Study: The transportation goal is impossible to reach without reduced car travel
The Swedish parliament’s goal to reduce emissions from passenger cars by 70 percent from 2010 to 2030 will be unreachable unless the amount of passenger cars and their use is decreased, according to a newly published study by KTH researchers Mattias Höjer, Jonas Åkerman and Hampus Berg Mårtensson.
Car travel needs to decrease, and the car fleet needs to shrink. These are conclusions drawn from a study on greenhouse gas emissions from car travel in Sweden. According to the study, these actions are a prerequisite for achieving the Swedish parliament's goal of reducing emissions from passenger cars by 70 percent by 2030.
The authors of the study, KTH researchers Mattias Höjer, Jonas Åkerman, and Hampus Berg Mårtensson, have written an opinion piece based on their findings. In it, they discuss what needs to be done and also present suggestions for the Swedish government to consider: Car travel should decrease by more than 20 percent per capita by 2030, compared to 2018. These changes should primarily occur in cities, where alternatives such as collective travel are more accessible. Furthermore, there is a need för a rapid transition to electrification, along with a reduction in the sale of new cars and a significant increase in the dismantling of fossil-fueled cars.
Read the opinon piece on aktuellhallbarhet.se (In Swedish): Transportmålet omöjligt att nå utan minskat bilresande