World
Elements of Urban Transport
Sector
Urban public transport:
On-street systems (for buses, trolley-buses, trams)
Mixed on-street and off-street systems (bus lanes, bus ways and light rail)
Off-street systems (metros and commuter rail)
- Car traffic
appropriately
charged
- Controlled parking PUBLIC
HIGHER QUALITY TRANSPORT
OF URBAN LIFE MORE
COMMERCIALLY
VIABLE
- Less car traffic
- Less congestion
- Possibly more fund
for PT
Houston 9 5% 25,600 70 mn
Melbourne 14 26 % 13,100 57 mn
Paris 48 56 % 7,250 31 mn
Munich 56 60 % 8,850 26 mn
Tokyo 88 68 % 9,900 21 mn
Singapore 94 48 % 7,850 27 mn
The cost of transport for the community Modal share of Cost of transport
public transport to the Community
in cities with a high share of public (%mechanized and (% of GDP)
transport is up to half the cost in cities motorized trips)
where the private car is dominant. This
1995 2001 1995 2001
difference represents a saving of 2.000
EUR per inhabitant per year. Geneva 18,8 21,7 10,2 9,4
Cities characterized by the lowest cost of London 23,9 26,8 8,5 7,5
transport to the community are often
those where expenditure in public Madrid 23,4 29,1 12,2 10,4
transport is the highest.
Paris 27,1 27,5 6,8 6,7
17
Shift From Auto to Transit
Lowers Dependence on Foreign
Fuel
18
Public Transportation is a
Net
Carbon Reducer
Net CO(2) savings from public transportation 6.9 million metric tons direct
savings
A household can save 10% of its carbon footprint if one worker commutes
by transit
19
Benefits of Public
Transportation: Boosts
The Economy
$1 billion of $ 6 billion in
federal economic returns
Produces
investment
in transit
20
Reduces Congestion;
Costs Would Have Been
13% Worse
Public transportation saves $10.2 billion in
user costs and 541 million hours in travel
time
Without transit, congestion would be
18% more in 14 largest urban areas
Size of city not the issue: intensity of transit is
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