"A cyclist can go 3 or 4 times faster than a pedestrian, but uses 5 times less energy. The bicycle is the perfect transducer to match metabolic energy to impedance of locomotion. Equipped with this tool, man outstrips efficiency of not only all machines, but all other animals as well."
โ€”Ivan Illich
@kim_harding diesel and electric rail are not equal...
@aburgerabz Take it with Professor David Banister https://www.tsu.ox.ac.uk/people/dbanister.html those are his figures, not mine.
Professor David Banister

@kim_harding @aburgerabz it seems that his graph is slightly off, but the general picture is right.

Anyway, here is another comparison of busses and trams.
https://bathtrams.uk/the-most-energy-efficient-mode-of-public-transport/

Comparative energy consumption of trams and buses - Bristol & Bath Area Trams Association

For total life cycle comparisions see here: https://bathtrams.uk/relative-life-time-co2-enissions-of-tramways-compared-to-buses-and-busways-taking-into-account-co2-during-construction-ie-steel-and-concrete-etc/ Info from Professor Lewis Lesley: Above: A bombardier tram in the 10th district of Vienna, Austria 2. Alternative calculation. Trams are a seemingly expensive outlay for a city. They require permanent tracks and overhead wires. At least thatโ€™s how the figures can often initially appear, but there

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