Price is still right for driving
According to a new study in Great Britain, the gas price, despite record levels, must double before people will stop driving and start using public transport. 1.83 pounds a litre is said to be the tipping point, compared to 96.7 pence today.
In fact that makes perfect sence since the price has risen significantly already, without any major changes in people's driving habits.
This is an important signal for those who favor free public transport. Free transportation never will substitute private driving because price is not what's important. Freedom is.
May I present an alternative solution: develop a new public transportation cathegory that may compete with private driving at a price two or three times the price of today. Smaller vehicles, more fine-grained driving routes and easy to access. If freedom is what people want, that's what they should get.
They investigated a system similar to the that in Uppsala. A railway with automatic driving.
Each chart would take maybe up to 10 people. A lot of small charts would come each 5 to 10 minutes.
They even built a small railway and tried it.
Posted by: Hans | August 17, 2006 at 11:46 AM
Would love to see it! Do you have a link?
Posted by: Hans Eric Melin | August 17, 2006 at 01:47 PM