*5.1. How Does Energy Use per Capita in Private and Public Transport Modes Compare within Sweden and with Other Cities in the USA, Australia, Canada, Europe and Asia?*

Swedish cities are typical European cities in both their average private and public transport energy use per capita (15,601 MJ and 1534 MJ/person, respectively), with the smaller Swedish cities being a little less than the larger cities in both. However, there is considerable variation from 11,622 to 21,678 MJ/person in Umeå and Jönköping, respectively. On average, Swedish cities have about one-half the per capita private transport energy use of Australian and Canadian cities and less than one-third that of US cities. Their public transport energy use per capita is higher than the automobile cities in the USA, Australia and Canada, about the same as in other European cities, but much lower than in the Asian cities. This public transport energy use reflects much higher levels of public transport service and therefore greater commitment to public transport in Swedish cities than in the auto-oriented cities with a similar density.
