"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
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
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
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