A quick look at some of the things that make your cities work (or not):
Number of Americans traveling 50+ miles for Thanksgiving: 42 million
Number of turkeys eaten: 226 million
Number of cities with Google Transit: 500+
Cost of LRT compared to BRT in Tampa, Florida: 2.5 x more expensive
“Best” bus route in US: Kansas City Green Line
Charlotte transit ridership 2000: 39,100
Budget gap in Pittsburgh transit funding: $47 million
Largest bus and transit exhibition in North America: Vancouver
Xcelsior hybrid: 5.88 miles per gallon
Gated communities in Japan: High rise apartments
New York’s first bike lane: 1894
Miles of new bike lanes since 2006: 250
Number of chess tables in NY: 2000
Fine for men playing chess in a New York City park without an accompanying minor: $50
Fine for driving a bus while texting: $2,750
Fine for driving a bus while playing a video game: Suspension
Number of buses in Oslo, Norway to be fueled using raw sewage: 200
Chinese light rail locomotive fuel: Hydrogen
Hybrid buses + unlocked switch panel + public housing projects: Inoperable buses
Testing grounds for recharging roads: Korean amusement park
Size of arable land needed to feed extra 3 billion people in next 40 years: Brazil
Collection of planning student thesis: Thesis chronicles
Steep roads+snow+bus: Drifting buses (starts 2:43)
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