Climate & Environment
Public Transit
Shared passenger transport — buses, trams, metros, trains, ferries — the highest-capacity and lowest-emission way to move people in cities.
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Public transit is shared passenger transport available to the general public on fixed routes and schedules, including buses, bus rapid transit, trams, metros, suburban rail and ferries. Per passenger-kilometre it carries people with a fraction of the energy, emissions, space and cost of private cars, making it a structural pillar of sustainable mobility.
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