| Re: Buses with racks go a long way
Don Klipstein wrote:
> In article <45ca0ec4$0$28112$4c368faf@roadrunner.com>, Wayne Pein wrote:
>>Further, a short haul transit system will have ancillary vehicles,
>>usually using gasoline, that merely shuttle bus drivers around for
>>transfers. If this is factored into system economy it is reduced quite a
>>bit more.
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> You got any figures by how much?
No, but it can be calculated by individual transit system.
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>>It is also important to realize that not every transit
>>passenger is a converted car driver. Many short haul transit trips are
>>would-be pedestrians and bicyclists who have been lured into being
>>chauffered motorists.
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> So if someone changes from walking to work to using a vehicle to save
> time, why is it so bad for that vehicle to be a bus?
It supports an energy intensive system.
You want them to
> drive cars or SUVs instead?
What if the paradigm was low power electric vehicles? Not as good as
human power, but better than your scenario.
I like bikes, but push too hard to push too
> many people onto bikes (or make too many motorists slow down too much for
> anything) and see what politicians can run on at election time!
Although I'm a bicycling proponent, I don't push to get people on bikes.
One either likes it or not. I try to empower people to be the engine.
Chauffered motorists they are not.
Wayne
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