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Re: Beyond Traffic: US DOT's 30 Year Framework for the Future
Author: That bus guy
Date: 03-08-2015 - 20:11
Ted Waxworth Wrote:
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Fuel hog
> bus and air get a free ride as long as they can
> get people out of their cars. Seems to be more
> about herding the masses all into one place, not
> much green about it really.
Fuel hog bus??? Try considering that a bus carries many more people than an automobile and think in terms of fuel consumption per passenger-mile. Intercity buses are far more energy efficient than automobiles, Amtrak trains or airplanes. A city transit bus with 7 or 8 passengers is already more energy efficient than a single occupant automobile (in most cities, the average vehicle occupancy is less than 1.2 passengers per vehicle). Buses use road space far more efficiently than cars - three automobiles consume as much road space as a standard 40-foot bus.
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Fuel hog
> bus and air get a free ride as long as they can
> get people out of their cars. Seems to be more
> about herding the masses all into one place, not
> much green about it really.
Fuel hog bus??? Try considering that a bus carries many more people than an automobile and think in terms of fuel consumption per passenger-mile. Intercity buses are far more energy efficient than automobiles, Amtrak trains or airplanes. A city transit bus with 7 or 8 passengers is already more energy efficient than a single occupant automobile (in most cities, the average vehicle occupancy is less than 1.2 passengers per vehicle). Buses use road space far more efficiently than cars - three automobiles consume as much road space as a standard 40-foot bus.
