23
Jan

2011

Sunday Morning Statshot

A quick look at some of the things that make your cities work (or not)

Urban Sanitation Edition:

Public urinal in China

World population: 7 billion

Number of people worldwide defecating in public : 1.1 billion

World population lacking access to basic sanitation: 2.6 billion

Average toilet usage per day per person: 6 times

Time spent on the toilet in a lifetime: 3 years

Number of Indians with access to toilets: 366 million

Number of Indians with access to cell phones: 545 million

Annual cost due to lack of hygiene in India: $54 billion

Diarrhea related deaths per annum: 450,000

Cleanliness contest – ATM vs. public toilet: Winner – public toilet

Nigeria’s population in 1999: 110 million

Number of public toilets in Nigeria in 1999: 500

Dignified mobile toilets: Answering the call of nature

Average use per day: 100 per stall

Cost: $0.20 USD

Their slogan: S**t business is serious business

WTO: World Trade Organization

WTO: World Toilet Organization

World toilet day: November 19

Aka: The big squat

Discovering the world of toilets: Toilets of the world

World’s most beautiful toilet: Kawakawa, New Zealand

Most expensive toilet on planet earth: Hang Sung Toilet

Cost: $5 million

Most expensive beyond planet earth: International Space Station

Cost: $19 million

Most environmentally friendly toilets: Composting

Most dangerous toilet: Cobra



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30
Jan

2011

Sunday Morning Statshot

A quick look at some of the things that make your cities work (or not)

Happy Australia Day Edition:

Beer it is! Image by betta design

Australia’s unofficial national anthem: Waltzing Matilda

% of Australians living in urban centers: 70

Size: 7.6 million square km

Density: 3 persons per square km

Human population: 22.5 million

Cattle population: 23.3 million

Sheep population: 79 million

Largest exporter of wool: Australia

% of population in 1868 that were convicts: 40

% of population with convict ancestry: 22

Modern day results:  World’s 13th largest economy

Top 25 most livable cities worldwide located in Australia: Sydney, Melbourne

World record drinker: Bob Hawke

Time: 2.5 pints in 11 seconds

23rd Prime Minister of Australia: Bob Hawke

2nd country to allow women’s suffrage: Australia

First school to end women’s suffrage: Padua Academy

World’s largest tram network in world: Melbourne

Length: 245km

World’s longest fence: Dingo Fence

Length: 5614km

C – O: B – E



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06
Feb

2011

Sunday Statshot with Nick Chu

A quick look at some of the things that make your cities work (or not)

Happy Chinese New Year Edition!:

Rabbits are considered creative, passionate and sensitive - Image by Robobobobo

Year on Chinese calendar: 4708

2011: Year of the rabbit

Annual ritual before Chinese New Year: Chun Yun

Chun Yun: Family reuniting for celebrations

Largest human migration in the world: Chun yun

Number of people riding a train: 230 million

Equivalent: Indonesians (240 million) criss crossing country

Length: 40 days

Number of passenger journeys: 2.26 billion

Equivalent: Number of rail journeys in UK in 1 year

Number of disposable woodstick chopsticks used every year in China: 45 billion

Equivalent: 25 million trees

Number of Chinese Internet users: 440 million

Equivalent: US population & Japan’s population

Dominant language on internet in 5 years: Chinese

Number of subway lines opened in Beijing in one day: 5

Total length: 108km

Equivalent: 1.6x Toronto’s subway length built over 57 years

Biggest city planned: 42 million people

Size: 16,000 sq.mile

Equivalent: 26x greater London



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13
Feb

2011

Sunday Statshot with Nick Chu

A quick look at some of the things that make your cities work (or not)

Happy Valentine’s Day!:

FREE HUGS! Image by Eric 731

Transit geek and single?: Kærlighedssæder (Danish love seat)

