Cars and trucks frequently travel I-15 at 65(+) mph 5'-10'-15' apart. Nobody is interested in saving time, their goal is to drive faster and enjoy the illusion of saving time. Nobody likewise, is interested in easing congestion... unless it involves the actions or "sacrifices" of "other people". Nobody feels they're part of congestion, it's everybody else.
That's subjective. Parents today have no more inclination to say "no" to their children than they do to themselves. In the 50's-60's we walked or rode bikes, made friends in our neighborhood and, with a sense of non-enbreastlement learned by example, entertained ourselves, got JOBS delivering newspapers, mowing grbutt and raking leaves. Very little was "given" to our parents and, since they were smart, didn't feel inclined to give us everything we wanted or merely asked for. Without today's constant and varied activities requiring travel by car we developed and used our imaginations. A visit to a mall was maybe a thrice-yearly event.
How Did I Miss This One 3710The problem is not people buyng the technology, people are already buying similar technology when it is offered on cars. The problems is Luddite infested transportation organizations that want to go...
I liken it to education today. Virtually nothing has changed in 100 years that a child needs to learn... but the teaching methods that proved so successful in the past have been poocanned, barred, outlawed... and blame applied to the teachers when it's actually the result of poor parenting.
Twenty cents per "pbuttenger" mile? I guess that could be correct... if every vehicle was a 60 pbuttenger bus. Funny... $0.20 per mile equals (say average) $20K vehicle purchase price and operated for 100K miles (one pbuttenger) sans fuel or anything else. -----
- gpsman
