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This only works if the bus is popular. How often do buses in Portland have more than 5 people on them?
by HDThoreaun 6mo ago
This only works if the bus is popular. How often do buses in Portland have more than 5 people on them?
- malfist 6mo agoHow often do cars have more than 5 people in them?
- tetromino_ 6mo agoPer [1], a typical Portland public bus causes about 730 times more road wear than a full size pickup truck (which is about the worst case for road wear from a personal vehicle). How many buses have more than 700 people riding in them? (I am of course ignoring the scaling for fuel, maintenance, pollution, and traffic costs of personal vehicles; but my point is that most people severely underestimate just how awful the economic case for an underused full size bus is. Now, minibuses and microbuses are a different story; but US public transit systems don't use them.) [1] https://www.kgw.com/article/news/verify/yes-bus-more-road-damage-1000-cars/283-2cf2e8bf-3add-4fed-b598-6d7570a9799d https://www.kgw.com/article/news/verify/yes-bus-more-road-da...