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[An excerpt from the 1958 Disneyland TV Show episode entitled Magic Highway USA.]
In his first post on the topic, Avent framed the problem this way:
Every weekday, tens of millions of Americans get into vehicles that are
full of passenger space which won’t be used, with engines capable of
horsepower and speeds that won’t be attained, holding fuel tanks that
could power the car for distances that won’t be traveled. The result of
all this over-engineering is that cars cost way more than a vehicle for
daily commuting need cost, and they consume way more energy than a
vehicle for daily commuting need consume. This all adds up to a
remarkable waste of resources, even before you begin talking about
things like congestion. Why are we stuck in this wasteful equilibrium?
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https://dc.streetsblog.org/2010/02/17/still-looking-for-that-magic-highway/oldId.20100217154213102