Transportation Cocktail in figures

Publié le 14 décembre 2010

The median commuting distance in Quebec is 7.8 km, and the time needed to walk 3 km or bike 7 km is less than 30 minutes (1). With these numbers, active transportation is a viable option for many!
In Quebec, 31% of adults and 76% of children ride bicycles at least once a week (2).
There are 6,750 km of bike paths in Quebec (2).
On the island of Montreal, 35% of trips under 2 km are made on foot, representing the highest levels of walking in North America (3).

One bus can replace more than 40 cars, save 70,000 litres of gas and prevent the release of 168 tonnes of pollutants per year (4).
In Quebec, 12.8% of workers use public transportation to get to work (5).
Spending on public transit generates 2x the economic benefits as spending on private transport by car. Imports account for 10% of public transit spending versus 50% for cars (6).
For every million dollars invested, cars create 5.5 jobs versus 11.4 for public transit (7).

In Canada, the number of people going to work as a passenger in a car rose from 6.9% in 2001 to 7.7% in 2006, i.e., 206,000 more people (8).
Car sharing decreases the average number of kilometres traveled by car per person by about 38% (2,900 km a year on average) (9).
The 11,000 car sharers in Quebec are responsible for 13,000 fewer tonnes of CO2 emissions each year (1.2 tonnes per user). Car sharing in Quebec has the potential to reduce CO2 emissions by 168,000 tonnes (9).
77% of car sharers in Quebec report having given up or not buying a vehicle because of the service (9).

The transport sector is the largest emitter of greenhouse gas emissions in Quebec, accounting for nearly 40% of all emissions. Reducing exclusive or single-occupant car use is therefore a priority in the fight against climate change (10).
In 1978 in Quebec, the car-resident ratio was 0.46. Thirty years later, in 2008, the ratio was 0.73 (11), or more than 5.6 million cars on the road (12)
A car that travels 20,000 km a year emits more than 4 tonnes of CO2 (13).
Quebec does not produce oil. A 5¢ a litre increase in 2007 cost our government $6 million (14).

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