10
Jul

2011

Sunday Morning Statshot with Nick Chu

Post by Gondola Project

 

"When I get real bored, I like to drive downtown and get a great parking spot, then sit in my car and count how many people ask me if I'm leaving." - Steven Wright, Comedian. Image by flickr user danielle_blue.

A quick look at some of the things that make Parking in your city work (or not):

Most expensive parking spot in Toronto: $100,000

Most expensive city to park: London

Cost of Ferrari 458 Italia: $320,000 USD

Cost of parking spot near Harrods in London: $320,000 USD

Cost of parking per hour: $7

Time required for parking space to recuperate cost: 5 years

Percentage of downtown drivers circling the block looking for parking: 25-45

Net worth of Japan’s parking industry: $7.7 billion

Net worth of US’s parking industry: $26 billion

Jobs created: 1 million

Average cost of installing a parking spot: $15,000

Average cost of installing a bike rack: $200

Number of bicycles that can be parked in 2 parking spaces: 16

Number of cars that can be parked per city block: 20 (10 on each side)

Area required per parking space: 200 sq feet

Square feet of parking per block: 4000

Miles of streets in New York: 600

Acres dedicated to parking: 10,800

Equivalent: 13 Central Parks

Gender that parks slower: Women

Gender that parks less accurately: Women

World’s first female only car park: Hebei, China

Difference between regular parking lot and female parking lot: Spaces 3 ft wider



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