As I said already, TriMet reports an average number of 32 bus boarding rides per vehicle hour.
That means for each hour a bus is on the road, it picks up an average of 32 riders.
How many cars do that for each hour they are on the road?
When Terry said that a bus does as much damage as 22,000 cars, he did not state the important qualifying values to let us know how passengers-miles, boardings, time, anything were factored into that number (if at all), so I clearly said "I'd love to see the full communication behind that statistic" before taking a guess at what the numbers meant.
You've chosen to interpret Terry's numbers in the most pessimistic way possible. That's fine, but that's just your opinion. Without knowing the true calculation that came up with the "22,000 cars" figure in the first place, there's only so much that can be done. I think I've taken a more realistic approach than you, but I could be wrong.
If we are to interpret the numbers your way, that would suggest a single bus driving (for example) up Grand ave. from Burnside to Multnomah does as much damage in that single short trip as 22,000 cars passing down that same lane all day. If you want people to believe that, you'd better come up with some really solid numbers for such an initially outlandish claim.
JK says: The average Trimut
JK says: The average Trimut bus carries 9 people.
Care to assign a time or mile figure to that?
As I said already, TriMet reports an average number of 32 bus boarding rides per vehicle hour.
That means for each hour a bus is on the road, it picks up an average of 32 riders.
How many cars do that for each hour they are on the road?
When Terry said that a bus does as much damage as 22,000 cars, he did not state the important qualifying values to let us know how passengers-miles, boardings, time, anything were factored into that number (if at all), so I clearly said "I'd love to see the full communication behind that statistic" before taking a guess at what the numbers meant.
You've chosen to interpret Terry's numbers in the most pessimistic way possible. That's fine, but that's just your opinion. Without knowing the true calculation that came up with the "22,000 cars" figure in the first place, there's only so much that can be done. I think I've taken a more realistic approach than you, but I could be wrong.
If we are to interpret the numbers your way, that would suggest a single bus driving (for example) up Grand ave. from Burnside to Multnomah does as much damage in that single short trip as 22,000 cars passing down that same lane all day. If you want people to believe that, you'd better come up with some really solid numbers for such an initially outlandish claim.