@Fried_out_KombiM to Fuck CarsEnglish • 1 year ago[image] Cars are an incredibly inefficient way to move peopleimagemessage-square120arrow-up1739arrow-down158
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•edit-21 year 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@txrulinkEnglish5•1 year 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.