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Oct 10, 2010
Sunday Statshot

Sunday Morning Statshot

Post by nickchu

A QUICK LOOK AT SOME OF THE STATISTICS THAT MAKE YOUR CITIES WORK (OR NOT):

Groundwork for American imperialism: The Guano Islands Act of 1856

Billions of dollars Japan willing to loan California for High Speed Rail: $40

Barrels of oil spilled in Ecuador’s Amazon rainforests: 14,000

Loaning your car for 20 hours a week: $4000/year

Perception of a transit ride compared to a car ride: 2.3 times longer

Number of pigs roaming Hogtown (Toronto) on Sunday night: 60

Number of subway riders in London: 3.5 million

Cost of 1 day tube strike: $76 million

York Region’s (YRT) farebox recovery: 40%

New York’s (MTA) farebox recovery: 62%

Toronto’s (TTC) farebox recovery: 75%

GO Transit’s farebox recovery: 81%

Hong Kong’s (MTR) farebox recovery: 149%

First cable cars with full width transparent floors: Ngong Ping 360

Visitors to Ngong Ping 360: 1.4 million

Ngong Ping 360 profit in 2009: $22.3 million USD

Revenue increase from 2008: 10.3%

Ridership for MTR (HK): 1.2 billion

Maokong gondola length: 4.03km

Number of stations: 4

Number of cabins: 147

Passengers per day: 5000

Peak passengers per day on Vancouver’s Olympic Streetcar Line: 25,000

Trains in operation: 2

Total passengers served: 550,000

New tactic to curb crime in Beijing: Walled Village

Decrease in crime: 73%

Area of proposed Walled Village project: 291 square miles

Area of Toronto: 247 square miles

Citations handed out to homeless in 1996 Atlanta Olympics: 9000

Food vendors expelled in India due to Commonwealth Games: 300,000

Number of condoms clogging toilets in Delhi: 8000


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