15
May

2011

Sunday Statshot with Nick Chu

Post by Gondola Project

A quick look at some of the things that make petrol pricing and transport work (or not):

At $2.78/L, you'd think that less people would drive in Istanbul, Turkey. You couldn't be more wrong. Image by flickr user adstream.

World’s largest proven oil reserves: Venezuela

World’s cheapest gasoline: Venezuela

Cost: $0.02/L ($1.40/L in Toronto)

Cost to fill up Hummer: $1.50 US

Average driving speeds in Caracas: 11-15 km/h

Last year roads were built: 1970

Number of cars in 1970: 200,000

Today: 1,400,000

Time to travel 2 miles via car: 2hrs 30 minutes

Via motorcycle: 15 minutes

Cost to subsidize low petrol prices: $9,000,000,000/year

Last attempt to de-subsidize petrol prices: 1989

Result: Thousands dead

World’s most expensive gasoline: Turkey

Cost: $2.78/L

Average commute times: 2-3 hours

Total length of underground metro network: 55km

Percentage of population owning cars: 25

Most popular form of transportation: Private car

Percent of trips by car: 26%

By rail: 4.6%

Estimate number of new cars on the road in Istanbul per day: 600



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Comments

  1. Um . . . wow . . ? That one kind of terrified me.

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