A QUICK LOOK AT SOME OF THE STATISTICS THAT MAKE YOUR CITIES WORK (OR NOT): Number of people partying on Germany’s A40/B1 Autobahn: 3 million Miles of highway closed for the celebration: 60 km Acres of environmentally sensitive and agricultural lands protected by Ontario’s Greenbelt: 1.8 million Number of cities that Vancouver’s Transit Agency –...
Number of asses seen by Southern Californian Amtrak riders on July 11: 10,000 Number of days to travel from Beijing to London on China’s new proposed transcontinental high-speed rail link: 2 Cost of high-speed rail tracks: 3x more than conventional Number of car sales in 2002-2003 in India: 6.8 million Number of car sales in...
Percent of energy the global industrial food system accounts for in worldwide fuel consumption: 21% Average distance an ingredient in a meal in the US is grown away from home: 1500 miles Number of new car and truck dealers in 2006: 22000 Number of new car and truck dealers in 2010: 18000 Miles of paved road in US:...
Year Leonid Murlyanchik started building his own personal subway: 1984 Passenger capacity for his fully-automated cars: 3-4 Distance Leonid can tunnel per day: 1m Distance tunnel boring machine can tunnel per day: 15m Island wide speed limit on Bermuda: 35km/hr Number of Chinese cities with population over 1 million in 2030: 220 Number of Chinese...
A QUICK LOOK AT SOME OF THE STATISTICS THAT MAKE YOUR CITIES WORK (OR NOT): Percent of trips that were “work trips” in 1951: 40% Percent of trips that were “work trips” in 2007: 16% Percent of females in workforce in 1950: 28% Percent of females in workforce in 2007: 48% Rate of increase of...
A QUICK LOOK AT SOME OF THE STATISTICS THAT MAKE YOUR CITIES WORK (OR NOT): Percent of American children walking to school in 1969: 50% Percent of American children walking to school in 2007: 16% Average walking speed of a human being: 5km/hr Average distance a human can commute by foot on daily basis: 20km...
A QUICK LOOK AT SOME OF THE STATISTICS THAT MAKE YOUR CITIES WORK (OR NOT): Forecasted average weekday boardings for the Jacksonville Skyway Express in 1995: 42,472 Actual average weekday boardings for the Jacksonville Skyway Express in 2003: 1,925 Number of lost passenger items the Toronto Transit Commission typically sells at auction per year: 44,000...