Best dating site for single middle-aged transit riders: Charlottetown transit

Need help bagging that commuting cutie of yours?: Tips

Submitting a love story on Calgary Transit: Free monthly transit pass

Puckering up for a stranger on Calgary Transit: Future husband

Most unromantic city on Valentine’s day: Tehran

Most romantic city: Paris

Number 1 for: Restaurants, museums, and monuments

Most romantic American city: Honolulu

Number 1 for: Beaches and surfing

Most romantic Canadian city: Saskatoon

Number 1 for: Crime



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20
Feb

2011

Sunday Statshot with Nick Chu

A quick look at some of the things that make your cities work (or not)

Happy Family Day!:

Where are we going dad?! Image by goingslowly

Family Day: Statutory holiday

Occurrence: 3rd Monday in February

First Canadian province to enact Family Day: Alberta

2nd: Saskatchewan

3rd: Ontario

Percent of Ontarians still working on Family Day: 40

Average family size in Canada: 2.5 people

US: 3.14

Sub-Saharan Africa: 6

Biggest family in Canada: 20 members

Number of wives: 1

Children: 18

Biggest family in UAE: 102 members

Number of wives: 17

Children: 84

Biggest family in the World: 162 members

Number of wives: 38

Children: 94

Most family friendly city in US: Denver

Number 1 perk for kids: Free ski pass for all 5th graders

In Canada: Quebec City

% Quebec’s poverty rate decreased in last decade: 40%

Increase in lone-parent family income headed by women: 30%

Percent of Toronto families living in poverty: 30

% Toronto’s poverty rate increased in last 2 decades: 14

Worst city to raise a family in US: Detroit

% of students graduating high school: 21.7%



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27
Feb

2011

Sunday Statshot with Nick Chu

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

Libyan Uprising 2011:

Tensions continue to rise in Libya

Population of Libya: 6.5 million

Population density of Libya: 50 person/km square

% of population urban: 88

% of country covered by deserts: 90

% arable land: 1

Highest HDI (Human Development Index) in Africa: Libya

Highest literacy rate in North Africa: Libya

Percent of population that can read and write: 82

Highest GDP per capita in Africa: Libya

Highest rate of car ownership in Africa: Libya

Ruling dictator: Moammar Gaddafi

Number of ways to spell his name: 112

Year assumed power: 1969

Result: Longest-serving leader in Arab world

Gaddafi’s ideology: Green book

Preferred form of self-defense: Female virgin bodyguards

Number employed: 40

Intention: Female emancipation

Favourite place to conduct business: Bedouin Tent

Aspirations: United States of Africa

Largest oil reserves in Africa: Libya

Total trade volumes net worth: $85 billion

Highest unemployment in North Africa: Libya

% of population under 15: 50

Youth unemployment: 50%

Gravest threat to national security: Unemployed teenage men



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06
Mar

2011

Sunday Statshot with Nick Chu

A quick look at some of the things that make your country/natural disaster relief work (or not):

Haitian Earthquake 1 Year After:

Makeshift camps outside National Palace in Port-au-Prince, image by Timoluege

Haitian population: 9.7 million

Earthquake magnitude: 7.0

Lives claimed by earthquake: 316,000

% of government work force claimed: 25

Number of refugee camps: 1200

Number still living today in tents: 1.2 million

Number of more years people to live in camps: 1-3

Standard tent size area: 180 ft2

Actuality: Much smaller, cramped conditions

% of rubble uncleared after 1 year: 95

Years to clear at prevailing clearance rate: 19

Years to clear 50% of rubble in 2004 Indonesian Tsunami: 2

% living in poverty: 80

% of country’s annual budget in form of foreign aid: 40

% of country’s wealth owned by 1% of population: 50

Days required to open a business in Haiti: 204

Average in Latin American: 73

In OECD countries: 16

Years to buy land from the state: 5

Bureaucratic procedures: 65

% of population living on less than $2.50 USD per day: 76

Annual aid donations before earthquake: $165 million

Aid donations pledged after earthquake: $10 billion USD

Money released so far: $1.6 billion USD

Amount sent to Haiti by US Government: $0

Amount donated by Beyonce resulting from performance for Gaddafi’s family: $1 million

Ways you can continue to help: Here



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