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A plane with a low passenger-mile/fuel ratio could be reconceived as a jetzar, and a country with an overloud political voice might be termed a nationtzar.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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A plane with a low passenger-mile/fuel ratio could be reconceived as a jetzar, and a country with an overloud political voice might be termed a nationtzar.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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What is the cost per passenger-mile of automobile travel of the share of our defense budget that ensures the oil used by automobiles?
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Nationally, public subsidies to road users amount to about 1 cent per vehicle-mile, or about 0.7 cents per passenger-mile.
Matthew Yglesias » Obama HSR Agenda Will Still Leave China With the Fastest Trains 2010
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And your own result above indicates that that cost is essentially the same for buses and cars per passenger-mile.
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What is the cost per passenger-mile of pollution externalities of automobile travel?
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So mass transit subsidies should be reduced to the same level as road user subsidies – about 0.7 cents per passenger-mile. fostert says:
Matthew Yglesias » Obama HSR Agenda Will Still Leave China With the Fastest Trains 2010
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On average, transit buses are less fuel-efficient per passenger-mile than cars.
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Nationally, public subsidies to road users amount to about 1 cent per vehicle-mile, or about 0.7 cents per passenger-mile.
Matthew Yglesias » Obama HSR Agenda Will Still Leave China With the Fastest Trains 2010
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So if this cost is to be counted as a subsidy for car users it must also be counted as a subsidy for bus riders in the same amount per passenger-mile.
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