Number of Montrealers using a bicycle as a principal or occasional method of transportation: 241,000
Average cycling deaths in Montreal between 2005-2009: 3.6
Average cycling deaths in Toronto between 2005-2009: 2.5
Amount of money brought in by both taxes in 2007: $1.563 billion
Year of global economic recession: 2008
Amount of money brought in by both taxes by 2009: $393 million
Tonnes of plastic garbage floating in middle of Pacific Ocean: 100 million
Size of garbage pile: 1.5x US landmass
Size of New York City: 800x size of ancient Greek city
Average transit commute time: 2x longer than average automobile commute
Nation with lowest percent of inter-city train riders in the developed world: USA
Nation with highest percent of inter-city train riders in developed world: Japan
Cost – in today’s dollars – of US Transcontinental Railroad in 1863: $7 billion
Length of Transcontinental Railroad: 1776 miles
Construction costs for rail projects in Spain: $37-53 million per mile
Construction costs for rail project in Japan’s Takasaki to Nagano rail route: $143 million per mile
Money spent on war in Middle East: $1 trillion
Money spent to bailout AIG and Citibank: $460 billion
Money spent to build Three Gorges Dam: $25 billion
Money to be spent on building High Speed Rail in US: $13 billion
Average time it takes to plan and build a new highway in US: 13.1 years
Best place to lose a $200,000 cheque: Vancouver’s Sky Train
Best site for dating when you’re single and senior: Charlottetown Bus
Cost to watch UFC pay-per-view: $44.95