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In The Netherlands, cars drove a total of 100 billion kilometers in 2019. For comparison, a total of 30 billion passenger-kilometers were made on public transit
by crote 4y ago
In The Netherlands, cars drove a total of 100 billion kilometers in 2019. For comparison, a total of 30 billion passenger-kilometers were made on public transit during the same year.
Granted, that's counting vehicle-kilometers and not person-kilometers for cars, but calling it an "extremely small fraction" is not quite accurate. ;-)
- nomel 4y agoSorry, I was speaking from an American mind. Here, 45% don't have access to public transit. Around 5% use it daily or weekly [1]. Statistics are much better in dense cities. 1. https://www.urban.org/urban-wire/us-public-transit-has-struggled-retain-riders-over-past-half-century-reversing-trend-could-advance-equity-and-sustainability https://www.urban.org/urban-wire/us-public-transit-has-strug...