• persolb@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Yeah. I hate these bullshit comparisons.

    That train number seems to include standees at AW2 (functionally rush hour)… vs the average car.

    He includes enough braking distance between cars for a relative high speed, but none for another other train.

    The cars don’t all need to go the same route, the train does.

    “The most painful argument is a bad one for something you believe in.”

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      1 year ago

      At rush hour, you will see full trains and streets full of cars with only one person in each. Cars don’t fill up when it gets busy, but trains do.

      There’s breaking distance for 20mph traffic, and trains actually do run at 90 second intervals.

      You can change trains if the one you’re on doesn’t match your route, or combine it with other modes. But that isn’t what this comparison is about, it’s about the space they take up.