top | item 16007400 (no title) fatbob | 8 years ago Buses are not always full. Their average capacity does not have an order of magnitude advantage. discuss order hn newest notatoad|8 years ago neither are roads.it doesn't matter how full the bus is when the road is empty, but the number of cars that a bus is taking off the road at peak road usage time is pretty close to the full capacity of the bus, in any bus system i've ever ridden. fatbob|8 years ago Good point - maybe buses will stay around just for peak usage, but will be replaced by rented, right-sized self-driving cars for the rest of the time. michaelmior|8 years ago This is assuming that everyone who is on the bus would be driving/riding in a car instead, which I'm not sure is true. load replies (1)
notatoad|8 years ago neither are roads.it doesn't matter how full the bus is when the road is empty, but the number of cars that a bus is taking off the road at peak road usage time is pretty close to the full capacity of the bus, in any bus system i've ever ridden. fatbob|8 years ago Good point - maybe buses will stay around just for peak usage, but will be replaced by rented, right-sized self-driving cars for the rest of the time. michaelmior|8 years ago This is assuming that everyone who is on the bus would be driving/riding in a car instead, which I'm not sure is true. load replies (1)
fatbob|8 years ago Good point - maybe buses will stay around just for peak usage, but will be replaced by rented, right-sized self-driving cars for the rest of the time.
michaelmior|8 years ago This is assuming that everyone who is on the bus would be driving/riding in a car instead, which I'm not sure is true. load replies (1)
notatoad|8 years ago
it doesn't matter how full the bus is when the road is empty, but the number of cars that a bus is taking off the road at peak road usage time is pretty close to the full capacity of the bus, in any bus system i've ever ridden.
fatbob|8 years ago
michaelmior|8 years ago