Post by nickchu

A QUICK LOOK AT SOME OF THE STATISTICS THAT MAKE YOUR CITIES WORK (OR NOT):

Tons of Albertan oil sands to make a barrel of oil: 2

STM’s (Montreal) average railcar age: 36

Bus+Plants: Busroots

Capacity of TTC subways: 30,000/25,500

Number of delays on subway in 2009: >1000

Hours of delay: 119 hours

Cost of subway in Canada: $300 million/km CAD

Cost of subway in China: $300 million/km CNY

Factory City: 1.8 square km

Equivalent: Monaco City

Size: 20 buildings

Equivalent: 4 football fields

Workers: 17,000

Daily production: 60,000 irons

Monthly: 36,000 coffee makers

Yearly: 18,000,000 electric grills

TTC Transit Chime: “Do Do Dooo”

WMATA Transit Chime: “Ding Dun” “Ding Dun”

Taipei MRT Chime: Ambulance Noises

Tokyo Takadanobaba Station Chime: Astro Boy

Most popular magazine for NY subway riders: The New Yorker

Urban Planning Simulation: CityOne

NYC maximum capacity subway line: Lexington Avenue Express and Local

PPHPD: 63,200

Busiest two-track heavy rail line in world: Hong Kong

PPHPD: 84,000

Google streetview Antarctica: Penguins

Google streetview Norway: Pitchforked Divers

Google streetview Brazil: Body Bags