Only Seville and Barcelona have been among

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The 20 most bicycle-friendly cities in the world at some point. And according to the 2022 Bicycle Barometer, between 2019 and 2022, the number of people who use a bicycle daily or weekly to go to work or study has grown by 40%, going from 8.1 million in 2019 to more than 11 million in 2022. Along these lines, the number of bicycles in Spanish homes has also increased: 77% already have one (and urban bike models are gaining more and more ground). Infographic Source: Bicycle Barometer, 2022 The Barometer points out that citizens "positively value the expansion and improvement of public bicycle infrastructure and services in recent years", such as bike lanes, parking and public bike sharing systems.

But more efforts are needed in the short term that will be pursued in the five main strategies of the Plan . Overall, in Europe climate and energy policies are increasingly becoming one of the main drivers of change in all economic sectors, including land transport. The extension of the Community Emissions Trading Scheme to transport is the latest Cell Phone Number List proof of this. However, although the bicycle is one of the most efficient means of transport from a climate and energy point of view (especially in the case of urban areas), it has not yet received the attention it deserves in the various European climate and energy policies.  For this reason, the ECF insists “on the need to systematically include measures in this regard both in the Nationally Determined Contributions of the United Nations and in the National Energy and Climate Plans of the EU.”



he study 'Strategies for the decarbonization of land transport in Spain' by the Economics for Energy research center already warned a year ago that “the transport sector is the largest emitter of greenhouse gases in Spain”, being responsible for 40%. of nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions. According to the analysis, transportation is also a large consumer of energy (most of which comes from fossil fuels), so transforming this sector is a priority in the decarbonization strategies of the different administrations. We will see if in the coming months the actions necessary to achieve cleaner and more accessible public transport advance at the same pace as the calendar.