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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
Peak passengers per day on Vancouver’s Olympic Streetcar Line: 25,000
Total passengers served: 550,000
New tactic to curb crime in Beijing: Walled Village
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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