CARS AND TRUCKS ACCOUNT FOR 12% OF GLOBAL CLIMATE EMISSIONS, WHILE CLOUDING URBAN AREAS AROUND THE WORLD WITH SMOG AND TOXIC POLLUTANTS.
By supporting mass transit, carpooling, bike shares, and walkable cities, we can reduce climate emissions by up to 6% while increasing mobility and clean air in urban environments.
map source: World Roads, Esri | Visualizing the human footprint, Cooper Thomas.
DRIVE LESS, DRIVE EFFICIENTLY
bike, walk to work, or take public transit
carpool, optimize your trips
choose a fuel efficient, hybrid or electric car
improve fuel economy, don't accelerate or brake rapidly
drive between 40-60 mph
LOWERING THE SPEED LIMIT TO 50 MPH (80 KM/H) WOULD CUT TRANSPORTATION EMISSIONS BY 30%.
ON AVERAGE PEOPLE SPEND MORE THAN 15 HOURS PER WEEK IN A CAR.
“While facilitating transportation for humans, highways do the opposite for wildlife. Ecosystems suffer fragmentation; habitats and biomes that had worked in cohesion are separated. Migratory species find their progress blocked...“
