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Car Electrification and Urban Mobility: Recentring the Debate on Public Transport

  • Global
  • Electric vehicle
  • Electromobility
  • Integrated mobility
  • Urban mobility
  • Urban transport policy
Sustainable mobility

Right mode, right place, right needs

A traffic jam with clean cars remains a traffic jam.

Electric vehicles (EVs) are being touted as one-size-fits-all solution to sustainable mobility. However, electric vehicles alone cannot effectively facilitate the transition towards a more sustainable, equitable, and economical mobility system. Instead, we should recentre the debate on public transport and increase multimodal solutions to support new mobility behaviours that will ultimately decrease car dependency.

This Policy Brief was prepared by the Organising Authorities Committee.

Contents:

  • A biased vision in favour of the electrification of private cars…
  • Key principles of the sustainable mobility transition
  • What should be the focus of a mobility policy?
  • The right mode at the right place for the right needs
    • Central and high-density areas
    • Suburban and lower-density areas
    • Rural areas
  • Policy tools
  • Case studies
  • Benefits of a multimodal mobility approach
  • Outlining a global clean energy transition strategy
    • Scenario results and policy findings: How public transport and shared mobility can reduce emissions
    • A holistic approach to the energy transition
    • The right transition for the right vehicles
    • Capacity building, preparation, and management of a complex process
  • 4 key recommendations

 

6 case studies from around the world

Cape Town, South Africa
Barcelona, Spain
London, United Kingdom
Budapest, Hungary
The Netherlands
Singapore
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