Verse:Chlouvānem Inquisition: Difference between revisions

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Uniquely for such a large and high-income country, car ownership rates throughout the Inquisition are relatively low, with ~129 four-wheeled road motor vehicles every 1000 people<ref>The sample size used was larger, and the original data is expressed as 168<sub>12</sub> four-wheeled road motor vehicles every 1000<sub>12</sub> people (literally 224 every 1,728 people). [[w:List of countries by vehicles per capita|For comparison]], in 2014 there were 797 motor vehicles every 1000 people in the U.S.</ref>. This low rate - the lowest among developed countries on Calémere - is explained by several factors:

* Most major cities have extremely thorough and developed mass transit systems, cycling paths, and pedestrian paths, often including extensive skyway or underground passages to shield pedestrians from the heavy rains. Furthermore, city growth has meant that parking spaces are few and rarer; most of the area between apartment blocks is made up of urban parkland. Most dioceses with major metropolitan areas have thus introduced laws requiring people to prove they have off-street parking for any car being bought;

* Many areas in the Inquisition - including fairly large metropolitan areas like Lūlunimarta or ~~Tariatindē~~ - do not have roads linking them to the rest of the nation;

* Many areas in the Inquisition - including fairly large metropolitan areas like Lūlunimarta or Hālyanēṃṣah - do not have roads linking them to the rest of the nation;

* As a measure to fight pollution, ownership taxes are very high, particularly in the most urbanized dioceses. Fuel - while mostly being ethanol-based as a byproduct of sugarcane lavoration - is also more expensive than in most other countries; it should be noted, however, that about 45% of all private vehicles are electric-powered.

* General speed limits are somewhat lower than in other countries (except in very sparsely populated areas), and (also because of this) most interurban traffic is handled by railways.

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 Uniquely for such a large and high-income country, car ownership rates throughout the Inquisition are relatively low, with ~129 four-wheeled road motor vehicles every 1000 people<ref>The sample size used was larger, and the original data is expressed as 168<sub>12</sub> four-wheeled road motor vehicles every 1000<sub>12</sub> people (literally 224 every 1,728 people). [[w:List of countries by vehicles per capita|For comparison]], in 2014 there were 797 motor vehicles every 1000 people in the U.S.</ref>. This low rate - the lowest among developed countries on Calémere - is explained by several factors:
 * Most major cities have extremely thorough and developed mass transit systems, cycling paths, and pedestrian paths, often including extensive skyway or underground passages to shield pedestrians from the heavy rains. Furthermore, city growth has meant that parking spaces are few and rarer; most of the area between apartment blocks is made up of urban parkland. Most dioceses with major metropolitan areas have thus introduced laws requiring people to prove they have off-street parking for any car being bought;
-* Many areas in the Inquisition - including fairly large metropolitan areas like Lūlunimarta or Tariatindē - do not have roads linking them to the rest of the nation;
+* Many areas in the Inquisition - including fairly large metropolitan areas like Lūlunimarta or Hālyanēṃṣah - do not have roads linking them to the rest of the nation;
 * As a measure to fight pollution, ownership taxes are very high, particularly in the most urbanized dioceses. Fuel - while mostly being ethanol-based as a byproduct of sugarcane lavoration - is also more expensive than in most other countries; it should be noted, however, that about 45% of all private vehicles are electric-powered.
 * General speed limits are somewhat lower than in other countries (except in very sparsely populated areas), and (also because of this) most interurban traffic is handled by railways.