> 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

> 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.