Dublin folks who walk and cycle took up to 330,000 cars off the road last year, that jammed in metropolitan traffic would have reached from the city to Skibbereen twice over.
The 2021 Walking and Cycling Index from the National Transport Authority in partnership with Sustrans was launched on Thursday by Transport Minister Eamon Ryan, Dublin Deputy Lord Mayor Joe Costello and NTA CEO Anne Graham.
It also found the efforts of active travellers saved greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to 1.3m people flying from Dublin to Heathrow (28,000 tonnes).
