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.)
![Packing Pavement 1](http://farm1.static.flickr.com/145/381394987_b758e676ca.jpg)
Then each trades the driver's seat for a chair.
![Packing Pavement 2](http://farm1.static.flickr.com/169/381394989_5a9fcd92d0.jpg)
Next they assume the pose of transit riders, clustering their seats in one bus-sized space.
![Packing Pavement 3](http://farm1.static.flickr.com/123/381394992_a165936606.jpg)
Finally, they take their places in the urban landscape as pedestrians and cyclists.
![Packing Pavement 4](http://farm1.static.flickr.com/174/381394993_4f3ace229d.jpg)
QUESTIONS?
3 comments:
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.
(sorry for two deletes, I cannot type, apparently)
Just think of the decreased wear and tear on the road systems in the later type of environment.
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