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the bus doesn't have to be full to be a more efficient use of space than cars though. A typical (non-articulated) bus is the length two-three cars at most. It
by footy 3y ago
the bus doesn't have to be full to be a more efficient use of space than cars though. A typical (non-articulated) bus is the length two-three cars at most.
It is worth noting that personal vehicles are getting larger, so the amount of ridership required for a bus system to be more efficient than cars is only going down for the foreseeable future, even before getting into second order effects.
- alooPotato 3y agoyeah but it does have to have enough people for it to be efficient moving around that giant wall of metal
- footy 3y agoturns out that compared to lugging a living room around for every (average car occupancy of) 1.5 people on the road, a bus system has an extremely low efficiency bar to cross.
- alooPotato 3y agobuses are roughly equivalent in energy per passenger mile vs cars when you consider average loads for each.
- bluGill 3y agoWorse, everyone in a car us tailgating. If you maintain a proper safe following distance cars do a lot worse.