Posts Tagged ‘Muenster’

Richard Florida
by Richard Florida
Fri May 22nd 2009 at 2:00pm UTC

Taking Up Space

Friday, May 22nd, 2009
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.