in addition from to the private vehicle fleet grew by more than in chile ine this was paralleled by a rise in the percentage of total trips made in private transport versus public transport cepal in common with most of chile s larger cities these trends are leading to greater road congestion and elevated pollution levels in on average approximately of the daily motorised trips in the santiago metropolitan region were made on public transport bus metro collective taxis if daily commuting is disaggregated by income results show that the lowerincome segments are still highly dependent on public transport cepal