[extropy-chat] Public Transportation

[Brian Lee]

Actually, today's cars similar to a geo: toyota echo, scion xA, chevy 
cobalt, honda civic (a stretch) all carry about the same, four adults.

BAL

>From: Rik van Riel <riel at surriel.com>
>To: ExI chat list <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
>Subject: Re: [extropy-chat] Public Transportation
>Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 23:36:51 -0500 (EST)
>
>On Wed, 23 Mar 2005, Mike Lorrey wrote:
>
> > The average daily commute as I recall is somewhere around 20-25 miles.
> >
> > However the point is that the Geo was a lighter vehicle with lower
> > safety standards and lower passenger capacity than todays economy cars.
> > Today's 35 mpg engine is hauling more car and more people at that
> > milage than the Geo at 50 mpg, so when you calculate in the end the
> > miles per gallon per person,
>
>I'm not seeing more people per car in commutes today,
>compared with a few years ago.  Quite the contrary...