Re: Travel patterns (was Re: New form of rail transportation)

[Vaughan Williams <ender2000@my-deja.com>]

> > When 93% of trips in Melbourne are made by car?
> >
> > Get real.
>
> Is that 93% of trips are made by car to go in a radial direction, or
> overall?  If people are stuck with a radial train network, then how
else
> will they travel on it? Fairy dust and airy thoughts?

Most travel is by car - overwhelmingly so.

Therefore, it isn't true that most travel is radial because people have
no choice (thats where the trains go). Most travel is by car, and roads
go everywhere. In fact, its more difficult to go radially by car
because of congestion, yet people still do.


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