[DSD_​FUA_​SOC@DF_​VEH] Private road vehicles - Cities and FUAs

This dataset provides statistics on passenger private road motor vehicles by type of engine, in FUAs and Cities. A road motor vehicle is defined here as a vehicle other than a motorcycle, intended for the carriage of passengers and designed to seat no more than nine persons including the driver. The term passenger car therefore covers micro-cars (do not need a permit to be driven), taxis and hired passenger cars, provided that they have fewer than ten seats. This category may also include pick-ups.

Defining FUAs and cities

The OECD, in cooperation with the EU, has developed a harmonised definition of functional urban areas (FUAs) to capture the economic and functional reach of cities based on daily commuting patterns (OECD, 2012). FUAs consist of:

1. A city – defined by urban centres in the degree of urbanisation, adapted to the closest local administrative units to define a city.
2. A commuting zone – including all local areas where at least 15% of employed residents work in the city.

The delineation process includes:

• Assigning municipalities surrounded by a single FUA to that FUA.
• Excluding non-contiguous municipalities.

The definition identifies 1 285 FUAs and 1 402 cities in all OECD member countries except Costa Rica and three accession countries.

Cite this dataset

OECD Regions, cities and local areas database (Private road vehicles - Cities and FUAs), http://oe.cd/geostats

Further information

For any question or comment, please write to RegionStat@oecd.org

FUA and City Statistics can be further explored with the interactive OECD Regions and Cities Statistical Atlas web-tool.