Europe’s cities are not doing enough to get their citizens onto environment-friendly transport.
Europe’s cities are not doing enough to get their citizens onto environment-friendly transport. That’s the conclusion from a new ranking assessing which of Europe’s urban areas are well placed to reduce their environmental impact.
The Clean Cities Campaign (CCC) that compiled the ranking says it should be “a wake-up call to Europe” but it is also an opportunity to improve and clean up urban mobility.
With 75% of Europe’s citizens living in cities, and urban mobility responsible for 23% of the EU’s greenhouse gas emissions from transport, the continent’s climate and clean air targets will not be met without a serious effort to reduce urban emissions.
Yet, to date it has been difficult to compare progress across cities. The CCC, a coalition of NGOs backed by T&E, has…