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For a cooler and sustainable planet...
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We need eco-Logical considerations & out-of-the-box alternatives for mechanised personalised mobility...!
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Most of our personal mobility infrastructure is focussed on moving more & more cars....when our real mobility objective is about moving people and moving them fast.
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Most urban areas globally are witnessing high pollution levels because of growing cars on roads...People use their cars more to avoid this same pollution...vicious cycle...!
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Average group-size in a car in any urban area is < 1.3 anywhere around the globe...invalid to club these individual trips...and force them to travel along a line like in a metro...!
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>1000 Kg metal machines : that we call automobiles to move a small payload of ~ 80 Kg : that we call humans to cover geographic distances....only about 15% of the energy produced in the IC engine reaches the tyres, 85% being spent on transmitting power to the wheels of the metal machine....
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>50% population in urban areas by 2035, therefore 50% of the BoP would be residing in urban areas...road right of way being non-scalable remains insufficient for safe & equitable movement channels for BoP users : pedestrians, cyclists, rickshaws or road based shared transport
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~20% vehicles as cars occupy ~80% of road space, utilize ~25% of seats, carry a payload only 5-10% of its own metal weight, average travel speeds of ~10% of rated speeds, waste ~85% of energy produced in the IC engine in transmission and heat for tyre traction, at ~20 times the cost of e-cycle.
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e-cycles can carry one person of 80 Kg for a 80 Km distance at 40 Kmph on one battery charge costing <30 Paise per Km....increasing automobiles on roads, is a certain civilational blunder being promoted blindly.
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metro rail system globally carries only ~10-12% of the total travel requirement of the metropolis....with the potential total travel PassengerKm capacity created in the first place only ~24-30% is utilised while the balance capacity and related operational costs goes waste every day for every trip...
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wastage by design... to maintain the same frequency throughout the line ... even at the city edges....over the entire peak and non-peak day cycle...forced to run even if there is no boarding.
