• GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    personally I would rather turn a hour long commute across state lines into a four hour long walk.

    think of how thick my calves would be!

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      2 days ago

      Average walking speed is 4km/h. So in four hours, you’d go 16km. If it takes you an hour to go 16km by car, then you’d literally be faster on a bike, because you can go past traffic without stopping

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        2 days ago

        60mph, takes an hour, 60 miles distance.

        that’s around 97km.

        I guess my math was wrong, at 4km/h it would take me 24 hours, not 4.

        👍 thanks!

        edit: why the downvotes? the math checks out.

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          19 hours ago

          Go and look up what the actual average commute speeds are in any city you care to mention. No-one’s travelling at 60mph the entire distance.

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            18 hours ago

            you’re right, speeds and distance are variable dependent on multiple external sources. Traffic, weather, time of day, windspeed, direction of travel, temperature.

            should I also account for those or is it ok to just use average values?

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        3 days ago

        That and I was talking more about infrastructure where you could easily walk to places too instead of having to drive everywhere

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        3 days ago

        maybe where you live. closest train station is an hour away from me.

        closest bus stop is an hour away from me

        riding a bicycle would make my hour long commute two hours.

        if I drove to a bus stop and rode a bus the rest of the way to work it would still take me two hours.

        it’s always a black or white solution with you people and you never think of the grey area. dare I say at least 50% of the US population falls into the grey. if a solution fails to accommodate for more than half a population it’s not a solution, it’s just ineffective.

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          3 days ago

          it always interesting to people who say ‘with current levels of funding’.

          because taxes should be going to give you a closer train stop…

        • This is fine🔥🐶☕🔥@lemmy.world
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          2 days ago

          it’s always a black or white solution with you people and you never think of the grey area. dare I say at least 50% of the US population falls into the grey.

          Says the guy unnecessarily inserting USA in the discussion.

          We are well aware your transit sucks. No need to tell us again and again.