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Road wear scales n^4 with vehicle weight [1]. If tire wear is anything similar, it makes an additional strong argument that we should be using fewer (mass trans
by sloreti 6y ago
Road wear scales n^4 with vehicle weight [1]. If tire wear is anything similar, it makes an additional strong argument that we should be using fewer (mass transit) and lighter (bicycles) vehicles.
[1] https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/reports/tswstudy/Vol3-Chapter5.pdf https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/reports/tswstudy/Vol3-Chapter5.pdf
- Thorrez 6y agoWhy should we be using mass transit? Wouldn't a bus be heavier than a car? And n^4 with weight would mean the increase in weight would likely be much worse than the gain from the n reduction in number of cars.