![Reply](https://www.fuelly.com/forums/images/fuelly/buttons/reply.gif) |
|
05-27-2006, 07:01 PM
|
#1
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 933
Country: United States
|
Average People Per Car
While not directly related to fuel economy this shows the amount of cars with mutiple passangers. Today when I was eating at Taco Bell I decided to count the amount of pasangers I every car at the interesction i was parked at. *I did not count on cars with tinted windows. These are generally larger capacity vehicals such as SUVs/ Minivans. I hope that didn't sway results to much.* Also, I didn't count any Public transit Buses (there is no public transit routes on this road anyways).
Time: 7pm on a Saturday
Setting: Suburban Shopping Area
1 Pasanger : 35
2 Pasangers: 41
3 Pasangers: 17
4 Pasangers: 0
5 Pasangers: 3
6 (or more) Pasanger: 0
Total Cars Viewed: 96
Average: 1.906 Passangers per car
I think that this number would be lower on a major commuting route at 8am on a weekday.
__________________
__________________
2008 EPA adjusted:
![](https://www.gassavers.org/gaslog/sig.php?id=414)
Distance traveled by bicycle in 2007= 1,830ish miles
Average commute speed=25mph (yes, that's in a car)
|
|
|
05-27-2006, 07:41 PM
|
#2
|
*shrug*
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 6,195
Country: United States
|
I wonder now what the average seating capacity of those cars was. This seems like something to sit a camera on a road for an hour and just review the tape later, cuz I'm like that. Very interesting though. Carpooling is amazing, I did some of that on wednesday, other than that time there was no one to carpool, grr.
__________________
|
|
|
05-28-2006, 10:36 AM
|
#3
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 1,325
Country: United States
|
what about a week day?
you were sitting there on a saterday, right? saterdays more people have the day off, and are spending time with family or friends, and are more likely to have another person in there car, I wonder how this would have changed on a monday.
|
|
|
05-28-2006, 11:53 AM
|
#4
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 292
Country: United States
|
suv's
Everybody could drive a smaller car...Its just, they dont want to. The only people I really see the need to have a larger car are huge families (which we are seeing less and less of those types) and contractors/builders etc. The other owners just get them because the size gives them security, peace of mind, or the once a week jaunt to the mall for clothing.
I got stuck buying a 4 door becuase I have 3 brothers that needed a ride to school every morning...Well that and the outrageous price I payed!
__________________
Current Stable
GasSaver: 2000 Honda Insight Silverstone w/AC 65+mpg
Track Terror: 2002 Honda S2000 Gran Prix White- lots of mods - 28mpg
Beater: 1988 Honda Civic DX Hatback - Stripped - 30mpg
RIP: 1996 Honda Civic LX 42mpg - you will be missed
https://tomauto.smugmug.com/Cars
|
|
|
05-28-2006, 07:19 PM
|
#5
|
|V3|2D
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 1,186
Country: United States
|
i want to know these figures with suv's, trucks, sedans, and coupes respectively.
__________________
don't waste your time or time will waste you
|
|
|
05-28-2006, 07:30 PM
|
#6
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 933
Country: United States
|
I think I will check people per vehical during rush hour on a weekday next.
I will also mark down vehical type (suv, minivan, sedan, coupe, truck) . I will also try to write down 200 or more vehicals.
That should take under an hour. I only spent 15minuets on the last viewing.
Cars come and go rather quickly.
__________________
2008 EPA adjusted:
![](https://www.gassavers.org/gaslog/sig.php?id=414)
Distance traveled by bicycle in 2007= 1,830ish miles
Average commute speed=25mph (yes, that's in a car)
|
|
|
05-28-2006, 07:37 PM
|
#7
|
|V3|2D
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 1,186
Country: United States
|
this is going to be good.
__________________
don't waste your time or time will waste you
|
|
|
05-28-2006, 07:39 PM
|
#8
|
*shrug*
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 6,195
Country: United States
|
Good to the max.
Too bad I put my other seat in to carpool or I'd be running at 100% seating capacity,
|
|
|
05-29-2006, 07:14 AM
|
#9
|
Registered Member
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 498
Country: United States
|
In my city, at any point on any day there will probably be 3 to 5 trucks (as in V8 Rams, Silverados, and F-Series) ahead of or passing me and all carrying 1 person.
__________________
|
|
|
05-29-2006, 09:22 AM
|
#10
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 292
Country: United States
|
Texas
Id say 1 in 4 people drive a car in Texas. I haven't seen anybody switching in my small town either.
__________________
__________________
Current Stable
GasSaver: 2000 Honda Insight Silverstone w/AC 65+mpg
Track Terror: 2002 Honda S2000 Gran Prix White- lots of mods - 28mpg
Beater: 1988 Honda Civic DX Hatback - Stripped - 30mpg
RIP: 1996 Honda Civic LX 42mpg - you will be missed
https://tomauto.smugmug.com/Cars
|
|
|
![Reply](https://www.fuelly.com/forums/images/fuelly/buttons/reply.gif) |
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
|
» Car Talk & Chit Chat |
|
|
|
|
|
» Fuelly iOS Apps |
|
» Fuelly Android Apps |
|
|