A quick look at some of the things that make your cities work (or not): Number of Americans traveling 50+ miles for Thanksgiving: 42 million Number of turkeys eaten: 226 million Pounds consumed: 736 million Number of cities with Google Transit: 500+ Cost of LRT compared to BRT in Tampa, Florida: 2.5 x more expensive...
A quick look at some of the statistics that make your cities work (or not): Star-gazing transit style: Grand Central Terminal Earthquake + train tracks: Spaghetti tracks Beijing cabs attached with GPS device: 33,000 Days to build hotel in Shanghai: 6 Days expected to build Sagrada Familia (ongoing): 52,560 Cost of transit service for transit...
A quick look at some of the statistics that make your cities work (or not): Average cost of daily parking in Manhattan: $31 George Costanza: My father never paid for parking, my mother, my brother, nobody Cont’d: A garage. I can’t even pull in there. It’s like going to a prostitute. Why should I pay,...
A quick look at some of the statistics that make your cities work (or not): Special Toronto Edition Toronto’s nickname: Hogtown Hogtown’s new mayor: Rob Ford Political ambitions: Derail gravy train Personal vehicle tax: Scrapped Potential money saved: $60 Municipal land transfer tax: Scrapped Potential money saved: $1,000’s Garbage collection: Outsourced War on cars: Scrapped...
A QUICK LOOK AT SOME OF THE STATISTICS THAT MAKE YOUR CITIES WORK (OR NOT): Percent of Mumbai to be covered with cars by 2030: 25% Solution: Tata Tower Vertical parking spots available: 4050 One day attendance in Shanghai Expo 2010: 1,000,000 Size: 5 square kilometers Population Density: 200,000 persons per square kilometer Number of...
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...
A QUICK LOOK AT SOME OF THE STATISTICS THAT MAKE YOUR CITIES WORK (OR NOT): Groundwork for American imperialism: The Guano Islands Act of 1856 Billions of dollars Japan willing to loan California for High Speed Rail: $40 Barrels of oil spilled in Ecuador’s Amazon rainforests: 14,000 Loaning your car for 20 hours a week:...
A QUICK LOOK AT SOME OF THE STATISTICS THAT MAKE YOUR CITIES WORK (OR NOT): Estimated number of vehicles on Earth: 1,000,000,000 Estimated number of vehicles on Earth by 2025: 2,000,000,000 Number of pedestrians in Times Square per day: 364,000 % increase from 2008: 15 Number of years that surplus housing will last in Charlotte County, Florida: 100 Homes sitting empty in Florida: 300,000 Number of homes approved...
A QUICK LOOK AT SOME OF THE STATISTICS THAT MAKE YOUR CITIES WORK (OR NOT): Swinging bus stop: London A/C bus stop: Dubai Hammock bus stop: Vancouver Number of traffic jams on Beijing’s Friday Night: 140 You cannot get a snake to swallow an elephant: Chinese Traffic Metaphor Coolest bike lanes: Portland, OR Illegal bicycle...
A QUICK LOOK AT SOME OF THE STATISTICS THAT MAKE YOUR CITIES WORK (OR NOT): Caracas Metrocable Cost: $262 million Passengers per day: 36,000 Cabins in operation: 50 Cost to ride: 10 cents Cost to fill TTC’s Eglinton subway hole in 1995: $40 million % of Midtown Manhattan residents walking to work: 40 Primary users...