This document sets out and explains Greenpeace’s global vision for sustainable mobility with a focus on the transport of people and getting everyone where they need to go.
Right now, our global transport systems are not working. They are worsening the environmental crisis, and preventing people from fulfilling their basic needs and accessing opportunities. We can fight for, and win, better transport systems. Ones that enable everyone to have affordable, accessible, safe, climate-friendly, connected and socially just mobility. This should be our right and is an essential part of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and air pollution and securing a sustainable future.
These 6 concepts – accessible, affordable, safe, climate-friendly, connected and socially just – combine to create better, cleaner mobility and more freedom for everyone. The concepts reinforce each other and are interdependent – for example, if a transport system is not accessible, it cannot be socially just – and many elements cross over multiple concepts.
This vision was produced after research, consultation and interviews with experts on a variety of topics in transportation, with emphasis on a justice, equity, diversity, inclusion, and safety lens. The concepts are defined in broad terms and each will vary depending on local and regional contexts.
Despite the issues with our current transport systems, travel can be a joyful experience and can connect people to opportunities which improve their lives. We believe this offering of a positive vision will help us win a better transport system for everyone.