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Dr Christian Brand, Senior Research Fellow and Associate Professor, shares facts on the environmental benefits of cycling in a new video for World Bicycle Day.

Why a policy approach that is not only 'innovative', but also inclusive, is needed if the transition to EVs is to accelerate and succeed.

To understand how much CO₂ can be saved by active mobility in cities, Academy WebTV travelled to Oxford and London to meet with Dr Christian Brand - Senior Research Fellow and Associate Professor at the ECI and TSU - and Dr Audrey de Nazelle - Senior Lecturer and Co-Deputy Director of the Centre of Environmental Policy at the Imperial College London.

People in cities often choose how to travel based on how long it will take. We wanted to see what would happen if everyone acted selfishly. How would that compare, we wondered, with a theoretical case in which people chose their mode to minimise travel times for society as a whole and not only for themselves. Dr Juan Pablo Orjuela explores what happens in an article for The Conversation.

Last year, the British government announced the sale of new petrol and diesel cars and vans would be banned by 2030. To achieve this, the UK needs to rapidly stimulate uptake of electric vehicles to meet the end-of-decade goal. Prof Tim Schwanen spoke to ABC NewsRadio's Thomas Oriti on ABC NewsRadio's national breakfast radio programme.