ECF

When the complete life cycle of the following modes are taken into account, the carbon emissions are approximately:

• Bicycle: 21 g CO2/passenger/km traveled
• Electric-assist bicycle: 22 g CO2/passenger/km traveled
• Passenger car: 271 g CO2/passenger/km traveled
• Bus: 101 CO2/passenger/km traveled

Source.

A bicycle commuter who rides 8 Km to work, four days a week, avoids 3220 Km of driving a year, the equivalent of 380 L of gasoline saved and 750Kg of CO2 emissions avoided. Source: 1 and 2.

Use our CO2 calculator to see how CO2 a journey will emit. Choose your vehicle, indicate your distance in Km and see how much CO2 is emitted for this trip.

For more information on the source of the calculation see our CO2 report.