A QUICK LOOK AT SOME OF THE STATISTICS THAT MAKE YOUR CITIES WORK (OR NOT):
Caracas Metrocable Cost: $262 million
Cost to fill TTC’s Eglinton subway hole in 1995: $40 million
% of Midtown Manhattan residents walking to work: 40
Primary users of city’s aging subway infrastructure: Outer borough residents
New York Central Area Peak Density: 53,000 ppl/km2
Shanghai Central Area Peak Density: 96,200 ppl/km2
Working time required in minutes to buy 1kg of bread in Shanghai: 35
Working time required in New York: 16
Most Smart-growth oriented city in the World: Vancouver
Most unaffordable housing city in English speaking world: Vancouver
City regions with more than 1 million people in US in 2005: 39
“Floating population” of unregistered migrants in Shanghai: 3-4 million people
Flight time from New York to London: 8 hrs
Length of proposed Transatlantic Tunnel: 3100miles
Speed of theoretical train operating in tunnel: 5000mph
Revised travel time to London: 1hr
Number of deaths in Russia attributed to alcohol abuse: 500,000
Alcohol related traffic deaths in US in 2009: 10,839
Number of animals killed yearly from car accidents: 1-2 million
Percent of population owning vehicles in Mexico City: 20
Most polluted city in early 1990s: Mexico City
Government solution: Ban private car use on alternating days of the week
Result: Increase in Car Ownership – Rich men bought more cars