The percentage of travelers, or of trips, using a particular mode of transport, measured by trip count for passengers or by tonnage for freight. Planners use it as a headline indicator of a sustainable transport strategy, and many cities set explicit modal share targets, commonly around 30 percent non-motorized travel and 30 percent public transit.
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What modal share targets do cities commonly set?
Many cities aim for around 30 percent non-motorized travel and 30 percent public transit.
Modal share is the percentage of travelers, or of trips, using a particular mode of transport, measured by trip count for passengers or by tonnage for freight. Planners use it as a headline indicator of a sustainable transport strategy, and many cities set explicit modal share targets, commonly around 30 percent non-motorized travel and 30 percent public transit.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Modal Share
WikipediaLead section
The percentage of travelers using a particular type of transportation or number of trips using said type.
Part Of: Logistics, Lead section (freight measurement)
In freight transportation, this may be measured in mass.
In Group: Transport Planning Concepts, Lead sentence
A modal share (also called mode split, mode-share, or modal split) is the percentage of travelers using a particular type of transportation or number of trips using said type.
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