Jack May

"Clark F Morris" <cfmpublic@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 02 May 2008 01:19:21 GMT, Merritt Mullen
> <mmullen8014@mchsi.com> wrote:
>
>>In article <25gj14d7akmrla6rmj4c7hbiiht694sv7l@>,
>> jdoe <jdoe@> wrote:
>>

> At comparable capacity loading, I wouldn't take bets on that if you
> are talking about true automobiles. My Corolla normally is either 20%
> full (1 driver) or 40% full (passenger added). I would guess it
> averages 30 - 35% full because we sometimes have passengers. I would
> almost guarantee you that a LRV is heavier on a per seat basis since
> rail equipment has been getting heavier over the years (Tramways and
> Urban Transit did a comparison for Frankfurt, Germany that was
> dismaying) in most countries and even back in the 1950's rail was
> heavier on a per seat basis.

We are talking about the percent of cost of running transit which has
nothing to do with capacity loading except to increase fuel consumption as
capacity loading increases.