Transport/Society

Group of women walking together at Temple of Heaven Park in Beijing. Woman at left wears a surgical mask against that day's 300+ AQI reading

Usage

Usage is measured in number of passengers and also use measured by distance travelled.

Safety

Amish buggies in use for religious reasons, have safety risks from damage from cars

Safety of transport is measured in accident numbers. Sometimes comparisons per distance travelled.

Student

Particularly Student transport has safety as important. Student transport is travel to and from school and for students during the school term.

Size

Capacity

• Symphony of the Seas can carry 6680 passengers.

Speed

• The fastest wheeled train is the TGV POS V150.

Power

The most powerful car is the Koenigsegg Regera with 1479 horse power.

Accessibility

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  Low-floor bus

• Kneeling bus

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  Invalid carriage

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  Invacar

For the disabled or visually impaired, walking may require tactile pavement at junctions and audible crossing alerts. Buses and trains may require low floors with platforms requiring high for step-free boarding. Station platforms may require a Harrington hump. Recumbent cycling provision may be required.

Sustainability

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  Fuel cell bus exhaust in London

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  Carbon Emissions Per Passenger

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  A green transport hierarchy

Sustainability is measured in construction, pollution (which includes fuel efficiency) and disposal. Sometimes it is divided by number of passengers.

Model

The largest Model Railway in the World is Minatur Wunderland in Hamburg. G scale (Garden, 1∶24 scale) is most popular for backyard modelling.

Questions

What is a measure of the sustainability? What is the best measure? What measures the largest transport in size? What measures the most popular transport used?