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This book offers a comprehensive diagnosis of the current situation of mobility policies and an examination of potential actions to promote sustainable mobility by changing practices and challenging political decision-makers.

With contributions from leading experts, this book shares innovations that are working, develops promising strategies to overcome backsliding, and highlights worldwide experiences in overcoming the many obstacles in the urgently needed mobility transition. Covering 22 countries on five continents, it provides a global perspective on sustainable mobility transitions, including innovative transport policies covering North and South America, Europe, Africa, India, China and Japan. Through 50 chapters, illustrated with graphs, charts, and images, the book presents state of the art and up to date perspectives at the cutting edge of current issues, challenges, and opportunities. In doing so, it offers an overview of the current stakes of world-wide mobility transition and decarbonization.

This book will be of interest to urban and transport planning professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, and general readers interested in sustainability and mobility. It will also be valuable for governmental agencies, regional and urban departments of transportation and mobility, transport planners and transit and cycling advocacy organizations as well as decision-makers in charge of mobility issues at different institutional levels.