Image via SUNY Stonybrook Department of Geosciences (h/t: Ian Swain, Martin Prosperity Institute). This poster, courtesy of the city of Muenster, Germany, illustrates the different amounts of space taken up by different kinds of transit.
- Bicycle – 90 sq. m for 71 people to park their bikes.
- Car - 1000 sq. m for 72 people to park their care (avg. occupancy of 1.2 people per car).
- Bus – 30 sq m for the bus.
March 2nd, 2010 at 9:10 am
Please see comments on the numbers cited, at
http://john-s-allen.com/blog/?p=7
The numbers are for parked vehicles and bear no relationship to the actual amount of space used by vehicles in motion.