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5 ways cities can cut their oil and gas use

Promoting bike lanes can help cities reduce their emissions. Image: Unsplash/Sebastian Herrmann

Siba El-Samra
Urban Mobility Associate for Health and Road Safety, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Claudia Adriazola-Steil
Acting Director of Urban Mobility, Director of Health & Road Safety, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
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A chart showing annual global traffic fatalities under 2 degrees Celsius versus 4 degrees Celsius of warming (2000-2055)
Forecasts of the 4 degree global climate change scenario seems to estimate more global traffic fatalities than the 2 degree scenario Image: World Resources Institute/Authors

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Bike infrastructure can be an affordable commuting option Image: World Resources Institute

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