http://www.psfk.com/2008/04/commute-ratios.html Ideas & Trends Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:45:04 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.psfk.com/2008/04/commute-ratios.html/comment-page-1#comment-13880 Wygle Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:50:04 +0000 http://www.psfk.com/2008/04/commute-ratios.html#comment-13880 Factor in population density, land mass, the age of the automotive industries and the age of infrastructure, and only then will these charts make sense. Globalization is very cool, but we need to spend some more time understanding our differences, like environmental differences of local, in order to better compare apples to oranges. Taking a 3 hour train across an entire country in Europe vs. taking a 3 day train across the US is not the same. Managing the massive US transportation infrastructure while weighing population density is a good place to start for how long it takes to upgrade things. These aren't shocking statistics when you put into scope the many factors that decide the American "anomaly". Factor in population density, land mass, the age of the automotive industries and the age of infrastructure, and only then will these charts make sense. Globalization is very cool, but we need to spend some more time understanding our differences, like environmental differences of local, in order to better compare apples to oranges. Taking a 3 hour train across an entire country in Europe vs. taking a 3 day train across the US is not the same. Managing the massive US transportation infrastructure while weighing population density is a good place to start for how long it takes to upgrade things. These aren’t shocking statistics when you put into scope the many factors that decide the American “anomaly”.

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