Between 2001-09 the average annual vehicle miles traveled by US 16-34yr olds has decreased 23% (10,300-7,900 miles) fw.to/yjBe9oP
Only 21% of Americans approve of the way Republicans in Congress are handling negotiations over the budget: wapo.st/1hRCHP7
28% of people in London are in poverty, 7% higher than the rest of England: theguardian.com/society/2013… #poverty #urbanism
19% of US workers are overeducated for their jobs (highest: UK & Japanese 30% - lowest: Italians 14%) theatln.tc/17Xxpjp @OECD
The average time between trains, as seen by a random passenger, is substantially higher than the true average: bit.ly/17hPrcB
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While average commute unchanged (25.5 mins), those traveling >1hour each way rose by 300K (to 11.1M) between 2011-12 on.wsj.com/1aucB1R
In the first 6 months of 2013, 100% of the people bitten by L.A. County Sheriff's canines were black or hispanic: bit.ly/17XgM7m
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The next 500 Americans born will do more damage to our planet than the next 100,000 Nigeriens: nyti.ms/15Zwa4E #ghic #demographics
Some 800,000 #NYC residents live now on territory (roughly a 1/4 of the city), that will be on a flood plain by 2050: nytimes.com/2013/10/13/opini…
20% of UK students consider themselves to have a mental health problem, 13% have suicidal thoughts: gu.com/p/3jddd/tf #phealth
In Washington, D.C., over 6% of residents have a paid membership to a single cheating site: bit.ly/1aiJXPP via @alfrehn
In the last 15 years the amount people walk fell by 27% gu.com/p/3je9g #walkability #urbanism via @Walkonomics
Housing #homeless produces $2 in costs avoided (health/services) for every $1 spent (housing) 1st yr, $6/$1 yrs after buff.ly/16JZFl1
In 2012 20% of all trips <1 mile were made by cars and vans: theguardian.com/local-govern… #walkable #data
Only 78.3% of US adults reached a Level 2 (/5) in literacy, while 9.1% did not a reach Level 1 in numeracy: theatln.tc/18PadU2 #ed
>1000 concrete buildings in LA are prone to collapse during earthquakes: ow.ly/pLah4 #maps #data #LA
Among people who live in downtown Toronto, 46 per cent walk to work:
fw.to/m5XyyuO #cities #TOpoli #walkable
3% America’s land mass, basically the cities, generates 85% of its economic activity: fw.to/m5XyyuO #data #cities
People who #commute 1hr each way must earn 40% more $$ to be as satisfied as those who don't: online.wsj.com/article/SB100… @urbandata
People who ride public transportation get 3x more physical activity than those who don’t: bit.ly/1bJdkBy @APTA_Transit @urbandata