Since I'm a dedicated transportation cyclist, I'm largely just an observer. But I DO have to breathe the junk all those SOVs are spewing out, be wary of Ricky Racers who are trying to get an advantage by swerving between lanes, jack-rabbeting to the next light, etc. Everybody is impacted in some way.
Way back in 1999, Jim Beamguard of the Tampa Tribune had a good notion. Why not show readers, in pictures, the cost of single-occupant-vehicle transportation, just in road congestion?
The following photos were the result, taken by Phil Sheffield.
Pretty self-explanatory. Hard to dispute.
In this photo, 40 people fill four lanes of downtown Tampa's Marion Street in their single-occupant automobiles. (Coincidentally, the transportation-of-choice for 90-plus percent of Treasure Valley residents.)
Then each trades the driver's seat for a chair.
Next they assume the pose of transit riders, clustering their seats in one bus-sized space.
Finally, they take their places in the urban landscape as pedestrians and cyclists.
QUESTIONS?
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Pretty much says it all.
This ROCKS. Thank you so much for this. I will now commence to email this post to EVERYONE I KNOW.
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Just think of the decreased wear and tear on the road systems in the later type of environment.
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