Biking Paradise Oslo Is Closest in Europe to No-Emission Travel
With its relatively safe roads for walkers and cyclists, Norway’s capital is doing better than 35 other cities ranked by their efforts to create pollution-free transportation
Bicycles sit near an entrance to Oslo Central Railway Station in Oslo in September 2020.
Photographer: Odin Jaeger/BloombergEurope’s cities, home to nearly three quarters of the region’s citizens, need to urgently reduce transport emissions to meet climate goals, yet none of them are on track to achieve pollution-free mobility before 2030.
That’s the finding of a new study by the Clean Cities Campaign, a coalition of non-governmental organizations, which analyzed 36 European cities on factors such as road safety for pedestrians, access to climate friendly transportation and air quality. The research found that Oslo is making the most progress on wiping out mobility emissions, followed by Amsterdam and Helsinki. Naples and Krakow had the lowest scores due, in part, to congestion. The financial hubs Paris and London ranked fifth and 12th, respectively.