Road Rage.Percent of surface area in the city of Los Angeles
Percent of surface area in Los Angeles devoted to parks and open space - 5 percent Number of people killed in Amtrak Amtrak, the National Railroad Passenger Corp., authorized to operate virtually all intercity passenger railroad routes in the United States. Amtrak was created by Congress in 1970 in response to more than two decades of continuous operating deficits by privately run passenger train accidents in the United States since 1971 - fewer than 100 Number of people killed every year in automobile accidents in the United States more than - 40,000 Number of deaths in the United States due to airline accidents in 1997 - 8 Number of pedestrians and cyclists killed in the United States by motor vehicles in 1997 - 6,100 (the equivalent of a commercial airline crash with no survivors every two weeks) Number of people displaced each year in the United States by new highway construction - 100,000 Number of Croatians displaced by war in 1997 - 100,000 Cost of fuel in the United States to drive 24,000 kilometers (15,000 miles) in Honda's 2000 Insight, which gets 28 kilometers/liter (65 miles per gallon Noun 1. miles per gallon - the distance traveled in a vehicle powered by one gallon of gasoline or diesel fuel unit, unit of measurement - any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange; "the dollar is the United States unit of ) - $415 Cost of driving that same distance in Land Rover's 2000 Range Rover, which gets 6 km/l (15 mpg) - $1,800 Total vehicle kilometers traveled by automobiles in Japan, France, Germany, Sweden, Italy, Canada, and the United Kingdom combined in 1997 - 2.6 trillion Total vehicle kilometers traveled by automobiles in just the United States in 1997 - 2.4 trillion Sources: David Engwicht, Reclaiming Our Cities and Towns: Better Living With Less Traffic (Philadelphia: New Society Publishers, 1993); personal communication with Irene Paul, