A QUICK LOOK AT SOME OF THE STATISTICS THAT MAKE YOUR CITIES WORK (OR NOT): Groundwork for American imperialism: The Guano Islands Act of 1856 Billions of dollars Japan willing to loan California for High Speed Rail: $40 Barrels of oil spilled in Ecuador’s Amazon rainforests: 14,000 Loaning your car for 20 hours a week:...
A QUICK LOOK AT SOME OF THE STATISTICS THAT MAKE YOUR CITIES WORK (OR NOT): Estimated number of vehicles on Earth: 1,000,000,000 Estimated number of vehicles on Earth by 2025: 2,000,000,000 Number of pedestrians in Times Square per day: 364,000 % increase from 2008: 15 Number of years that surplus housing will last in Charlotte County, Florida: 100 Homes sitting empty in Florida: 300,000 Number of homes approved...
A QUICK LOOK AT SOME OF THE STATISTICS THAT MAKE YOUR CITIES WORK (OR NOT): Swinging bus stop: London A/C bus stop: Dubai Hammock bus stop: Vancouver Number of traffic jams on Beijing’s Friday Night: 140 You cannot get a snake to swallow an elephant: Chinese Traffic Metaphor Coolest bike lanes: Portland, OR Illegal bicycle...
A QUICK LOOK AT SOME OF THE STATISTICS THAT MAKE YOUR CITIES WORK (OR NOT): Caracas Metrocable Cost: $262 million Passengers per day: 36,000 Cabins in operation: 50 Cost to ride: 10 cents Cost to fill TTC’s Eglinton subway hole in 1995: $40 million % of Midtown Manhattan residents walking to work: 40 Primary users...
A QUICK LOOK AT SOME OF THE STATISTICS THAT MAKE YOUR CITIES WORK (OR NOT): Trips taken on public transportation in US: 10.7 billion Trips taken each weekday: 35 million Value of public transit industry: $48.4 billion Amount of carbon emissions reduced by a person switching to public transit: 4800 pounds/year Gallons of gasoline saved...
A QUICK LOOK AT SOME OF THE STATISTICS THAT MAKE YOUR CITIES WORK (OR NOT): Portugal’s version of Jane Jacob’s “Eyes on the Street”: Senioritas Traffic fatality rates in Bronx, NY: 4 per 100,000 Traffic fatality rates in Kansas: 40 per 100,000 Traffic fatality rates in smart-growth, transit-oriented centres: 1/4 of sprawling centres Number of transit riders each day...
A QUICK LOOK AT SOME OF THE STATISTICS THAT MAKE YOUR CITIES WORK (OR NOT): Average lifespan of an American building: 74 years Average lifespan of a British building: 132 years Average lifespan of a Chinese building: 30 years Kilometers of traffic in Beijing: 100 Days of continuous traffic: 10 Cars stuck: 10,000 % of...
A QUICK LOOK AT SOME OF THE STATISTICS THAT MAKE YOUR CITIES WORK (OR NOT): Number of Montrealers using a bicycle as a principal or occasional method of transportation: 241,000 % of total population: 18 Average cycling deaths in Montreal between 2005-2009: 3.6 Average cycling deaths in Toronto between 2005-2009: 2.5 MTA’s (New York’s) primary...
A QUICK LOOK AT SOME OF THE STATISTICS THAT MAKE YOUR CITIES WORK (OR NOT): Number of minutes before a train is considered late in New Jersey Transit: 6 minutes Percent of trains arriving within 6 minutes of scheduled time: 94% Percent of trains arrived at scheduled time: 68% Number of cities in 1940s China: 69 Number of cities in 2007 China: 670 Percent of land area occupied by cities: 4.4...
A QUICK LOOK AT SOME OF THE STATISTICS THAT MAKE YOUR CITIES WORK (OR NOT): Length of NY’s subways: 10 car trains Weight of each car: 40 tons Length of each car: 50 feet (15.24m) Top speed: 45 mph (72km/hr) Average number of jumpers per week in 2009: 3 Number of assaults on NY bus drivers in 2009: 51 Number getting spat on: 53 Average days taken...