November 13, 2020 - Bicycling is the most energy-efficient mode of transportation of all, more efficient even than walking says Professor Susan Handy from the University of California, Davis.
According to a 2016 report by Handy and her colleagues, widespread adoption of cycling worldwide could reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 11 percent by 2050 – an optimistic but not unrealistic level.
Handy adds that there are many other benefits from bicycling such as better health, both physical and mental. The happiest and least-stressed commuters are those who bicycle, “… many studies, including my own study on commute quality, show this convincingly.”
Read the full report in the University of California, Davis Science and Climate here.
