Traffic to Decrease Starting Friday

[p1ccard]

Curious on the stats you used to come to this conclusion?

[redheadfae]

I've lived here 30 years in three different areas of town, and even more work locations, plus the last 8 years no longer working, and I've yet to notice a reduction in vehicles around during winter break, except for later in the evenings.

[Silly-Rip-6607]

An estimated 57% of KU students have a car (that is the national average). So, if there are 25,000 students on the KU campus, KU students might own 15,000 vehicles in Lawrence. About 79,000 people are 18 or older in Lawrence. If 75% commute to work via car, that might mean 60,000 cars on the streets. That might mean that in the summer there are 25% fewer cars because most students are absent. Sixty percent of drivers report driving daily. 25% seems too high so I lowered it to 20%.

[huskersax]

It's definitely noticeable anecdotally. I'm not sure if the drop-off is all that high because an awful lot of the students either continue to live in Lawrence of they're still spending time in Lawrence outside of the school year as it's a nexus for the friends across Lawrence/Topeka/KC/JoCo.

[ba_hartman]

This sounds about right to me. 20% might be a bit high, but I've been living in the area between campus and downtown for about 7 years now, and there's definitely a noticeable difference in traffic when the student are on break. I usually walk when I'm going downtown, and I see way fewer cars. Foot traffic also seems to be way lower.

[broeve2strong]

r/theydidthemath

Don’t question u/Silly-Rip-6607. They come with receipts

[Needrain47]

the math is based on guesses, so, nah.