Transportation Sector
British Columbia and Territories
Table 12: Road Transportation Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions by Transportation Mode
  2000   2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Road Transportation Energy Use (PJ) 218.6   243.6 245.1 261.3 267.0 275.4 270.9 234.0 246.8
Passenger Road Transportation 130.9   118.9 123.0 134.0 133.8 136.3 134.4 112.5 114.3
Freight Road Transportation 87.8   124.7 122.1 127.3 133.2 139.0 136.6 121.5 132.5

Energy Use by Transportation Mode (PJ)
Cars 69.5   54.0 55.1 58.5 57.0 56.4 53.9 44.3 44.0
Passenger Light Trucks 52.1   56.4 59.6 67.4 69.5 72.2 72.5 64.2 66.1
Freight Light Trucks 21.6   22.6 23.8 26.6 27.4 29.1 29.0 25.6 26.5
Medium Trucks 26.4   65.0 62.6 63.8 62.7 65.3 61.8 54.6 59.6
Heavy Trucks 39.8   37.1 35.7 36.9 43.1 44.7 45.7 41.3 46.4
Motorcycles 0.4   0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6
School Buses 2.6   1.7 1.6 1.9 1.1 1.5 1.7 0.9 0.9
Urban Transit 5.1   5.5 5.4 5.1 5.3 5.4 5.4 2.5 2.5
Inter-City Buses 1.2   0.8 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.1

Shares (%)
Cars 31.8   22.2 22.5 22.4 21.3 20.5 19.9 18.9 17.8
Passenger Light Trucks 23.8   23.2 24.3 25.8 26.0 26.2 26.8 27.5 26.8
Freight Light Trucks 9.9   9.3 9.7 10.2 10.3 10.6 10.7 10.9 10.7
Medium Trucks 12.1   26.7 25.5 24.4 23.5 23.7 22.8 23.4 24.2
Heavy Trucks 18.2   15.2 14.5 14.1 16.1 16.2 16.9 17.7 18.8
Motorcycles 0.2   0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3
School Buses 1.2   0.7 0.7 0.7 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.4
Urban Transit 2.3   2.3 2.2 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.0 1.0
Inter-City Buses 0.6   0.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0

Activity
Passenger-kilometres (millions) 62,886   62,065 64,170 69,844 71,106 71,990 71,629 60,915 62,545
Tonne-kilometres (millions) 25,540   30,851 31,616 35,370 37,617 35,799 36,597 33,295 36,341
Passenger Road Transportation Energy Intensity (MJ/Pkm) 2.08   1.92 1.92 1.92 1.88 1.89 1.88 1.85 1.83
Freight Road Transportation Energy Intensity (MJ/Tkm) 3.44   4.04 3.86 3.60 3.54 3.88 3.73 3.65 3.65
Road Transportation GHG Emissions Excluding Electricity (Mt of CO2e) 15.3   16.6 16.7 17.8 18.2 18.8 18.5 16.4 17.3
Passenger Road Transportation 9.2   7.9 8.2 9.0 8.9 9.1 9.0 7.8 7.9
Freight Road Transportation 6.1   8.7 8.5 8.8 9.3 9.7 9.5 8.6 9.4

GHG Emissions by Transportation Mode (Mt of CO2e)
Cars 4.9   3.6 3.7 3.9 3.8 3.8 3.6 3.1 3.1
Passenger Light Trucks 3.7   3.8 4.0 4.5 4.7 4.8 4.9 4.5 4.6
Freight Light Trucks 1.5   1.5 1.6 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.8
Medium Trucks 1.8   4.5 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.5 4.3 3.9 4.2
Heavy Trucks 2.8   2.6 2.5 2.6 3.1 3.2 3.3 2.9 3.3
Motorcycles 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
School Buses 0.2   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Urban Transit 0.3   0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.1
Inter-City Buses 0.1   0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Shares (%)
Cars 31.8   21.8 22.1 22.0 21.0 20.1 19.5 18.9 17.8
Passenger Light Trucks 24.1   22.8 23.9 25.4 25.6 25.8 26.4 27.5 26.8
Freight Light Trucks 9.8   9.1 9.5 10.0 10.1 10.3 10.5 10.8 10.6
Medium Trucks 11.9   27.3 26.1 24.9 24.0 24.2 23.3 23.6 24.4
Heavy Trucks 18.4   15.9 15.2 14.8 16.9 16.9 17.6 17.9 19.1
Motorcycles 0.2   0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3
School Buses 1.2   0.7 0.7 0.7 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.3 0.3
Urban Transit 2.1   2.0 2.0 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 0.7 0.7
Inter-City Buses 0.6   0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0
Passenger Road Transportation GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 70.0   66.8 66.8 66.9 66.8 66.8 66.8 69.5 69.5
Freight Road Transportation GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 70.0   69.6 69.5 69.5 69.6 69.5 69.6 70.7 70.7

Footnotes:

1) Data on GHG emissions are presented excluding GHG emissions related to electricity production.