Post by nickchu

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 – Translink –  operates in: 21

Passengers per day on Translink’s newest rapid transit system – Canada Line: 100,000

Passengers per day on Canada Line during Olympics: 228,000

Passengers per day on Guangzhou’s BRT: 800,000

Percent of trips to airport through Canada Line: 15% – number 1 in North America

Fine for eating on Washington’s Metro Subway: $100

Number of deaths attributed to NJ Transit Trains this week: 2

Miles of traffic in Sao Paulo: 130

Number of helicopters used to beat peak hour traffic:  469

Number of pilots used to manage helicopters: 820

Number of heli-pads: 420

Number of bullfighting season ticket holders in Barcelona: 400

Number of bullfighting season ticket holders in Madrid: 19,000

Value of LRT market by 2015: $7.5 billion

Biggest LRT network in Euorpe: Germany

Germany’s largest tram network: Berlin

Kilometers of track: 190

Number of stops: 800

Passengers per day: 560,000

Percent of Americans supporting expanded public transportation systems: 82

Initial ridership projections for Charlotte’s LRT line: 8,000 per day

Number of trips per day for Charlotte’s LRT line: 16,000

Number of jobs created by highway infrastructure projects per billion dollars: 8,781

Number of jobs created by public transit projects per billion dollars: 16,419

Max speed of Amtrak train: 240km/h

Average speed: 112km/h

Percent of the earth’s surface that can be covered by a locust swarm: 20%

Percent of American couples married that met via social media: 12.5%