New Global Roadmap of Action to Guide the Future of Mobility

This new action plan and analysis tool can help connect people, increase economic opportunity and productivity, and significantly reduce greenhouse gases.

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October 29, 2019, 7:00 AM PDT

By Todd Litman


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The Sustainable Mobility for All (SuM4All) initiative just launched the Global Roadmap of Action Toward Sustainable Mobility (GRA), a tool to guide country decision-makers on “how to” achieve mobility that is efficient, accessible, safe and green.

With growing urbanization, increasing world trade and new technologies, the global mobility system is stressed. The GRA will help tackle this urgency by taking a holistic approach of sustainability and offering concrete policy solutions countries can adapt and adopt to achieve sustainable mobility. The GRA tool helps countries identify gaps, crucial steps, and appropriate policies to ensure that transport contributes to attain the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 and improve the sustainability of their transport system. According to the GRA, globally, one billion more people would be connected to education, health and jobs if we close the transport access gap in rural areas; improvements in border administration, transport and communication infrastructure could increase global GDP by up to US$2.6 trillion; and an additional 1.6 billion people would breathe cleaner air if transport pollution was halved.

“The current mobility system takes a heavy toll on our planet and leaves many people behind. In most cases, it is also expensive, inefficient, and unsafe. The GRA is the first comprehensive effort to look across the four policy goals of accessibility, efficiency, safety, and green mobility for all modes of transport with a focus on action. It serves as an important tool for policymakers to act now and turn the vision of sustainable transport into a reality,” said Nancy Vandycke, program manager of SuM4All and World Bank Lead Economist.

The GRA report is the outcome of more than 18 months of work by 55 influential organizations, 180 experts, and consultations with 50 public decision makers and 25 private corporations. Sustainable Mobility for All is an umbrella platform supported by 55 public and private organizations with a shared ambition to transform the future of mobility. For more information see the blog post: Reshaping the Policy Agenda for Sustainable Mobility, and the websites, www.sum4all.org/GRA and www.sum4all.org/online-tool

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