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BRUSSELS – Three Asian metropolises – Tokyo, Beijing and Singapore – are the world’s leading environmentally friendly commuting cities, a report to be released by data insight company Kantar on Thursday (Oct 17) says.
The three rank highly because their huge populations mostly walk to work or use public transport, with relatively few commuters travelling by car.
“Every second person takes public transport to work,” Mr Rolf Kullen, senior director for mobility at Kantar, told Reuters about Beijing commuters.
The study questioned 20,000 commuters in 31 cities around the world about their journeys to work. Seoul boosted the Asian showing, coming in at seventh place.
Four European cities – London, Copenhagen, Amsterdam and Moscow – are also in the top 10, along with Nairobi and Sao Paulo. No North American city made the higher rankings.
London snagged the top spot in Europe thanks to its expansive public rail network, but high levels of car commuting in the suburbs of European “bike capitals” Amsterdam and Copenhagen pushed them down the list.
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