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Jul 18, 2010
Sunday Statshot

Sunday Morning Statshot

Post by nickchu

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: 4 million

Miles of Subway in US: 769

Max operating speed of Chicago’s subways: 70mph

Current operating speed due to fragile rails: 15mph

Cost of Maintenance Required in US subways: $78 billion

Cost of Metrolinx’s region-wide transportation plan for Greater Golden Horseshoe (Southern Ontario): $50 billion

Cost of replacing Montreal’s 765 subway cars: $3 billion

Cost of a bus fare for Centenarians in Cowichan Valley Regional District: Free

Facebook’s world rank if considered a country: 4th largest nation in world

Estimated world population in 2014: 7.14 billion

Estimated number visitors to Brazil’s 2014 World Cup: 2.98 billion

Brazil’s investment towards urban mobility infrastructure: $6.48 billion

Number of planned BRT systems: 20

Original price tag for Boston’s Big Dig: $2.8 billion

Final price tag for Boston’s Big Dig: $14.6 billion

Number of cars that can be parked in 2 parking spaces: 2

Number of bicycles that can be parked in 2 parking spaces: 16

Cyclist “categories” found in Coast Mountain Bus Company’s bike manual: “The Teen”; “The Novice” and “The Bike Lunatic”

Funding allocated to Austin’s Capital Metro LRT line in 2000: $740 million

Amount actually spent: $120 million

% decrease from year 2000 forecasted ridership to present day numbers: 97%

Number of Killer Weeds discovered in Toronto’s Don Valley: 50

Number of Wikipedia articles: 13 million

% of articles non-English: 78%

“Funnest” subway staircase in the world: Berlin

“Hippest” subway platform in the world: Paris

Amount of energy used to keep our homes cool and breezy in summer: 500 billlion kilowatt hours

Number of African countries 500 billion kilowatt hours can power: ALL

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