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The Climate Question: How can we get more people on their bikes?

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11/07/2022 GMT

How can we get more people on their bikes?

BBC World Service - The Climate Question, How can we get more people on their bikes?

Cycling fights climate change... So how can we get more people on their bikes?

Cycling is healthy, cheap and fights climate change. So how can we get more people on their bikes?

Cycling is healthy, cheap - and as modes of transport go, they don’t come much greener.  
 
Worldwide, transport is responsible for nearly a quarter of all carbon emissions, with road transport alone accounting for 75% of that. But so far, most discussions on greening the transport sector have focussed on electrifying our cars, trucks and buses – overlooking the vital role that bicycles could play in the climate transition. In fact, experts say that we’re unlikely to meet our short-term climate goals without more people getting on their bikes. So what needs to change to make that happen? 
 
We look at what’s been done on streets of Bogota, New York and Kampala to get more people cycling across the world.  
 
Presenters Kate Lamble and Neal Razzell are joined by:  
Janette Sadik-Khan, former Transport Commissioner of New York City 
Henk Swarttouw, President of the European Cyclists Federation and World Cycling Alliance 
Amanda Ngabirano, Lecturer in Urban Mobility at Makerere University, Kampala 
Jaime Ortiz Mariño, architect and organiser of the first ciclovía event in Bogotá 
 
Producer: Zoe Gelber 
Reporter: Laura Ubate in Bogotá 
Researchers: Immie Rhodes and Louise Parry 
Series Producer: Alex Lewis 
Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith 
Sound Mix: Tom Brignell

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