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Reaching Net Zero: The role of active travel

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Organisation:
Sustrans

Media type:
Other evidence/studies

Topic:
Climate & Environment

Setting:
Community, Families / residential, Individuals, Town centres / Urban, Countryside / Rural

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A new report from Sustrans has shown that walking, wheeling and cycling could cut around a quarter of car emissions in Scotland.
Sustrans carried out modelling work using the Transport and Travel in Scotland 2019 results from the Scottish Household Survey .

Key statistics

23-28%
the carbon emissions savings that could be made if every journey under three miles in Scotland in 2019 was made by active travel
Findings inlcuded that if every journey under three miles in Scotland in 2019 was made by active travel, this would save around a quarter (23-28%) of carbon emissions from cars, if 40% of car journeys under three miles were made by active travel would have reduced emissions from cars by nearly 10%.
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