the full potential for an alternative urban mobility system, by making it easier and more convenient for people to ditch private cars. This is particularly true when such services are available throughout the city, including in more car-dependent areas underserved by public transport, and well connected to a reliable public transport network.
Shared and electric transport/mobility services are often much simpler, cheaper and quicker to implement than rolling out major infrastructure projects (such as building an underground rail service), making it a more affordable option for under-resourced cities to kickstart their transition to zero-emission mobility.
The top performing cities were Copenhagen and Oslo and the worst performers included Manchester and Dublin at the bottom of the table.
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