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Cars sketches

Explore sketches, drawings, and illustrations that simplify ideas related to Cars.

Congested equilibrium and how suppressed journeys and latent demand build-up means you can't build your way out of congestionCongested EquilibriumPollution from idling cars exhaust - 150 balloons filled by the exhaust of an idling car in a minuteIdlingWhat is Jevon's paradox in economics: fuel use tends to increase, not decrease, despite efficiency gains, with definition and example. Observation from William Stanley JevonsJevon’s ParadoxWhat is Marchetti's constant example explained: chart showing how Berlin increased in size with new means of travelling faster through walking, electric trams, and subways, to carsMarchetti’s constantRival and non-rival goods illustration: a scale with rival goods at one end (left) and non-rival goods at the other (right) displays items at each extreme and along the scale in between. eg. (left to right) cup of coffee; roads; software. Rival and non-rival goodsThe real shape of a crossing illustration: as cars and a cyclist stop at a red light for pedestrians to cross the road, we see that people on foot start crossing before they reach the designated crossing area that is typically perpendicular to the road. The real shape of a crossingThe piston animation: a short animation of a piston with connecting rod and crankshaft showing how it converts linear motion—back and forth—into rotational motionThe piston
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