PTx2: UITP Plan for our future
Doubling the market share of public transport worldwide means
tripling the number of trips made by public
transport and avoiding an increase in trips made by private motorised vehicles.
Taking up these different challenges will require a careful combination of complementary elements that support each other
and strengthen the plan as a whole:
How to save human lives and energy,
reduce emissions and create jobs?
Public transport: the smart green solution
life style expectations
•Developing a new business culture
•Securing adequate and stable funding
•Integrating public transport with other urban policies
•Implementing demand management strategies
What our cities will have to face in 2025*
Investments will be needed to provide sufficient capacity and facilitate mobility in cities by 2025. The PTx2 scenario
Against this background, the urban mobility footprint will become increasingly visible.
Energy consumption for urban transport and related GHG emissions will increase
by around 30%, taking us in the opposite direction to efforts required to achieve the
objective of limiting global warming to 2°C.
•Matching services with
shows the benefits of investing in Public Transport. The cost of doing nothing would be much higher.
Public transport stakeholders are taking action to step up to the challenge!
The International Association of Public Transport (UITP) is the international network of public transport authorities and operators, policy decision-makers, scientific
institutes and the public transport supply and service industry. It is a platform for worldwide cooperation, business development and the sharing of know-how between its 3,400 members from 92 countries. UITP is the global advocate of public transport and sustainable mobility, and the promoter of innovations in the sector.
Visit our website www.uitp.org - Contact: [email protected]
In 2025, 60% of the world population (4.5bn people) will live in urban areas. Mobility
in urban areas (number of trips) will increase by 50% compared to 2005, reflecting
the growth of the urban population and the rise of emerging economies.
If current trends prevail, the number of trips made by private motorised modes will
increase by almost 80%.
Annual urban traffic fatalities will also increase by 30%, reaching half a million fatalities
in 2025. This is twice the number of victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
* Projections for 2025 and the measurement of urban transport performance in 2005 and 2025 were made by UITP based on the
Mobility Model developed by the International Energy Agency in cooperation with research and industry partners.
If cities stay on
this course they
will simply end
up strangling
themselves.
PTx2: another future is possible for our cities
Modal split and daily trips in urban areas
Modal split of urban trips (%)
100
47
Public transport is an essential ingredient for safeguarding quality of life in cities and delivering green growth.
50
Doubling the market share of public transport, or achieving PTx2, and keeping the share of walking and cycling at a stable level
would allow us to decouple the growth of mobility in urban areas from the growth of its societal and environmental costs.
0
saving
around 170 million tons oil equivalent and avoiding the emission of around 550 million tons CO2
With PTx2, the urban transport energy consumption and related GHG emissions would only increase marginally,
15
5
Alongside technology improvements, doubling the market share of public transport would play a significant role in containing
the growth of GHG emissions from the transport sector.
reduce urban traffic fatalities by 15% as opposed to an
0
Public Transport
There are also strong health benefits. Given the greater role of walking, cycling and public transport in the PTx2 scenario,
daily mobility alone would provide the 30 minutes of physical exercise recommended by the World Health Organisation and
reduce the risk of obesity and coronary heart disease by 50%.
The creation of green jobs would be a further benefit. The number of jobs with public transport operators would
double by 2025 (provided that labour productivity increases by 1% per year) to 14 million.
36
16
32
14
32
2005
2025 (BAU*)
2025 (PTx2)
Daily trips in urban areas (billions)
10
equivalent in 2025 compared to the business as usual scenario.
Doubling the market share of public transport would
increase of 30% in a business as usual scenario.
37
32
54
3.5
2.8
3.6
6.2
4.2
3.6
1.2
1.5
3.6
2005
2025 (BAU*)
2025 (PTx2)
Non motorised
Private motorised
Urban transport performance
2005
Urban transport energy consumption (million tons oil equivalent)
Urban transport GHG emissions (billion tons CO2 equivalent)
Urban traffic fatalities (thousands)
Jobs at public transport operators (millions)
* Business as usual
700
2.4
380
7.1
2025
2025
(BAU*) (PTx2)
890
720
3.05
2.5
500
320
6.7
14
PTx2 is the UITP-led strategy
aimed at doubling public
transport market share by
2025. It was launched in
2009 and is implemented
by public transport
authorities, governments,
public transport supply
industry and operators on
all continents.
