Private Vehicle & Public Transport Market Share:
International Urban Areas: 1990/1991

Area Urban area Private Vehicle Market Share Public Transport Market Share
Asia Hong Kong 38.89% 61.11%
Asia Manila 43.10% 56.90%
Asia Tokyo 51.02% 48.98%
Asia Seoul 52.21% 47.79%
Asia Jakarta 62.66% 37.34%
Asia Singapore 68.79% 31.21%
Asia Bangkok 70.64% 29.36%
Europe Vienna 71.52% 28.48%
Europe Munich 71.66% 28.34%
Europe Paris 73.02% 26.98%
Europe London 73.67% 26.33%
Europe Stockholm 74.36% 25.64%
Europe Zurich 77.48% 22.52%
Asia Surabaja 79.75% 20.25%
Asia Kuala Lampur 83.05% 16.95%
Europe Brussels 84.12% 15.88%
Europe Copenhagen 84.62% 15.38%
Europe Hamburg 86.35% 13.65%
Australia Sydney 86.44% 13.56%
Europe Amsterdam 87.23% 12.77%
Canada Montreal 88.36% 11.64%
Canada Toronto 88.50% 11.50%
Europe Frankfurt 89.06% 10.94%
United States New York 90.15% 9.85%
Canada Ottawa 91.50% 8.50%
Australia Melbourne 93.45% 6.55%
Canada Vancouver 93.78% 6.22%
Australia Brisbane 94.11% 5.89%
Canada Edmonton 94.25% 5.75%
Australia Canberra 94.32% 5.68%
Canada Winnipeg 94.39% 5.61%
United States Chicago 95.01% 4.99%
Canada Calgary 95.13% 4.87%
United States San Francisco 95.27% 4.73%
United States Washington 95.71% 4.29%
Australia Adelaide 95.87% 4.13%
Australia Perth 96.45% 3.55%
United States Boston 96.85% 3.15%
United States Los Angeles 98.16% 1.84%
United States Portland 98.28% 1.72%
United States Denver 98.62% 1.38%
United States San Diego 98.78% 1.22%
United States Houston 98.97% 1.03%
United States Detroit 99.04% 0.96%
United States Phoenix 99.31% 0.69%
United States Sacramento 99.48% 0.52%
Market share data varies from other pages on this website due to differing years and different urban area definitions.
Data from Jeffrey R. Kenworthy, Felix B. Laube and others, "An International Sourcebook of Automobile Dependence in Cities: 1960-1990." Toronto is Public Purpose estimate.

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