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epoxyhockey on Dec 9, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Protesters block Google bus in S.F. Mission

20 extra individual cars on the roads

Those double decker buses hold about 80 people. Assuming a handful of people would carpool, we're still looking at 60+ more cars on the road, per bus.

Houshalter on Dec 9, 2013 [–]

The buses likely aren't loaded to maximum capacity are they? They also have to drive slightly extra. A car driver would go in a straight line to work, whereas the bus has to travel to all the different bus stops first.

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