Post on 25-Feb-2016
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Self Driving vs. Public Transportation From a Student’s Perspective of View
Presented By: Jizhou Wu
Traffic causes inconvenience to students
Driving consumes fuel energy and money
Driving causes environment issues
Driving sometimes can be dangerous
The Problems
From http://www.google.com
Traffic congestion costs the United States more than $67 billion annually.
We waste almost 6 billion gallons of fuel, and 3.6 billion hours idling in traffic jams.
For the average person, this means $1,160 and 62 hours wasted annually by congestion.
From http://www.ncppp.org
Statistics
• The cost of driving a car is between $4,826 (for a small car) and $9,685 (for a large car).
• The annual average cost for public transportation for one adult ranges from $200 to $2,000.
From http://www.mygreenway.org
If you drive on your own…
Driving accounts for nearly 30 percent of all greenhouse gases released into the environment.
Vehicles used primarily for personal transport account for 62 percent of total transportation emissions.
From http://www.ehow.com
Environment issues
Air pollution
From http://www.cartoonstock.com
API
NO2
O3
gives you more detailed information about air pollutants
From http://www.google.com
-Cell phone ticket and speeding ticket
-Car accident
-Drunk driving
Dangers of student driving
In distracted driving accounted for nearly 120 teenage deaths just in 2011.
teenage boys with a Blood Alcohol level of .05-.10 are a staggering 18 times more likely to suffer a single vehicle crash.
Teenage girls at the same levels are an incredible 54 times more likely to crash.
From http://www.firsteagle.com
Some other statistics…
Ensures Safety and Save Money
Eases Traffic Congestion and Improves Air Quality
Reduces Energy Consumption and Stimulates Economic Development
Fosters More Livable Communities
Benefits of Taking Public Transportation
Riding a transit bus is 91 times safer than driving a single vehicle.
Transit vehicle operators are highly trained to anticipate and avoid problems.
From http://www.gocmrta.com
Ensure safety
For every $10 million invested in public transportation, more than $15 million is saved in transportation costs to both highway and public transportation users.
From http://www.gocmrta.com
Save Money
Nearly half of all Americans believe traffic is a serious problem where they live.
Public transportation helps to alleviate our nation’s crowded network of roads by providing transportation choices.
From http://www.gocmrta.com
Eases Traffic Congestion
Public transportation helps promote cleaner air by reducing automobile use, which can improve public health problems.
Each year, public transportation use avoids the emission of more than 126 million pounds of hydrocarbons, a primary cause of smog, and 156 million pounds of nitrogen oxides, which can cause respiratory disease.
From http://www.pacommutes.com
Improves Air Quality
Each person who commutes 60 miles each way daily could save an estimated 1,888 gallons of gasoline every year by switching from using a car to using public transportation.
From http://www.gocmrta.com
Reduces Energy Consumption
A transit coalition report, “Dollars & Sense: The Economic Case for Public Transportation in America,” found that every dollar taxpayers invest in public transportation generates $6 or more in economic returns.
From http://www.pacommutes.com
Stimulates Economic Development
Public transportation facilities and corridors are natural focal points for economic and social activities.
Public transportation provides opportunity, access, choice and freedom, all of which contribute to an improved quality of life.
From http://www.gocmrta.com
Fosters More Livable Communities
Transportation at UCSD
From http://blink.ucsd.edu
In the end…