A quick look at some of the things that make your shindig work (or not): Happy St. Patrick’s Day! St. Patrick’s Day: March 17 St. Patrick’s original name: Maewyn/Succat St. Patrick’s Day’s original intent: Religious feast day First parade celebrations observed in US: 1737 in Boston In Canada: 1824 in Montreal In Dublin: 1931 Number...
A quick look at some of the things that make your country/natural disaster relief work (or not): Haitian Earthquake 1 Year After: 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...
A quick look at some of the things that make your country work (or not): Libyan Uprising 2011: 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...
A quick look at some of the things that make your cities work (or not) Happy Family Day!: 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...
A quick look at some of the things that make your cities work (or not) Happy Valentine’s Day!: 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...
A quick look at some of the things that make your cities work (or not) Happy Chinese New Year Edition!: 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...
A quick look at some of the things that make your cities work (or not) Happy Australia Day Edition: 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...
A quick look at some of the things that make your cities work (or not) Urban Sanitation Edition: 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...
A quick look at some of the things that make your cities work (or not): Ultimate pedestrianism: Japanese style Most expensive city in the world: Tokyo Rental cost of 2 bedroom apartment: $5000/month Less expensive alternative: Capsule living Cost: $30 Size: 200cm Sorry Yao: 229cm Birth place: Shanghai Latest city with capsule living: Shanghai Skydome...
A quick look at some of the things that make your cities work (or not): Jane Jacobs: Eyes on the Streets Eyes on the Streets in action: New York flat Next gen power outlets: USB’ed Baddest bus liner: Futureliner Ugliest bus liner: MTCO-800 Carriages: Horse-powered Bangladeshi rickshaws: Human-powered Weight-loss bus: Exercise-powered Current trailer park home:...