Liberal Democrat MSP Alison McInnes saw her amendment, which supported community transport and demand-responsive transport schemes in areas where public transport availability was limited, fell.
It claimed a multi-million pound redevelopment of John O'Groats is likely to boost potential demand for transport to the area.
The problem is the potentially explosive growth in demand for transport worldwide and the relative paucity of obvious technological fixes.
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The plans for HS2 project a 133% increase in demand for long-distance rail travel between now and 2033 over twice as big a rise as most other analyses, even though there is considerable evidence that demand for transport no longer rises with economic growth.
While it is expected there will be an increased demand for electric power as heating and transport are converted to electricity, total Scottish demand for electricity is targeted for a fall of 12%.
But demand for ocean transport of crude (measured in ton-miles) is expected to rise only 4%.
Adopting hydrogen as a transport fuel would increase our energy demand.
As the world also looks for sources of renewable energy and transport, such as electric cars, demand will stabilize.
In Orkney and Shetland, the study identified a shortage of coaches with which to transport passengers, despite signs of strong demand for trips.
Steven Hartley at Ovum Telecoms Strategy said at the time that, while mobile capacity was being upgraded at transport and crowd hotspots, spikes in demand at peripheral sites could prove disastrous.
Freight transport accounts for 40% of the growth in demand, partly because trucks are growing more efficient at a slower rate than cars.
The city state's transport system would benefit from being better able to match the demand and supply of taxis, particularly when it rains, which tends to happen suddenly in Singapore.
Petrochemical and transport industries are typically the main drivers of growth in world oil demand.
More efficient use of energy in developed economies is being outweighed by more demand for oil in emerging ones, notably in China's transport sector.
The statistical office went on to say that visiting supporters had boosted demand for services such as bars, hotel rooms, restaurants and local transport.
The regional transport studies on which Mr Darling's new road-building plans are based, concluded that demand is so intense around London that charging must be introduced if the new road capacity is not to fill up with traffic at almost the same level of congestion.
Demand for first class and business class typically follows business confidence, according to the International Air Transport Association, which publishes a monthly premium traffic report.
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The transport secretary told MPs that the government's UK aviation forecast of 2011 provided an assessment of future airport demand and ministers would be taking evidence on how that demand could be met.
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