Public transport

[denis567]

Not sure if this is the best section to ask, but does anyone know what is the form of public transort, that daily, carries more passengers than the trains, buses, taxis and the underground combined

[jno]

if you're excluding walking, then I suppose bikes. It depends where you're talking about - 30 years ago it would surely have been bikes because nearly a billion Chinese used them. I'm not sure if the statistic is still true.

[Panic Button]

Surely bikes are not public transport, jno, or you could include cars as well.

[jno]

oh yes, that's right of course, Panic Button, I didn't see the word 'public'. I don't know what other form of public transport there is. Rickshaws? Sedan chairs?

[Panic Button]

escalators?

[jno]

yes, good thinking; or lifts. But do they really carry more people than all the world's trains?

[bednobs]

aeroplanes?

[denis567]

Yes, escalators is the answer, I unfortunately ought to have said in the UK.

[Panic Button]

I thank you (bows)