HIghlight features and compare the modes of transport at Europen Union.

The chart shows CO2

emissions

per

passenger

kilometre

for various methods of

transport

in the European Union while the pie chart shows European Union spending on

transport

. Flying by air produces by far the greatest CO2

emissions

, approximately three times as much as

passenger

cars which are the

next

largest producers. Very little is spent by the

EU

on air travel while roads make up more than half of the

EU

transport

budget. Trains produce about three times less CO2

emissions

per

passenger

kilometre

than

passenger

cars and eight times less than air travel. Nearly a

third

of

EU

transport

funds are spent on railways. Ships are a clean form of

transport

and produce about the same amount of CO2 per

passenger

kilometre

as trains do.

However

, only 2

percent

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per cent

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of

EU

funds are spent on ports. A

further

one

percent

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per cent

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is spent on inland waterways. Coaches are the cleanest form of

transport

.

Emissions

of CO2 per

passenger

kilometre

from coaches are half those of buses. Buses emit less than half as much CO2 per

passenger

kilometre

as cars. The European Union spends 10

percent

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per cent

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of its

transport

budget on public

transport

,

such

as buses and coaches.