10-11-2024, 01:01 AM
I'm curious how road damage is being considered too, assuming they weigh a lot more. I often see road maintenance costs brought up as an argument against cars, and by extension this is argued as a point in favor of transit. But I did some back of the napkin math once using the fourth power rule, and the numbers were not anywhere close. Something like 50-100x more damage from a fully packed bus vs everyone in single occupant F150s IIRC.
I wonder if anyone has done the math to see if the increased emissions from road maintenance using heavier electric busses is even being offset. Thankfully we at least have pretty clean power generation here.
I wonder if anyone has done the math to see if the increased emissions from road maintenance using heavier electric busses is even being offset. Thankfully we at least have pretty clean power generation here.