FACT: Electric cars will make your city more congested and worse to live in. If policy makers don't prioritise buses, trams and bikes over and above the EV transition, we're sunk.
What has been the impact of Norway’s shift to electric vehicles?
New study finds: “… BEV ownership leads to an overall increase in car trip demand in the order of 10–20%. This reflects shifts from ICEV to BEV use, but also sizeable shifts away from public transport use, cycling and walking.”
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The effect of battery-electric vehicle ownership on transport demand and substitution between modes
Transport decarbonization is a key part of moves to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions. A major component of this involves shifting private car us…