You can find targeted
policy recommendations
and inspiration from cities
leading the way in public
transport across the globe
on the website
www.ptx2uitp.org
Contact: [email protected]
PTx2: another future is possible for our cities
Modal split and daily trips in urban areas
Modal split of urban trips (%)
100
47
Public transport is an essential ingredient for safeguarding quality of life in cities and delivering green growth.
50
Doubling the market share of public transport, or achieving PTx2, and keeping the share of walking and cycling at a stable level
would allow us to decouple the growth of mobility in urban areas from the growth of its societal and environmental costs.
0
saving
around 170 million tons oil equivalent and avoiding the emission of around 550 million tons CO2
With PTx2, the urban transport energy consumption and related GHG emissions would only increase marginally,
15
5
Alongside technology improvements, doubling the market share of public transport would play a significant role in containing
the growth of GHG emissions from the transport sector.
reduce urban traffic fatalities by 15% as opposed to an
0
Public Transport
There are also strong health benefits. Given the greater role of walking, cycling and public transport in the PTx2 scenario,
daily mobility alone would provide the 30 minutes of physical exercise recommended by the World Health Organisation and
reduce the risk of obesity and coronary heart disease by 50%.
The creation of green jobs would be a further benefit. The number of jobs with public transport operators would
double by 2025 (provided that labour productivity increases by 1% per year) to 14 million.
36
16
32
14
32
2005
2025 (BAU*)
2025 (PTx2)
Daily trips in urban areas (billions)
10
equivalent in 2025 compared to the business as usual scenario.
Doubling the market share of public transport would
increase of 30% in a business as usual scenario.
37
32
54
3.5
2.8
3.6
6.2
4.2
3.6
1.2
1.5
3.6
2005
2025 (BAU*)
2025 (PTx2)
Non motorised
Private motorised
Urban transport performance
2005
Urban transport energy consumption (million tons oil equivalent)
Urban transport GHG emissions (billion tons CO2 equivalent)
Urban traffic fatalities (thousands)
Jobs at public transport operators (millions)
* Business as usual
700
2.4
380
7.1
2025
2025
(BAU*) (PTx2)
890
720
3.05
2.5
500
320
6.7
14
PTx2 is the UITP-led strategy
aimed at doubling public
transport market share by
2025. It was launched in
2009 and is implemented
by public transport
authorities, governments,
public transport supply
industry and operators on
all continents.
You can find targeted
policy recommendations
and inspiration from cities
leading the way in public
transport across the globe
on the website
www.ptx2uitp.org
Contact: [email protected]
PTx2: UITP Plan for our future
Doubling the market share of public transport worldwide means
tripling the number of trips made by public
transport and avoiding an increase in trips made by private motorised vehicles.
Taking up these different challenges will require a careful combination of complementary elements that support each other
and strengthen the plan as a whole:
How to save human lives and energy,
reduce emissions and create jobs?
Public transport: the smart green solution
life style expectations
•Developing a new business culture
•Securing adequate and stable funding
•Integrating public transport with other urban policies
•Implementing demand management strategies
What our cities will have to face in 2025*
Investments will be needed to provide sufficient capacity and facilitate mobility in cities by 2025. The PTx2 scenario
Against this background, the urban mobility footprint will become increasingly visible.
Energy consumption for urban transport and related GHG emissions will increase
by around 30%, taking us in the opposite direction to efforts required to achieve the
objective of limiting global warming to 2°C.
•Matching services with
shows the benefits of investing in Public Transport. The cost of doing nothing would be much higher.
Public transport stakeholders are taking action to step up to the challenge!
The International Association of Public Transport (UITP) is the international network of public transport authorities and operators, policy decision-makers, scientific
institutes and the public transport supply and service industry. It is a platform for worldwide cooperation, business development and the sharing of know-how between its 3,400 members from 92 countries. UITP is the global advocate of public transport and sustainable mobility, and the promoter of innovations in the sector.
Visit our website www.uitp.org - Contact: [email protected]
In 2025, 60% of the world population (4.5bn people) will live in urban areas. Mobility
in urban areas (number of trips) will increase by 50% compared to 2005, reflecting
the growth of the urban population and the rise of emerging economies.
If current trends prevail, the number of trips made by private motorised modes will
increase by almost 80%.
Annual urban traffic fatalities will also increase by 30%, reaching half a million fatalities
in 2025. This is twice the number of victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
* Projections for 2025 and the measurement of urban transport performance in 2005 and 2025 were made by UITP based on the
Mobility Model developed by the International Energy Agency in cooperation with research and industry partners.
If cities stay on
this course they
will simply end
up strangling
themselves.