Post by Gondola Project
A QUICK LOOK AT SOME OF THE STATISTICS THAT MAKE YOUR CITIES WORK (OR NOT):
Estimated number of vehicles on Earth: 1,000,000,000
Estimated number of vehicles on Earth by 2025: 2,000,000,000
Number of pedestrians in Times Square per day: 364,000
Number of years that surplus housing will last in Charlotte County, Florida: 100
Homes sitting empty in Florida: 300,000
Number of homes approved for construction: 550,000
Oldest surviving gondola in Japan: Yoshino Ropeway
First double decker aerial tram cabin: Shinhotaka Ropeway
Capacity of Toronto’s streetcars: 130
Cause of sprawl in 1900: Streetcars
Visualizing Urban Sprawl in Phoenix: Urban Plough
YIMBY in Netherlands: Prisoners
Powerisers Vertical: 72 inches
Transit marketing: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Shweeb: Human-Powered Vehicles on Monorail
Potential main competitor to Shweeb: Treadmill Bike
Listening to $700 iPhone on Public Transit: Bad Idea
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