On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 06:11:58PM +0300, ashok _ wrote: <snip> > this argument of 'bigger is greener' seems very flimsy. Just because > you have fewer stations makes it greener ? > > what about all the time / pollution / energy spent in traffic jams in > the bigger cities and the sanitation output of the millions of people
Bigger cities also tend to have better public transport infrastructure. You save on a lot of traffic jams with mass transit. If you don't need to reserve 50-100 sq ft of space per person, you don't need that much roadspace and you don't need that much fuel either. Devdas Bhagat
