How to Enhance Walking and Cycling Instead of Shorter Car Trips and to Make these Modes Safer

Project

WALCYNG - How to Enhance Walking and Cycling Instead of Shorter Car Trips and to Make these Modes Safer

Funding origin:

European

STRIA Roadmaps:

Smart mobility and services (SMO)

Transport mode:

Road

Transport sectors:

Passenger transport

Active mobility

Duration:

Start date: 01/03/1996,

End date: 01/08/1997

Status: Finished

Funding details:

Overview

Background & policy context:

The growing demand for passenger and goods transport is creating congestion, safety and environmental problems in urban areas. A switch to walking and cycling offers the potential to reduce such impacts while improving health and city life.

Objectives:

The goal of the project has been to show how short car trips can be replaced by walking and cycling. This has addressed three stakeholder groups in particular:

road users, who could replace their short car trips;
employers, who could support/stimulate and benefit from a modal change by their employees;
authorities and policy-makers, who can influence modal split by changing frame conditions.

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