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Table 1 Selected emissions, CO2, and energy consumption per person kilometer (pkm) by vehicle type [42]. Data for cars are from 2010, for buses from 2009, and for trains from 2007
From: Interactions of environmental and safety measures for sustainable road transportation
Environment | Vehicle, fuel type (average number of occupants) | CO [g/pkm] | HC [g/pkm] | NOx [g/pkm] | PM [g/pkm] | CO2 [g/pkm] | Fuel consumption [MJ/pkm] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rural (highway/ intercity train) | Car, gasoline (1.9) | 1.00 | 0.069 | 0.21 | 0.002 | 91 | 1.2 |
Car, diesel (1.9) | 0.04 | 0.012 | 0.30 | 0.019 | 85 | 1.2 | |
Bus, diesel (12) | 0.05 | 0.022 | 0.42 | 0.010 | 51 | 0.7 | |
Train, electricity | 0.01 | 0.001 | 0.02 | 0.003 | 15 | 0.4 | |
Urban | Car, gasoline (1.3) | 1.70 | 0.190 | 0.22 | 0.002 | 151 | 2.1 |
Car, diesel (1.3) | 0.18 | 0.360 | 0.42 | 0.029 | 153 | 2.1 | |
Bus, diesel (18) | 0.07 | 0.011 | 0.61 | 0.013 | 62 | 0.8 | |
Train, electricity | 0.01 | 0.002 | 0.03 | 0.004 | 22 | 0.7 |