Motor Vehicles

Motor vehicles are included in sustainable transport, in a very particular way, using very narrow criteria.

One, they must be very fuel efficient - preferably powered by electricity, so that they can be switched over to renewable sources as quickly as possible.

Two, they must not be 'single-occupant' vehicles. They can only reach the levels of efficiency that public transport provides if there are two or more people in the vehicle. So, we are really talking about taxis, and car share, as the future of small motorised vehicles.

This report on car sharing is a useful reference for this issue.
http://www.environment.gov.au/settlements/transport/publications/pubs/ca...