The E-Bike City as a radical shift toward zero-emission transport: Sustainable? Equitable? Desirable?

Lukas Ballo, Lucas Meyer de Freitas, Adrian Meister and Kay W. Axhausen

Journal of Transport Geography, 2023, vol. 111, issue C

Abstract: This think piece discusses current barriers to the rapid decarbonization of transport and ways to overcome them. Policymakers face a set of contradictory goals, leading them to ponder only incremental measures: The need to reduce carbon emissions conflicts with accessibility improvements and the resulting induced traffic. At the same time, the prevention of urban sprawl as a means of promoting sustainable mobility is fundamentally thwarted by technical advances in electric cars and autonomous driving. Unable to attract public acceptance for measures that would effectively reduce travel demand, transport policy is failing to provide convincing transition pathways toward sustainable and equitable mobility for growing urban populations.

Keywords: E-Bike City; Decarbonization; Equity; Vision; Sustainability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2023.103663

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