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Table 34: Bus Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions by Bus Type
  1990   1999 2000 2001 2002
Bus Energy Use (PJ) 53.2   44.3 48.2 43.9 47.8
 
Energy Use by Bus Type (PJ)
School Buses 15.0   13.1 14.2 11.6 11.8
Urban Transit 28.6   24.5 27.0 25.8 28.9
Inter-City Buses 9.6   6.7 7.0 6.5 7.1
 
Shares (%)
School Buses 28.2   29.5 29.5 26.4 24.7
Urban Transit 53.7   55.3 56.0 58.8 60.5
Inter-City Buses 18.1   15.2 14.4 14.8 14.9
 
Activity
Passenger-kilometres (millions) 41,260   42,023 45,920 42,293 46,365
 
Energy Intensity (MJ/Pkm) 1.29   1.05 1.05 1.04 1.03
 
Bus GHG Emissions (Mt of CO2e) 3.6   3.1 3.3 3.1 3.3
 
GHG Emissions by Bus Type (Mt of CO2e)
School Buses 1.0   0.9 1.0 0.8 0.8
Urban Transit 1.9   1.7 1.9 1.8 2.0
Inter-City Buses 0.7   0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
 
Shares (%)
School Buses 27.8   29.7 29.6 26.5 24.9
Urban Transit 53.8   55.0 55.8 58.6 60.1
Inter-City Buses 18.5   15.3 14.5 14.9 15.1
 
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 67.9   69.3 69.3 69.6 69.3
 
GHG Emissions Related to Electricity (Mt of CO2e) 0.2   0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2