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How does it compare to car infrastructure though? I strongly suspect that, although the price-per-kilometer might be lower, the price per traveled-kilometer is
by berkes 3y ago
How does it compare to car infrastructure though?
I strongly suspect that, although the price-per-kilometer might be lower, the price per traveled-kilometer is literally multiples of that.
I do know in my city-area, price to build, maintain and travel on bike infra, public transport and even dedicated bus infra is far cheaper than the same distances for cars. And that excludes private costs for fuel.
- anjel 3y agoDon't forget the enormous land-use opportunity cost of a metro road network. In Los Angeles,I once read in the LA Times that when you factor in residential and commercial parking, drive ways, and incedental adjacent land consumed eg in ramps medians and cloverleaf's, more than 80% of land in the LA basin is devoted to auto use.
- berkes 3y agoEven in The Netherlands, where we have decades of investment in bike and PT infrastructure, and therefore one of the highest bike and PT use in the world, a staggering amount of land is used for cars. In most cities, the land used for cars surpasses the land used for living, gardening, working combined.
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