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Transport Modes Comparison

A UK town is planning how people and goods will travel more efficiently and sustainably. Use the data and your geography knowledge to compare transport modes. For questions about emissions, lower figures mean less carbon dioxide per passenger-kilometre.

Compare the journey options

A town council is considering four ways to travel between its centre and a nearby city. Read the comparison table carefully.

Mode

Typical time

Cost per person

CO₂e per passenger-km

Train

35 minutes

£12

35 g

Car (one person)

50 minutes

£9

170 g

Bus

65 minutes

£5

80 g

Bicycle

90 minutes

£0

0 g

1.Which option is the fastest in the comparison table, and how many minutes faster is it than the bus?

2.Which option has the lowest fare, and which has the lowest emissions? Are they the same mode?

3.A group of four people travels by car. Assuming the car's total emissions are shared equally, calculate the emissions per person-kilometre: 170 g ÷ 4. What does this suggest about car occupancy?

Choose the best mode for the job

Transport choices depend on what is being moved, the distance, cost, speed, access and environmental impact.

4.A supermarket needs a large shipment of goods sent from a port in southern England to a distribution centre overseas. Which transport mode is usually most suitable for carrying heavy goods over long distances by sea?

Cargo ship
Aeroplane
Bicycle
Taxi

5.A family is travelling from a rural village to a railway station 8 kilometres away, carrying luggage. Explain one reason they might choose a car and one drawback of that choice.

6.Pipelines are a transport network too. What are they mainly used to move, and name one reason they are useful for that purpose.

Think like a transport planner

The council wants residents to reach the town centre while reducing traffic and emissions. No single mode suits every journey.

7.Suggest a two-stage journey for a commuter who lives too far away to walk to the railway station. Name both modes and explain how combining them could help.

8.The council plans a new protected cycle route between homes and the town centre. Give one likely benefit and one factor planners should consider before building it.

9.An urgent parcel must travel from London to Edinburgh on the same day. Give one reason air transport could be chosen and one reason a business might prefer rail or road instead.

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