Sustainable transport (or green transport) refers to any means of transport with low impact on the environment, and includes walking and cycling, transit oriented development, green vehicles, CarSharing, and building or protecting urban transport systems that are fuel-efficient, space-saving and promote healthy lifestyles.
Sustainable transport systems make a positive contribution to the environmental, social and economic sustainability of the communities they serve. Transport systems exist to provide social and economic connections, and people quickly take up the opportunities offered by increased mobility.[1] The advantages of increased mobility need to be weighed against the environmental, social and economic costs that transport systems pose.
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Sustainable mobility is addressed in the ICT work programme 2011/12 (p.81) under the following challenges/objectives:
> Challenge 6:ICT for a Low Carbon Economy
Objective ICT-2011.6.6 Low carbon multi-modal mobility and freight transport
Objective ICT-2011.6.7 Cooperative Systems for energy efficient and sustainable mobility
