Vitals
Population, City of Los Angeles: 3,957,875 (2005), Annual Growth Rate: 1.13% (2005),
Service Miles, MTA: 1,433, Bus Stops: 18,500, Total Monthly Boardings, MTA: 34,775,877 (June 2006), Regional Population: 9,937,739 (2005), Regional Homeless: 91,000 (2005), Licensed Taxis: 2300 Further information
Population, City of Tokyo: 12,544,205 (2005), Annual Growth Rate: .7% (2005),
Total Annual Boardings, East Japan Railways: 3,117,237 (2004), Estimated Homeless in Tokyo: 4000-5000
Further information (available in Excel format!)
Population, City of New York: 8,008,278 (2002), Annual Growth Rate: . % (2005), Service Miles, MTA: 1,871, Annual Ridership: 740 million, Subway stations: 468, Annual Ridership, Subway: 1.4 billion, Licensed Taxis: 12,778,
Regional Population: 11,685,650 (2001), Regional Homeless: 48,155 (2005), New York City Shelters: 31,961
Action Point:
California High Speed Rail -
Mass transit and decreasing the dependence on oil are key to our future, not to mention Japan, France,
and now China mocks us from their own...
