Active Mobility
So, what is an Active Mobility?
Active Mobility is a mode of transportation for people (and goods) that only uses physical activity of the human being for locomotion; i.e. walking and cycling as modes of transport.
Active Mobility is about activating ourselves daily and strive for healthier, more connected and safer cities.
Active MOBILITY Action plan
WHY is Active Mobility important in your municipality?
- According to the European Commission, “[cycling] has enormous potential when we acknowledge that almost half of all car trips in cities are of less than five kilometres” (DG MOVE).
- Cycling produces global benefits of 150 billion euros per year – more than 90 billion euros are positive externalities for the environment, public health and mobility as opposed to 800 billion euros in negative externalities generated by motorized transport (more info).
- Employees that cycle to work have an average 1.3 less days of sick leave, 5-billion-euro value – equivalent to direct and indirect cost of sickness absence to the Austrian economy.
- Cycling saves emissions of more than 16 million tons of CO2 equivalent per year in the EU – this corresponds to the annual emissions of a country like Croatia, with savings of 600 million euros.
- The value of congestion easing through cycling for the EU can be estimated at 6.8 bn EUR per year.
- Cargo bikes have the potential to replace 25% commercial deliveries in cities, and 77% of private logistics trips
- Cycling prevents 18 110 premature deaths per year in the EU – 52 billion euro in value – equivalent to the public health spending of Spain.
- In the EU28, shoppers that travel by bike, account for consumption volume of 111 billion euros. Doubling the cycling share in the EU would generate an additional 27 billion euros for local retailers (more info).
- Walking & Cycling increases accessibility, not only to employment, but also to places of social and cultural exchange. Walking is the most inexpensive mode of transport. Bicycle ownership only amounts to 5% of car ownership costs. By providing a cheap transport option, active mobility can help to make jobs and participation in social life better accessible to disadvantaged population groups.
- The potential of walking and cycling to reduce congestion is enormous – One million daily journeys could be walked in less than 10 minutes (London, UK) -. 8.17 million daily journeys made by motorised modes could be cycled in less than 20 minutes (London, UK)
- The bicycle is very space-efficient: For 1 hour, 7 times more bikes than cars can cross a 3.5m-wide space in an urban environment.
- The place that is needed for a single car-parking spot can fit up to 15 bicycles.
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