Energy
timelines - transportation 
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Active transportation is any form of human-powered transportation.
It is any trip made for the purposes of getting yourself,
or others, to a particular destination - to work, to school,
to the store or to visit friends. As long as it is "active",
you can choose the mode - walking, cycling, wheeling, in-line
skating, skateboarding, ice skating (eg. on a canal). Walking
and cycling are the most popular forms of active transportation.
It can also involve combining modes such as walking/cycling
with public transit. |
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1800 |
Transportation
as we know today was almost non-existent. Railroads covered
far less territory. Trains were much smaller. Horse-drawn
carts moved food and all other items on land, and barges moved
them on rivers.
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Henry Ford produced the Model T car (Note that the Model T
had been designed to use ethanol, gasoline, or any combination
of the two fuels). |
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1992
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Thirty
four percent of total energy was used to make electricity.
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Oil
has given us most of our energy. Automobiles increased the
demand for oil.
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1969 |
Automobiles
averaged 5.1 years of age.
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1969-1990 |
Among
men who were working, the number who could drive grew from
80 percent to 95 percent. Among women who were working,
the number who could drive grew from 61 percent to 86 percent.
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By
1978 |
New car fleets were to have an overall average of 18 miles
per gallon of gasoline. |
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By
1985 |
New car fleets were to have an overall average of 27.5 miles
per gallon of gasoline. |
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1995 |
Among women who were working, the number who could drive declined
to 80 percent. Among men who were working, the number who
could drive declined to 88 percent. |
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1995 |
Among women who were working, the number who could drive declined
to 80 percent. Among men who were working, the number who
could drive declined to 88 percent. |
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