Urban Cycling Mobility in the European Green Deal
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Urban Cycling Mobility in the European Green Deal. / Monti, Alessandro.
In: Journal for European Environmental and Planning Law, Vol. 19, No. 1-2, 2022, p. 55-73.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Urban Cycling Mobility in the European Green Deal
AU - Monti, Alessandro
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2022
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - The European Green Deal aims at achieving a 90% reduction in transport emissions by 2050. To this end, it sets forth a Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy, providing a roadmap for the reduction of transport-related emissions. Investments in alternative fuels, electric cars and the renewal of public transport fleets rank high on the agenda. On the contrary, comparatively less attention is devoted to the promotion of cycling mobility, despite the well-demonstrated benefits of increasing the cyclability of urban areas. Such benefits encompass, on one hand, substantial environmental improvements that would arise from the replacement of motorized transport with human-powered forms of mobility, in terms of both ghg emissions reduction and air quality improvement. On the other hand, investing in cycling mobility also has important health and social co-benefits, for instance in terms of prevention of cardiovascular diseases and economic affordability. Against this background, this paper examines whether, and how, the policy framework laid out in the European Green Deal can drive the growth of cycling mobility in European cities. The paper is structured as follows. First, it introduces the concept of cycling mobility, focusing in particular on its environmental and economic benefits. Then, it turns to an analysis of cycling mobility policies in the EU law, with special focus on the European Green Deal. Lastly, it explores how the EU normative framework can be strengthened in order to enhance the promotion of urban cycling mobility. 2022
AB - The European Green Deal aims at achieving a 90% reduction in transport emissions by 2050. To this end, it sets forth a Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy, providing a roadmap for the reduction of transport-related emissions. Investments in alternative fuels, electric cars and the renewal of public transport fleets rank high on the agenda. On the contrary, comparatively less attention is devoted to the promotion of cycling mobility, despite the well-demonstrated benefits of increasing the cyclability of urban areas. Such benefits encompass, on one hand, substantial environmental improvements that would arise from the replacement of motorized transport with human-powered forms of mobility, in terms of both ghg emissions reduction and air quality improvement. On the other hand, investing in cycling mobility also has important health and social co-benefits, for instance in terms of prevention of cardiovascular diseases and economic affordability. Against this background, this paper examines whether, and how, the policy framework laid out in the European Green Deal can drive the growth of cycling mobility in European cities. The paper is structured as follows. First, it introduces the concept of cycling mobility, focusing in particular on its environmental and economic benefits. Then, it turns to an analysis of cycling mobility policies in the EU law, with special focus on the European Green Deal. Lastly, it explores how the EU normative framework can be strengthened in order to enhance the promotion of urban cycling mobility. 2022
KW - active mobility
KW - bicycles
KW - cycling
KW - European Green Deal
KW - Recovery and Resilience Facility
KW - sustainable mobility
KW - urban mobility
U2 - 10.1163/18760104-19010005
DO - 10.1163/18760104-19010005
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85129146348
VL - 19
SP - 55
EP - 73
JO - Journal for European Environmental and Planning Law
JF - Journal for European Environmental and Planning Law
SN - 1613-7272
IS - 1-2
ER -
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