@Fried_out_Kombi@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago[image] Cars are an incredibly inefficient way to move peoplelemmy.worldimagemessage-square126fedilinkarrow-up1736arrow-down159
arrow-up1677arrow-down1image[image] Cars are an incredibly inefficient way to move peoplelemmy.world@Fried_out_Kombi@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square126fedilink
minus-square@mindrover@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish7•edit-22 years agoThey’re measuring how many people can pass through a fixed point in space in an hour, not how long it takes one person to get from point A to point B. So not really time or energy, but quantity.
minus-square@txru@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish5•2 years agoOr throughput, which is important in areas with congestion, like busy streets and highways.
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They’re measuring how many people can pass through a fixed point in space in an hour, not how long it takes one person to get from point A to point B.
So not really time or energy, but quantity.
Or throughput, which is important in areas with congestion, like busy streets and highways.