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Default Lets have green public transport

Tony Bryer wrote:
On Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:49:49 +0000 Bill Wright wrote :
All this does is avoid a small amount of pollution in London at
the cost of causing a lot of pollution in the countryside.


"The average speed [of a London bus] is about 8 kilometres per hour
and a bus stops on average every 150 metres, at traffic lights, bus
stops ..." [Volvo],


That's about walking speed.


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