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Labour investment in cycling and walking will be unprecedented, says Louise Haigh(www.theguardian.com)

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kralk@lemm.ee
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Welcome of course, but too fucking late. We’re already at 1.5°, a few bike lanes isn’t going to cut it.

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I’d say this is less about reducing CO2 and more about making cities and towns nicer places to live and helping people live healthier lives.

I have no idea what the stats on this are, but I’d guess that the amount of emissions saved in people cycling more vs using a petrol car or electric car wouldn’t actually be much compared to measures that reduce emissions from goods transport.

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Private vehicles are by far the greatest share of transport-related CO2 emissions, more than double road-based freight . You can just easily look this up.

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