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Trends in passenger transport demand by mode alongside developments in GDP (18.1) (SCP 026) - Assessment DRAFT created Mar 2012: Total passenger transport demand has seen a relative decoupling from economic growth but has still increased in absolute terms by 22% since 1995. Moreover, unsustainable transport modes of air travel and the private car have seen higher growth than more sustainable modes.
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Developments in fuel efficiency for average car alongside trends in private car use and GHG emissions (19.1) (SCP 027) - Assessment DRAFT created Apr 2012: Steady improvements in the fuel efficiency of average cars have been more than offset by an increase in total distance travelled by car. As a result total fuel consumption of cars and resulting CO2 emissions have increased by ~20% in the period 1990-2009. The increase in total distance travelled by car is not a result of increasing distances travelled by individual cars but rather from an increase in the stock of private cars in Europe. The stock of cars remains closely coupled to GDP. Thus, changing behaviour characterised by a desire for ownership and use of private cars, made possible by increasing income, has offset rather than complemented gains from eco-efficient technology transfer.
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Uptake of cleaner and alternative fuels (19.2) (SCP 028) - Assessment DRAFT created Apr 2012: The share of biofuels in the transport fuel mix increased rapidly since 2000 but still represents only 3.75% of the total. This is far from the EU’s current target 10% target for renewable energy in transport by 2020. Moreover, growth in total fuel use by cars since 2000 at 5% has more than offset gains made through biofuel uptake. The average sulphur content of transport fuels, and in particular diesel, has decreased significantly since 2000.
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Trends in passenger transport demand by mode: Time series of passenger transport by mode
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World transport activity by vehicle category: The Graph is extracted from the OECD Environmental Outlook, 2001
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Trends in transport GHG emissions by country (1990-2003): Data cover all 31 EEA member countries plus Switzerland
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Biofuel production still limited in the EU-25: Located in Data and maps › Maps and graphs
Trend in passenger transport demand and GDP: If the decoupling indicator (vertical bars) is above 100 transport demand is outpacing GDP growth (i.e
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Trend in passenger transport demand and GDP: The decoupling columns displayed in the chart represent annual decoupling
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Trend in passenger transport demand and GDP: Aviation is not included
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