Civil Engineering Professor Panos D. Prevedouros, PhD discusses his opinions on infrastructure issues with emphasis on the City and County of Honolulu.
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Car or Train? The Choice is Yours.
A picture is worth 1,000 words.
Two pictures are worth 2,000 words.
Picture 1: A 2013 new mid-size car.
Picture 2: Typical rush hour train commute.
Any questions?
2 comments:
Anonymous
said...
Monthly cost of a 2013 Honda Accord: $390/month for 4 years (Assuming $18,000 financed at 2% APR)
Monthly fuel cost of aforementioned car for commuting: $55 (Assuming $4/gallon for gas, 20 mile round-trip commute [roughly Downtown to Pearl City], 20 working days per month, and 29 MPG per fueleconomy.gov)
Monthly cost of parking: $100 (unreserved parking at Kukui Plaza per http://www.hawaiibusiness.com/Hawaii-Business/October-2010/Downtown-Honolulu-Parking-Rates-2010/)
Total monthly cost of driving to work (not including insurance): $545
Current price of a monthly TheBus pass: $60
Current price of a monthly MBTA (Boston) subway pass: $70 Current price of a monthly San Francisco Muni monthly pass: $74 Current price of a monthly CTA (Chicago) pass: $86 Current price of a monthly TriMet (Portland, OR) pass: $100 Current price of a monthly New York City MTA pass: $104 Current price of a monthly TransLink (Vancouver, BC) pass: ~$155 (C$151)
Driving in traffic sounds nice if that's something I can afford.
Thank you "anonymous." If all decisions in your life are made on the basis of costs, with no regard for benefits, then you probably need to move to Appalachia in the US, or Papua New Guinea for rock bottom estimates.
Dr. Panos Prevedouros is Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa. He was Department Chair (2015-2020) and Graduate Program Chair (1998-2003). PhD (1990) and M.S. (1987) in transportation engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. Diploma in Engineering (1985), Aristotle University, Greece. Envision Sustainability Professional (ENV SP, 2017.) Chair of Freeway & Connected Automated Vehicles Simulation Subcommittee of the Transportation Research Board (2005-2020). Expertise in traffic engineering, intelligent transportation systems, demand forecasting, driverless technologies, energy production, life-cycle analysis and sustainable infrastructure. Has published over 210 technical articles and reports, and co-authored the internationally adopted textbook Transportation Engineering and Planning (Prentice Hall, 1993 and 2001.) Prevedouros received roughly 20% of the vote as candidate for mayor of Honolulu in 2008 and 2010.
2 comments:
Monthly cost of a 2013 Honda Accord: $390/month for 4 years (Assuming $18,000 financed at 2% APR)
Monthly fuel cost of aforementioned car for commuting: $55 (Assuming $4/gallon for gas, 20 mile round-trip commute [roughly Downtown to Pearl City], 20 working days per month, and 29 MPG per fueleconomy.gov)
Monthly cost of parking: $100 (unreserved parking at Kukui Plaza per http://www.hawaiibusiness.com/Hawaii-Business/October-2010/Downtown-Honolulu-Parking-Rates-2010/)
Total monthly cost of driving to work (not including insurance): $545
Current price of a monthly TheBus pass: $60
Current price of a monthly MBTA (Boston) subway pass: $70
Current price of a monthly San Francisco Muni monthly pass: $74
Current price of a monthly CTA (Chicago) pass: $86
Current price of a monthly TriMet (Portland, OR) pass: $100
Current price of a monthly New York City MTA pass: $104
Current price of a monthly TransLink (Vancouver, BC) pass: ~$155 (C$151)
Driving in traffic sounds nice if that's something I can afford.
Thank you "anonymous." If all decisions in your life are made on the basis of costs, with no regard for benefits, then you probably need to move to Appalachia in the US, or Papua New Guinea for rock bottom estimates.
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