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Typically individual people are limited to ~1 free car and bike space, and many cities treat commercial vehicles differently from privately owned ones. If you p
by xkcd-sucks 8y ago
Typically individual people are limited to ~1 free car and bike space, and many cities treat commercial vehicles differently from privately owned ones. If you park your ten cars on the street, or if you park your ten cars on the street and start a car rental company, or if you park your commercial-plates delivery truck on the street overnight, you will quickly run into conflict with your city government. Rental cars and e.g. Zipcars have their own dedicated parking spaces, usually on private property, and docked bike rental companies rent curb space from the city.
- gojomo 8y agoAmortized over the full usership, each scooter-user is using far less than one-scooters-worth-of-sidewalk.
- bostik 8y agoYou want to treat any space hogging the same way you treat tail latency. Not as p50, but as p999. So the question is not "how many people are inconvenienced on average?" but "how many people are inconvenienced during peak times?" If the second figure is non-insignificant, you have a problem. Gamers and UX designers understand this. ANY latency peaks or waiting time hikes are detrimental.