Re:Europe’s energy crisis is about to go global as gas price...
by choeger on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @01:10AM
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Where I live a car makes an average of 60km/h, outside of a city. It's often faster, and does no in-between stops. So it's 10min. And I do commute by train. 8km. And it takes 45min door to door. These are real-world numbers. Living in the city and using the train costs me more than one hour of additional commute each day.
For comparison: It takes 25-30 min to ride by bike, depending on effort, weather, etc.
A 10 km commute by train typically takes 30-40 minutes door-to-door. For driving, the normal time might be 20-30 minutes, but the variance is often much higher than by train. If driving is consistently faster or slower than that, people tend to switch between train and car or otherwise change their commuting habits until congestion is back to "normal".