The travel patterns of Perth's public transport users have been captured for the first time in a fascinating snapshot that shows hotspots across our metro system.

The RAC-driven year-long project Pulse of Perth maps travel patterns based on Public Transport Authority data to paint a typical day in the life of our public transport system and peak travel time hot spots.

The data captured in October 2017 showed the busiest hour on Perth's public transport system was between 7.20am and 8.20am, when 920 buses and 45 trains service 63,000 people – the equivalent to 23 freeway lanes of traffic across the city or 50,000 cars.

There are 360,000 boardings across buses, trains and ferries on a typical weekday of public transport use, which equates to a staggering 3.8 million kilometres of distance travelled daily across Perth.