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>the reality is that two orders of magnitude more deaths occur each year on our highways. What is the throughput of highways vs public transit? I wouldn’t be s
by dwighttk 4y ago
>the reality is that two orders of magnitude more deaths occur each year on our highways.
What is the throughput of highways vs public transit? I wouldn’t be surprised if it was two orders of magnitude greater person hours on roads in non public transit.
- trothamel 4y agoYou're right. According to https://www.bts.gov/content/us-passenger-miles https://www.bts.gov/content/us-passenger-miles , in the US in 2020, there were 4,935 billion passenger-miles on highways, versus 32 billion passenger-miles on transit. The highway mileage includes 306 billion passenger-miles on non-transit buses. Amtrak (6 billion passenger miles) isn't considered transit.
- masterj 4y ago> What is the throughput of highways vs public transit? Regardless of what the US does, throughput is much higher on public transit than it is on highways. You can fit so many more people on buses and trains than in automobiles. For the actual numbers, compare deaths-per-passenger-mile in-city and deaths-per-passenger-mile between cities (highways vs buses, trains, etc), and you will see huge difference in fatality rate.