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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