Bicycle Infrastructure
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Project Drawdown's bicycle infrastructure solution involves building bike lanes to encourage cycling and reduce reliance on motorized road vehicles, thereby lowering the need for more car infrastructure. In 2018, bicycles accounted for 2.6% of urban passenger kilometers globally, with some countries, like the Netherlands, seeing over 30% of trips made by bike. Improved bike infrastructure, particularly separate cycling lanes and traffic-calming measures, has been shown to increase cycling and walking, providing economic benefits such as reduced health, congestion, and fuel costs. Expanding bicycle infrastructure is a cost-effective way to cut emissions and promote sustainable urban transportation.
Impact:
We assume an increase in bicycle infrastructure will drive bicycling from under 3 percent to almost 5-6 percent of urban trips globally by 2050, displacing 2.59-2.98 trillion passenger-kilometers traveled by conventional modes of transportation and avoiding 2.73-4.63 gigatons of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions. By building bike infrastructure or converting lanes rather than constructing roads, municipal governments and taxpayers can realize US$2.42-3.13 trillion in construction savings and US$5.91-8.45 trillion in lifetime net operational savings.
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