Between 2013 and 2019, the city of Chennai, India designed and built footpaths on more than 100 kilometers of streets. Using data collected in 2019, ITDP’s studies found that between 9% and 29% of people walking on the improved footpaths would have used a private motorized mode if the footpaths had not been improved. As a result, the research estimates that between 4,200 tonnes and 12,000 tonnes of CO2-equivalent greenhouse gas emissions are prevented annually in Chennai thanks to the footpath improvements. This is equivalent to taking about 1,000 to 2,900 cars off the road for one year.
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