On 2006-04-28 11:47, graywolf wrote: > The concept that public transportation is cheaper > is based upon the unfounded idea that it is always operation at > capacity.
I don't think so. The numbers which I remember where always based on certain capacity averages - such as more than one, but less than five per car. > In fact very little public transportation operates at more > than 10% of capacity overall. I'd say that only few use more than 100 % (although many do within rush hours, while there are some countries or routes which have > 90 % 'rush' hours). > After all it has to be sized to carry the > rush hour traffic, No - there are modular approaches. Smaller planes, less waggons or extended frequency for low traffic times. > but has to run all the time or it would not be a > viable alternative at all. That's ist's strength. A bus may run 12 hours a day, where you do use your own car around half an hour only. > I have often noticed that "Eco Freaks" have a > very strange concept of how economics work. I've noticed that, too. But I notice as well that people just expect their right for free traffic (streets don't come for free), consuming fossile resources, poluting the environment, creating C0_2 etc. Coould you imagine that from the Eco's point of view the other behavior may look very strange? - Martin
