Post by nickchu A QUICK LOOK AT SOME OF THE STATISTICS THAT MAKE YOUR CITIES WORK (OR NOT):Percent of trips that were “work trips” in 1951: 40%Percent of trips that were “work trips” in 2007: 16%Percent of females in workforce in 1950: 28%Percent of females in workforce in 2007: 48%Rate of increase of annual shopping trips from 1983 to 2001: 2xAmount of time a woman spends shopping in an entire lifetime: 8 yearsAverage distance Americans drove per day in 1960: 20.64 milesIn 2001: 32 milesDeath rate of female drivers per 100 million miles: 0.73Death rate of male drivers per 100 million miles: 1.3Calories in a Big Mac: 580Time required to walk off Big Mac: 88 minutes Number of pounds more a suburbanite weights compared to an urban dweller: 8Number of transportation modes on New Delhi roadways: 48Percentage of car occupant road-related fatalities in Delhi: 5%Percent of pedestrian, cyclist and motorcyclist road-related fatalities in Delhi: 80%Percentage of New York as identified as public transit riders in 1970: 45%In 2000: 38%Amount of excess parking spaces in Tippanoe County, Indiana if all vehicles were taken off driveways, roads and garages and put into parking spaces: 83,000Christopher Columbus’ first voyage to North America: 1492World’s first car: 1886World’s first aerial tram: 1644Commuting times for working poor with a car versus those without: 3x shorter Cost of a flying car: $194,000Fraction of Metropolitan Commuters in US using Public Transit in 1970: 0.12Fraction of Metropolitan Commuters in US using Public Transit in 2000: 0.06Average population density in world: 49 inhabitants per square kilometerJapan population density: 338Germany population density: 230US population density: 31CPT: Cable Propelled TransitAPT: Automated Public ToiletCost of one APT: $400,000Extracurricular activities leading to the demise of Seattle APTs: Prostitution and DrugsExtracirricular activities ongoing in Colorado CPTs: Marijuana Smoking Share: Aerial Rapid Transit aerialrapidtransit Cable cablepropelledtransit Gondola Transit gondola transport gondola transportation gondolatransit gondolatransport gondolatransportation Sunday Statshot Urban Gondola urbangondola 2 Comments matt says: July 4, 2010 at 6:05 am World’s first aerial tram 1644?Ok, tell us more please. matt says: July 14, 2010 at 2:52 am right I just click on it.oh derr
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World’s first aerial tram 1644?
Ok, tell us more please.
right I just click on it.
oh derr