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But an SUV carries at least 8 people and their luggage along with 3 to 6 thousand pounds of SUV...maybe if we made it electric and removed 2 to 5 thousand pounds, that could be interesting? A tandem electric bike, 2 tires, 8 people, huge efficiency! You just need to all be going to the same place.
I've always wondered if a minimalist monorail could ever happen. Imagine the freedom of a bike but you could ride say 20 people all together from one city to another carrying your bikes along. In Seattle you definitely want the outer covering of a gondola, but there are cities where you don't really need a shell.
I'll settle for a network of inter-city paved uninterrupted car-free "bike highways" between all cities with > 100,000 people. Just a single asphalt lane with no breaks and no cars flying around.
Pretty sure that's basic-tier shit in many European countries, but it'd be such a huge deal here.
With a nice grade to flat...yes please!
Damn, they ban single-occupancy SUVs where you live? That's great! And not even single-occupancy...sounds like you can't even drive them unless you have all the seats full.
I've never seen one with more than 8 seats. Where do the rest of the passengers go?
Sounds pretty efficient. 7 bikes generally can only transport 7 people!
I'm pretty sure you don't understand what "at least" means.
Normal use 1 person. Max use maybe at least 8?
Most SUVs max out at 5 people; only the largest have a third row of seats.
Also, even those seat "at most" 8, not "at least" 8.
OK at most then.
"You use at least to say that a number or amount is the smallest that is possible or likely and that the actual number or amount may be greater."
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/at-least
Any car can carry at least 1 person.
Fine fine. Potatoes potato. Tomatoes tornados.