
The figures about public transport in the European Union, which have been issued by Eurostat, the European statistics bureau, today say that the European average sees just 10.7% of people (aged 16 and above) using public transport every day, 11.6% every week, 10.0% every month, and 17.1% less than once a month. And as many as 50.6% never use it at all. The countries that are least inclined to travel sustainably are Cyprus, with 85% of its population never using public transport, followed by Italy (68%), Portugal (67.8%), France (65.1%), Slovenia (61.6%) and Greece (61.3%). Bottom of the list is Luxembourg (where all forms of public transport are free), with only 15.7% of people never going on a public train or bus, followed by Estonia (26.6%) and Sweden (26.7%). In the span of a week, Luxembourg ranks first again, with 23.1% of its people using public transport once a week, followed by Latvia (19.2%) and Estonia (18.2%). The proportion in Italy is 8.3%, closer to the bottom of the list. The figures about daily use see Hungarians (19.6%), followed by the Czech Republic (19%) and, again, Luxembourg (18,9%) make it to the top of the list. Italy is second to last, with 5.1% of its over-16 population using public transport every day. Only Cyprus ranks worse (4.5%).