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[[image:Oaklands freeway and railway.jpg|thumb|280px|Freeways typically take much more land than railways.  This freeway being reconstructed in Oaklands has about half the passenger capacity (persons/hour)<!-- 30 cars per minute x 1.5 persons per car x three lanes = 8,100 persons/hour.  2 trains per minute x 600 passenger per train = 18,000 passenger/hour --> of the adjacent railway (darker line from near bottom-left corner).]]

[[image:Oaklands freeway and railway.jpg|thumb|280px|Freeways typically take much more land than railways.  This freeway being reconstructed in Oaklands has about half the passenger capacity (persons/hour)<!-- 30 cars per minute x 1.5 persons per car x three lanes = 8,100 persons/hour.  2 trains per minute x 600 passenger per train = 18,000 passenger/hour --> of the adjacent railway (darker line from near bottom-left corner).]]

Assuming that public transport is sufficiently-well used, public transport uses far fewer resources than car transport.

Assuming that public transport is sufficiently-well used, public transport uses far fewer resources than car transport per person carried per kilometre or mile.

This includes energy use (whether petroleum-based or electricity), land use for transport corridors, and land use for parking of vehicles.

This includes energy use (whether petroleum-based or electricity), land use for transport corridors, and land use for parking of vehicles.

To provide for people driving cars to work, sporting venues, etc., significant tracts of land have to be set aside for parking adjacent to the travel destination, whereas much less land or even no land needs to be set aside for public transport (which requires much less space per person carried, or can be run to a parking area remote from the travel destination).

To provide for people driving cars to work, sporting venues, etc., significant tracts of land have to be set aside for parking adjacent to the travel destination, whereas much less land or even no land needs to be set aside for public transport (which requires much less space per person carried, or can be run to a parking area remote from the travel destination).

Because public transport uses less fuel than cars, pollution is reduced, or even (potentially) eliminated if the public transport is run on electricity generated remote from the traffic or from environmentally-friendly sources, such as wind, hydro, and solar power.

Because public transport uses less fuel than cars, pollution is reduced, or even (potentially) eliminated if the public transport is run on [[electricity]] generated remote from the traffic or from environmentally-friendly sources, such as [[wind power|wind]], [[hydroelectric power|hydro]], and [[solar power]].

[[Environmentalist]]s promote public transport on the grounds that it is better for the environment, but it is also good stewardship of [[God]]'s creation.

[[Environmentalist]]s promote public transport on the grounds that it is better for the environment, but it is also good stewardship of [[God]]'s creation.