3.3.5. Ratio of Private to Public Transport Energy Use per PKT

A useful way of considering the last two sets of data is to examine the ratio between private and public transport energy use per PKT. Figure 6 provides these data and shows that the Asian cities have, by far, the greatest advantage in energy consumption for public transport (cars are 4.74 times more consumptive), while in Freiburg and the other European cities, cars are three times higher in energy use per PKT. In Swedish cities, the energy advantage of public transport is significantly reduced, with cars being only a little more than twice as energy demanding per PKT, but in the larger cities, the figure is 2.36, while in the smaller cities, cars are only 1.68 times higher in energy use. Of even larger concern is that, in Örebro, public transport energy use per PKT is basically identical to that of cars and does not appear to offer any energy advantage at current levels of occupancy for cars and public transport.
