Public Transport Share of
Motorized Travel (PKM):
International Urban Areas

Ranking List Below      
       
Urban Area Public Transport Market Share Year Source
Adelaide 4.9% 1990 K-L
Amsterdam 14.0% 1990 K-L
Athens 14.4% 1995 K-L
Bangkok 33.3% 1990 K-L
Barcelona 35.0% 1995 K-L
Berlin 28.5% 1995 K-L
Boston 2.6% 1990 K-L
Brisbane 7.4% 1990 K-L
Brussels 17.3% 1990 K-L
Cairo 40.9% 1995 K-L
Calgary 6.5% 1990 K-L
Canberra 5.5% 1990 K-L
Chicago 5.4% 1990 K-L
Copenhagen 17.4% 1995 K-L
Curitiba 31.9% 1995 K-L
Dakar 75.8% 1995 K-L
Denver 1.8% 1990 K-L
Detroit 1.1% 1990 K-L
Edmonton 6.8% 1990 K-L
Frankfurt 27.3% 1990 K-L
Hamburg 21.3% 1990 K-L
Hong Kong 73.0% 1995 K-L
Houston 0.8% 1995 K-L
Jakarta 46.5% 1990 K-L
Kuala Lampur 22.9% 1990 K-L
London (SE England) 18.8% 1995 Demographia
Los Angeles 1.7% 1995 K-L
Madrid 23.3% 1995 K-L
Manila 61.9% 1990 K-L
Melbourne 7.6% 1995 K-L
Mexico City 37.5% 1995 K-L
Milan 22.7% 1995 K-L
Montreal 11.6% 1995 K-L
Munich 29.4% 1995 K-L
Nagoya 24.6% 1995 Demographia
New York 9.3% 1995 K-L
Osaka 51.0% 1995 Demographia
Ottawa 9.4% 1990 K-L
Paris 24.1% 1995 K-L
Perth 4.3% 1990 K-L
Phoenix 0.8% 1990 K-L
Portland 1.9% 1990 K-L
Rhine-Ruhr 11.2% 1995 K-L
Rome 33.9% 1995 K-L
Sacramento 0.6% 1990 K-L
Saigon 6.9% 1995 K-L
San Diego 1.4% 1990 K-L
San Francisco 5.3% 1990 K-L
Sao Paulo 45.4% 1995 K-L
Seoul 43.9% 1995 K-L
Shanghai 70.4% 1995 K-L
Singapore 40.1% 1995 K-L
Stockholm 20.7% 1995 K-L
Surabaya 26.1% 1990 K-L
Sydney 15.8% 1990 K-L
Tel Aviv 20.3% 1995 K-L
Tokyo 56.6% 1995 K-L
Toronto 15.2% 1990 Demographia
Vancouver 6.5% 1990 K-L
Vienna 24.8% 1995 K-L
Washington 4.6% 1990 K-L
Winnipeg 6.2% 1990 K-L
Zurich 24.0% 1995 K-L
       
Urban Area Public Transport Market Share Year Source
Dakar 75.8% 1995 K-L
Hong Kong 73.0% 1995 K-L
Shanghai 70.4% 1995 K-L
Manila 61.9% 1990 K-L
Tokyo 56.6% 1995 K-L
Osaka 51.0% 1995 Demographia
Jakarta 46.5% 1990 K-L
Sao Paulo 45.4% 1995 K-L
Seoul 43.9% 1995 K-L
Cairo 40.9% 1995 K-L
Singapore 40.1% 1995 K-L
Mexico City 37.5% 1995 K-L
Barcelona 35.0% 1995 K-L
Rome 33.9% 1995 K-L
Bangkok 33.3% 1990 K-L
Curitiba 31.9% 1995 K-L
Munich 29.4% 1995 K-L
Berlin 28.5% 1995 K-L
Frankfurt 27.3% 1990 K-L
Surabaya 26.1% 1990 K-L
Vienna 24.8% 1995 K-L
Nagoya 21.3% 1995 Demographia
Paris 24.1% 1995 K-L
Zurich 24.0% 1995 K-L
Madrid 23.3% 1995 K-L
Kuala Lampur 22.9% 1990 K-L
Milan 22.7% 1995 K-L
Hamburg 21.3% 1990 K-L
Stockholm 20.7% 1995 K-L
Tel Aviv 20.3% 1995 K-L
London (SE England) 18.8% 1995 Demographia
Copenhagen 17.4% 1995 K-L
Brussels 17.3% 1990 K-L
Sydney 15.8% 1990 K-L
Toronto 15.2% 1990 Demographia
Athens 14.4% 1995 K-L
Amsterdam 14.0% 1990 K-L
Montreal 11.6% 1995 K-L
Rhine-Ruhr 11.2% 1995 K-L
Ottawa 9.4% 1990 K-L
New York 9.3% 1995 K-L
Melbourne 7.6% 1995 K-L
Brisbane 7.4% 1990 K-L
Saigon 6.9% 1995 K-L
Edmonton 6.8% 1990 K-L
Calgary 6.5% 1990 K-L
Vancouver 6.5% 1990 K-L
Winnipeg 6.2% 1990 K-L
Canberra 5.5% 1990 K-L
Chicago 5.4% 1990 K-L
San Francisco 5.3% 1990 K-L
Adelaide 4.9% 1990 K-L
Washington 4.6% 1990 K-L
Perth 4.3% 1990 K-L
Boston 2.6% 1990 K-L
Portland 1.9% 1990 K-L
Denver 1.8% 1990 K-L
Los Angeles 1.7% 1995 K-L
San Diego 1.4% 1990 K-L
Detroit 1.1% 1990 K-L
Houston 0.8% 1995 K-L
Phoenix 0.8% 1990 K-L
Sacramento 0.6% 1990 K-L
K-L: Kenworthy & Laube

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