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Zoek op fietsen: Fietsen en milieu

This briefing focuses on the environmental problems associated with motorised transport and identifies and discusses cycling’s role as an alternative, environmentally-benign mode of transport.

Transport has been described as “one of the most polluting of all human activities”. Motorised traffic in particular is the single largest source of air pollution in urban areas (CTC, 1991). Traffic and transport’s share of global environmental pollution is increasing every year (I-ce, 2000). However, current planned measures to reduce vehicle emissions will have limited effect if car use continues to grow as expected (CTC, 1991). In the UK, The Department of Transport (1989, in CTC, 1991) predicted that between 1988 and 2025 traffic would increase by 83-142%. In this time, carbon dioxide emissions, the main cause of the greenhouse effect, could more than double (CTC, 1991). This will have a profound impact upon the environment.
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