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If we need to prioritise like that, wouldn't it be smart to put electric buses even higher than those other two forms of individual transport?
Only if those buses regularly carry less than 4 people.
You mean more instead of less?
Probably. I was trying to make a bus similar to a car.
I don't follow
Empty buses that stop a lot are not good. Making them electric doesn't improve the emissions that much.
E bikes have 3 grams of direct CO2 emissions per passenger kilometre
e-scooters have of 25 grams per passenger kilometre.
Long-distance buses generate around 31 grams of CO2 per passenger kilometre.
Electric buses have a CO2 footprint of 72 grams per passenger kilometre
Diesel buses have a CO2 value of 96 grams.
Cars have 166 grams of CO2 equivalents per passenger kilometre driven, (with an average occupancy rate of 1.4 persons per car)
https://www.navit.com/resources/bus-train-car-or-e-scooter-carbon-emissions-of-transport-modes-ranked
I don't really know how to understand the site in this context, since it says bicycles produce zero carbon emissions, so it can't be taking vehicle production into account, and the topic at hand is resources required in production. And battery constituents at that, not carbon emissions.
Also: buses are empty when the service is shitty. It's being proven every day that people choose the method of transport where the offer is good, be that car centric infrastructure, bike paths, or convenient public transport.