On 01/05/2018 23:43, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
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dennis@home wrote:
Do you really believe public transport produces less pollution than cars?
Buses and trains and taxis run nearly empty most of the time.

Perhaps they do where you live. I've never been on a 'near empty' bus or
train. And tend to avoid them in rush hour.

And even with only a handful of people in a bus, it still likely uses less
fuel than if each of those was driving a car.


Buses use at least six times the fuel a car uses.

They also generate a lot more particulates than a car and wear on the
roads with consequent repairs and pollution.

Around here you can frequently see buses with one or no passengers.
Most taxis only have passengers for half the journey.
Even trains run with 10% occupancy a lot of the time.

What's needed is bus drivers on zero hour contracts so they only run the
buses when there are a lot of passengers. That is rush hour and no night
services, no rural services, etc. then the claims about pollution might
be true.