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A quick look at some of the things that make your cities work (or not):
Ultimate pedestrianism: Japanese style
Most expensive city in the world: Tokyo
Rental cost of 2 bedroom apartment: $5000/month
Less expensive alternative: Capsule living
Latest city with capsule living: Shanghai
Skydome construction in 80s: 2 1/2 years in 2 ½ minutes
Vancouver Skytrain construction in 80s: 3 years
Vancouver Skytrain Canada Line: 26 minutes to the airport
Vancouver bus pass collector: This guy
Yarn-bombing: Improving the urban landscape one stitch at a time
Latest victim: Vancouver Skytrain
Coolest roundabout: Magic roundabout, Swindon
Roundabouts: 80% safer than intersections
Contradictory evidence of suggesting intersections are unsafe: If you’re this guy
More trees: More healthy babies
Estimated pay phone usage in Washington D.C Metro: 1 per day per phone
Pay phones currently available: 1074
2010 pay phone revenue: -$500,000
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