Depending on possibilities and ambitions there are climate gains to be made in promoting cycling, whether or not in combination with promotion of walking and public transport. If all over the Netherlands over short distances bicycle use or a combination of cycling, walking and public transport were comparable to that in Groningen, this would lead to a reduction of 0.8 - 0.9 Mtons of CO2 (approximately 4-5% of current CO2 emissions by private cars and some 2% of current CO2 emissions of all traffic and transport). If towns like Groningen were to conduct active bicycle policies in combination with accompanying policies, that might provide a substantial contribution to climate policy, albeit a long-term matter. In addition to these potential CO2 gains improved health as a result of more exercise is to be expected, but harder to quantify. The same goes for accessibility issues (less congestion, increased quality of life due to less noise emissions and lower parking pressures by cars). Therefore these have been left out of consideration. Also not included were the possibilities for cycling over slightly longer distances (at distances between 7.5 and 15 kilometres cycling has a percentage of 20). Certainly, in view of the growth of electric bikes, there appear to be opportunities for policies in this respect.