Stuck in Movment
One hour a day. According to Cesare Marchetti, this is the universal time budget every individual dedicates to transportation
Hongkong
Hong Kong has a 77% transit usage rate, where the MTR acts as a social leveler, placing blue-collar workers next to CEOs. In direct contrast, Tirana’s chaotic, privately operated buses have only a 22% usage rate, mostly attracting elderly and low-income passengers.
Under Marchetti’s constant, this annual volume amounts to roughly 425 hours in public transit, equalling 18 full days. Over a decade, this totals about 4,250 hours, meaning a person loses 177 full days of their life purely to transit time.
PLATZHALTER
The divide runs through every city Paris's Métro separates the historic center from its banlieues just as sharply as Hong Kong differs from Tirana.
Besides the social status, the amount of time spent in transit and the conditions and different vibes of the trains the output is the same. The same state of trance, a state of being trapped in the moment, stuck in movement
