Indicator Fact Sheet

Passenger transport demand by mode and purpose

Indicator Fact Sheet

Prod-ID: IND-35-en

Also known as: TERM 012

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Topics: Transport

This page was archived on 12 Nov 2013 with reason: Content not regularly updated

Assessment made on 01 Oct 2003

Generic metadata

Classification

Topics:

Transport

DPSIR: Driving force

Identification

Indicator codes

TERM 012

Contents

Policy issue: Break the link between economic growth and passenger transport growth.

Figures

a) Share of passenger car and b) of domestic air transport in 1991 (dashed) and 2000

Modal shares of passenger transport demand in the EU-15, 1991-2000

(a) Change in passenger-kilometres by bus and rail, car ownership and energy consumption by road between 1993 and 1999 in selected countries and b) modal split in passenger-kilometres in 2000 for selected ACs

Passenger transport demand and GDP (EU)

Evolution of passenger-kilometres by rail and bus/coach and air in AC-10 countries between 1990 and 1999

Key assessment

Transport demand in the 10 acceding (ACs) and candidate countries (CCs) cannot be assessed due to missing transport statistics for passenger car transport. Transport demand for bus/coach and rail transport seriously declined during the 1993-99 period, and the few statistics available on passenger car transport suggest that the demand for private car transport increased over the same period. The growth in road energy consumption, GDP and car ownership in the ten acceding countries underpins this expectation. Also air transport shows a high increase during the last decade (54 % between 1993 and 1999) and becomes more and more important in travelling.From the above, one can conclude that passenger transport patterns are changing quickly towards transport patterns in the European Union. Private car and air transport are growing and getting more and more important in passenger transport