Use of public transport on the up
Monday, February 13, 2017 @ 6:51 PM
The number of people using public transport went up by 2.4% in 2016, the second consecutive increase since the 1% rise in 2015, and the biggest increase since 2005.
The number of passengers reached 4.631 billion, compared with 4.516 billion in 2015.
According to the latest data from the National Institute of Statistics (NIE), urban transport went up by 2.3% last year and intercity transport increased by 2.7%.
In terms of urban transport, last year saw more growth in bus travel (up by 3%) than in metro travel (up by 1.2%).
In terms of intercity travel, the number of people opting for air travel increased by 8.8%, compared with a 1.5% increase in the number of rail passengers and a 13.1% increase in martitime transport.
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