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Article #5Re: HOV and why it shouldn't be!
From: Lawrence Mulvihill
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 22:06
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 22:06
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In dc.driving, smith@ur-guh.com (Russ Smith) writes: > >Some number crunching: Assume 53 linear feet per non-HOV-lane car. That's 100 > cars per mile per lane. 2 Lanes. 8.5 miles. > That's about 2500 cars per hour, extrapolated out. > > HOV-compliant > That's about 200 cars per hour, extrapolated out. > Why that's almost 3/4 of the way to the break even point! That's amazing! This is only the end of the second week! This HOV-3 thing works great. Maybe it should be instituted on the Beltway as well. Happy Motoring! Lair
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!dtix!oasys!mulvihil From: mulvihil@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Lawrence Mulvihill) Newsgroups: dc.driving Subject: Re: HOV and why it shouldn't be! Message-ID: <24948@oasys.dt.navy.mil> Date: 11 Sep 92 22:06:13 GMT References: <24822@oasys.dt.navy.mil> <1992Sep11.173350.29170@almserv.uucp> Reply-To: mulvihil@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Lawrence Mulvihill) Distribution: usa Organization: Carderock Division, NSWC, Bethesda, MD Lines: 17