Assessing the potential for carbon emissions savings from replacing short car trips with walking and cycling using a mixed GPS-travel diary approach

Andre Neves and Christian Brand

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 2019, vol. 123, issue C, 130-146

Abstract: There is a growing recognition of the role that walking and cycling can make in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by substituting motorized travel, particularly on short trips. However, there is a lack of evidence at the micro level on the realistic, empirically derived potential of walking and cycling to displace motorized travel and thus reduce GHG emissions. The aim of this study was to investigate the potential for GHG emissions savings from replacing short car trips with walking and cycling and the extent to which high quality infrastructure for walking and cycling may influence day-to-day travel decisions, change the spatial and temporal nature of local journeys and impact on overall GHG emissions from motorised travel.

Keywords: Walking and cycling; Active travel; CO2e; Short car trips; Spatial analysis; GPS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2018.08.022

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