A quick look at some of the things that make intercity bus travel work (or not): Fastest growing form of intercity travel: Buses Number of intercity bus trips in 1960: 140 million In 1990: 40 million % decrease in intercity bus service between 1980-2002: 50.6% “Curbside” bus carrier – Megabus – inauguration date: 2006...
A quick look at some of the things that make petrol pricing and transport work (or not): World’s largest proven oil reserves: Venezuela World’s cheapest gasoline: Venezuela Cost: $0.02/L ($1.40/L in Toronto) Cost to fill up Hummer: $1.50 US Average driving speeds in Caracas: 11-15 km/h Last year roads were built: 1970 Number of cars...
A quick look at some of the things that make transportation subsidization work (or not): Transit subsidy: Difference between operating costs and passenger fare revenues Range of rail transit operating cost subsidies in US: 29-89% Bus transit: 57-89% Transit subsidy in LA: 82% Washington: 76% Average public transit operating costs per passenger mile for peak...
A quick look at some of the things that make solar energy work (or not): Percentage of electricity in US supplied by solar: <1% Number of times more solar panels installed in Germany than US: 3x Number of times more solar energy produced by Italy than the US: 3x Record high cost for a barrel...
A quick look at some of the things that make urban redevelopment work (or not): Definition of a “Spike”: A holdout threatening a larger development plan Percent of world’s population now living in urban areas: >50% Urban growth in Seattle between 2005-2008: 10,600 housing units Number of urban villages: 38 Ms. Edith Macefield: Seattle’s infamous...
A quick look at some of the things that make rising gasoline prices work (or not) for public transit: Cost of driving in 2008: 71 cents per mile Cost of driving in 1950: 9 cents per mile Percentage decrease in gasoline purchased as correlated to a 10% increase in gasoline prices between 2001-2006: <1% Percentage decrease...
A quick look at some of the things that makes suspended urban transit work (or not): The Aerobus Aerobus: Self-propelled suspended urban transit Inventor: Gerhard Mueller First installation: 1970, Schmerikon, Switzerland Distance between Aerobus tower spans: 0.6km Distance between Peak2Peak gondola tower span: 3.0km Only major installation: 1975, BUGA Mannheim, Germany Months in service: 6...
A quick look at some of the things that will make future urban mobility work (or not): Reinventing the Automobile – Personal Urban Mobility for the 21st Century: First self-propelled vehicle: 1769, Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot First gasoline-fuelled vehicle: 1885, Karl Benz Number of vehicles in US today: 850 million Number of times vehicles would circle planet...
A quick look at some of the things that make your city’s transit system work (or not) Transit and Fuel Efficiency: Barrels of petroleum used per day by cars in US in 2008: 4,663,900 By bus transit: 45,200 By rail transit: 700 BTU (average energy use) per passenger mile for private automobiles: 3437 * BTU...
A quick look at some of the things that make your city’s transit system work (or not) Transit Safety and Crime: % of Canadians feel safe walking alone in neighbourhood after dark: 90 % of Canadians not worried using public transit alone after dark: 57 % of women not worried: 42 Land uses attracting crime...