LC^3T: Swift Current

I am now 24 hours into the return journey, heading for Winnipeg. There will be no significant stopover there this time, so it is just another stop.

From a carbon perspective, it has been good to see that the bus is still operating close to capacity, well after the end of the peak holiday period. All the ones I have been on have been more than 2/3 full during the long intercity segments.

Author: Milan

In the spring of 2005, I graduated from the University of British Columbia with a degree in International Relations and a general focus in the area of environmental politics. In the fall of 2005, I began reading for an M.Phil in IR at Wadham College, Oxford. Outside school, I am very interested in photography, writing, and the outdoors. I am writing this blog to keep in touch with friends and family around the world, provide a more personal view of graduate student life in Oxford, and pass on some lessons I've learned here.

3 thoughts on “LC^3T: Swift Current”

  1. Doesn’t the bus emit the same amount of Carbon whether it’s full or not? To be technical, it would probably emit more when it is full, but each rider would contribute only a small fraction since the bus weighs 10,000lbs empty.

  2. The bus has a Gross Vehicle Weight of just over 20 metric tonnes.

    Obviously, it is better for 54 people to be sharing that than 40 or 20.

    Yes, each additional passenger adds a bit of variable weight, but they take responsibility for more fixed weight.

  3. Gross Vehicle Weight means the maximum weight the vehicle can be and still travel legally. So, it seems quite unlikely that it would ever be that heavy when it is half empty.

    As for “sharing” – why is it better than the bus be full than say, 20 people stay home? I think the emphasis on personal carbon output, which requires this “sharing” math, takes the emphasis off the need for absolute reductions in the same way as intensity based targets miss the point.

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