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Not according to civil engineers (it's not even close) Private motor vehicles: 600 - 1600 per hour Mixed traffic with frequent buses: 1000 - 2800 per hour Tw
by drozycki 2y ago
Not according to civil engineers (it's not even close)
Private motor vehicles: 600 - 1600 per hour
Mixed traffic with frequent buses: 1000 - 2800 per hour
Two-way protected bikeway: 7500 per hour
Dedicated transit lane: 4000 - 8000 per hour
Sidewalk: 9000 per hour
On-street transitway, bus or rail: 10000 - 25000 per hour
https://nacto.org/publication/transit-street-design-guide/introduction/why/designing-move-people/ https://nacto.org/publication/transit-street-design-guide/in...
- ec109685 2y agoThat graph those numbers are pulled from should incorporate speed. Otherwise, you could say sidewalks are more efficient than cars.
- Panzer04 2y agoWell, they are - you can move more people with a sidewalk :P. That being said, obviously most people aren't going to walk much more than maybe a km before looking for alternatives. Usually the comparison comes up in cities where throughput is the limiting factor, and cars end up moving at near-walking pace anyway.