Lecture 5

Newman and Kenworthy: Transportation Comparison of Global Cities

reference: Newman and Kenworthy Ch 3: pg. 68 to 78 and 111 to 127

Fuel Efficiency of Urban Cars

MJ/km liters/100 km MPG

American 5.03 14.5 16.2

Australian 5.11 14.7 16.0

Canadian 4.85 14.0 16.8

European 3.79 10.9 21.5

High Income Asian 4.93 14.2 16.5

Low Income Asian 3.53 10.2 23.1

Car Bus All Rail

American 3.52 2.52 0.74

Australian 3.12 1.64 1.12

Canadian 3.45 1.61 0.51

European 2.62 1.32 0.49

High Income Asian 3.03 0.84 0.16

Low Income Asian 2.12 0.74 0.24

Energy Efficiency of Different Modes of Transportation (MJ per Passenger km)

MJ per Passenger km Average Vehicle Occupancy

Car 2.9 1.5

Bus 1.6 13.8

Heavy Rail (electric) 0.4 31.0

Heavy Rail (diesel) 1.4 28.0

Light Rail/Tram/Streetcar 0.8 29.7

Energy Efficiency of the Various Transportation Modes - Average for All Cities in the Study