{"id":990,"date":"2007-05-29T01:20:52","date_gmt":"2007-05-28T23:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.greenmedia.md\/?p=990"},"modified":"2007-05-29T01:20:52","modified_gmt":"2007-05-28T23:20:52","slug":"gallons-of-fuel-vs-cups-in-the-drive-vs-mass-transit-commute-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salvaeco.org\/gallons-of-fuel-vs-cups-in-the-drive-vs-mass-transit-commute-debate.html","title":{"rendered":"Gallons of fuel vs. cups in the drive vs. mass transit commute debate"},"content":{"rendered":"

Filed under: Transportation Alternatives<\/a><\/p>\n

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There are many ways to skin a cat, and plenty ways to talk about moving people around. A company called First Transit<\/a>, which runs public transportation systems for municipalities across America (see their map here<\/a>) put out a press release last week that asks this question: 2 Gallons a Day, or 2 Cups a Day?<\/p>\n

Those numbers are the difference between “An average American commuting to and from work in their SUV” versus “the same person making the same commute on a transit bus.” It’s a pretty compelling visual image of just how much fuel we can use in a day. The full press release is at the “Read” link. <\/p>\n

I chose the picture above (from Flickr) because, yeah, it has a bus in it, but it also shows a form of transportation that uses even less fuel per commute. Two cups of coffee, maybe.<\/p>\n

[Source: First Transit]<\/p>\n

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