Driving to work: 2 gallons or 2 cups?

[Manu Sharma]

It always helps when statistics are made easier to understand and you get a clear picture about a matter. A company in US recently issued a press release that makes it simple how much difference public transport (when available) can make in cutting emissions. Quoting from the release....

The average American commuting to and from work in their SUV consumes about two gallons (7.5 litre) of petrol a day. But the same person making the same commute on a transit bus uses the equivalent of only two cups of fuel, demonstrating the dramatic efficiencies available through mass transit alternatives as consumers, communities and commuters search for answers as gas prices escalate toward $4 a gallon.

Complete press release
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18842616/

Thanks,
Manu

[Lavannya Goradia]

On 5/30/07, Manu Sharma <orang...@gmail.com> wrote:
> It always helps when statistics are made easier to understand and you get a
> clear picture about a matter. A company in US recently issued a press
> release that makes it simple how much difference public transport (when
> available) can make in cutting emissions. Quoting from the release....
> The average American commuting to and from work in their SUV consumes about
> two gallons (7.5 litre) of petrol a day. But the same person making the same
> commute on a transit bus uses the equivalent of only two cups of fuel,

And not mentioning that when commuting using public transport, how
many lesser vehicles on the road and lesser traffic problems.

Imagine 50 cars on the road and the same 50 people sitting in a bus!

[Manu Sharma]

On 5/31/07, Lavannya Goradia <lavanya...@gmail.com> wrote:

 
And not mentioning that when commuting using public transport, how many lesser vehicles on the road and lesser traffic problems.

Absolutely. To add to the list of advantages of public transport: fewer injuries and accidents, less time to travel because of lack of traffic congestion, less stress of driving and more free time at hand to think, to work or to read.

 
Imagine 50 cars on the road and the same 50 people sitting in a bus!

Yes or better still imagine 500,000 in a metro network!

If it were not for the market economy, cars would be banned from cities. They are absolutely the wrong mode of city travel. The rate at which they're growing will soon go on to prove what a big mistake they were.

Just a decade ago (1997), Delhi had 24 Lakh cars on the roads - more than Mumbai, Calcutta and Chennai all combined. Today, the figure has doubled to 48 Lakh cars on the same roads. It's not hard to see where it's heading.

Manu