Energy intensity of transport per passenger-kilometer, 2018

Energy intensity is measured as kilowatt-hours of energy needed per passenger kilometer. This is based on data from the US.

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Field Value
Reference period start 1 January 1960
Reference period end 1 January 2018
Geographies
  1. usa
Regions ['ame_n']
Topics
Category Public Data
Sources
Sources 1
Title
United States department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
Link
https://www.usa.gov/agencies/bureau-of-transportation-statistics
Overview Text
Language en
Is archived
Sectors
  • Road
  • Rail
  • Water
  • Aviation
Modes All
Services Passenger
Update frequency As Needed
Indicators
  1. Average energy intensity of transport across different modes of travel
Units
  1. kWh/PKM
Dimensioning Energy intensity
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    Data Provider Our World in Data
    URL https://ourworldindata.org/
    Data Access publicly available
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