Fried_out_Kombi@lemmy.worldM to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago[image] Cars are an incredibly inefficient way to move peoplelemmy.worldimagemessage-square107fedilinkarrow-up1737arrow-down159
arrow-up1678arrow-down1image[image] Cars are an incredibly inefficient way to move peoplelemmy.worldFried_out_Kombi@lemmy.worldM to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square107fedilink
minus-squaremindrover@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·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-squaretxru@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 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.