London Will Be The World's First Car-Free City, According To A New Survey

11 Oct 2023 | Abstracted from TimeOut

"According to a poll of 2,000 Brits, they think the Big Smoke could be totally vehicle-less by 2050...a national survey conducted by bike subscription company Swapfiets, over half of Brits polled said that London would be the first city in the world to go car-free within the next 27 years, with bikes and e-bikes becoming our main means of transport...if e-bikes were to replace all 2.6 million registered cars in the capital, 1.5 million tonnes of CO2 could be avoided each year..."

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