A key objective of sustainable transport policy is to reduce driving in cities, which is often measured by vehicle kilometers traveled (VKT). Facilitating this shift away from private vehicles may seem challenging in places currently experiencing rapid growth, especially as data in nearly all of the key regions where ITDP operates indicate a rise in VKT. This is expected to further increase by 50% globally by 2030, or approximately 15% every five years since 2015. In the Africa region, VKT by private passenger vehicles is expected to more than double between 2015 and 2030, which amounts to about 26% every five years.
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