At 9:46 AM -0600 1/10/03, Schimpff, Jeff A wrote: >If Madison's motor vehicle occupancy WAS 1.6, we'd have a hell of a lot less >congestion than we do now. That number is fantasy. > >I've made many counts personally at University Avenue and on Regent Street >and the general result is 5 single-occupant vehicles to every one double >occupancy vehicle. 7 people divided by 6 vehicles yields 1.16 passengers >per vehicle. Mike N. once noted a DOT or RPC figure of about 1.2.
When I'm stuck at stop sign or traffic light I play a game I call 'one'. I count off all the cars that have only 1 occupant. Typically I count between 5 and 10 SOVs (single-occupant vehicles) before I see any DOVs. (More than two is pretty rare, and statistically not very significant). So, my counts are consistent with Jeff's. _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
