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Indicator Fact Sheet
Assessment made on 01 Mar 2005
Transport demand grows
Passenger transport demand has grown steadily in the EEA-23 over the past decade, thereby making it increasingly difficult to reduce the environmental impacts of transport.
Most countries saw growth every year, but there are a few exceptions, notably Germany, where demand has declined every year since 1999.
Passenger transport demand per capita also increased during the nineties to above 10 000 km in the EEA-23 in 2002. There are several factors underlying the strong relation between passenger transport demand and economic growth and hence the continuing growth of passenger-km.
Decline of alternative modes
The slow decline of bus/coach and rail passenger transport demand is a problem in light of the objective of stabilizing and eventually increasing the shares of alternative modes. On EEA-23 level the decline is nevertheless slow. However, for the five new member states where data is available the decline has been much greater, and is probably greater yet if the 1990-1993 period is included. The decline may be related to increased car ownership in those countries (see TERM 32 - size and composition of vehicle fleet). Intra-EU rail transport competes with air transport and the rise of low-cost carriers has made rail transport less favoured for longer distances. Besides, international rail connections are still slowed down by border-crossings. High-speed rail lines are developing quickly to better compete with air transport.
For more information, see the attached pdf documents.
For references, please go to https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/passenger-transport-demand-by-mode-2 or scan the QR code.
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