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Buses hold a lot more passengers than cars, of you're getting 20 mpg for one occupant of a car then the bus moving at 5mpg only needs 4 passengers to march that correct?

On average, private autos carry about 1.6 passengers and transit buses carry about 10 passengers. The Dept of Energy's Transportation Energy Data Book estimates that transit buses use about the same amount of energy per passenger-mile on average as autos.

And you need to qualify the unused road capacity statement, specifically for the Washington area, where is it

Everywhere. Are you seriously suggesting that there's even a single road in the Washington area, or anywhere else for that matter, that is always at capacity? Some roads are congested at some times of the day. Just as some buses and trains are full at some times of the day. Again, I have no idea why anyone woud think this is an argument against any increase in cars or transit riders.

by Bertie on Jul 13, 2012 12:53 am • link • report

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