Passenger transport by car (i44)

Definition: the modal share of cars in passenger transport is the share of total traffic travelled by car. The other modes of transport considered are public transport: trains, buses, coaches, trams and metros. For data collection purposes, motorcycle trips are included in the car category. Traffic is measured in passenger-kilometres, obtained by multiplying, for each trip, the number of passengers by the number of kilometres travelled. The data are from the European Commission, DG Transport, to allow a comparison with the EU27. The FPB also calculates the indicator for Belgium on the basis of data collected from different sources (publications of the FPS Mobility and Transport, FPS Economy, SMEs, Self-Employed and Energy - Statistics Belgium; annual reports SNCB/NMBS, De Lijn, TEC and STIB). The difference between the two estimates of this indicator is less than 1%.