A Global High Shift Cycling Scenario: The Potential for Dramatically Increasing Bicycle and E-bike Use in Cities around the World, with Estimated Energy, CO2, and Cost Impacts

This report examines the future of cycling for urban transportation and the potential contribution it could make to mobility as well as sustainability. A dramatic increase in cycling could save society US$24 trillion cumulatively between 2015 and 2050 and cut carbon dioxide emissions from urban passenger transport by nearly 11 percent in 2050. The report includes business-as-usual and high shift scenarios. In collecting data on global cycling and electric bicycle ridership, the authors found higher levels than previously reported. They also developed better estimates of recent cycling trends by region, and recalculated the impact of high bicycle use on carbon dioxide emissions and energy use.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.its.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/themes/ucdavis/pubs/download_pdf.php?id=2549
• Record URL:
  • https://merritt.cdlib.org/d/ark%3A%2F13030%2Fm5x38230/1/producer%2FUCD-ITS-RP-15-29.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  Institute for Transportation and Development Policy

  115 W 30th Street, Suite 1205
  New York, NY  United States  10001

  University of California, Davis

  Institute of Transportation Studies
  Davis, CA  United States  95616

  Union Cycliste Internationale

  ,    

  European Cyclists' Federation

  ,    

  Bicycle Product Suppliers Association

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• Authors:
  • Mason, Jacob
  • Fulton, Lew
  • 0000-0001-8292-3420
  • McDonald, Zane
• Publication Date: 2015-11-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 40p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bicycles; Bicycling; Carbon dioxide; Cost effectiveness; Energy consumption; Environmental impacts; Ridership; Urban areas
• Subject Areas: Energy; Environment; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; I15: Environment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01584227
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: CALTRANS, TRIS, ATRI, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Dec 29 2015 9:54AM