Transport choices & congestion (video)

Pollution & energy consequences of our commuting choices are well documented, but something that's often ignored is how much road space we occupy.

If you walk, ride a bicycle or use public transport, you occupy a tiny fraction of the road space occupied by a single occupant motor vehicle.  How small a fraction?  Recently, in Canberra, Australia, 69 people, 69 bicycles, a bus & 60 cars got together to illustrate the differences.

This is how it looks:


Photo credit: Cycling Promotion Fund (CPF)

More at:

http://www.cyclingpromotion.com.au/content/view/566/9/

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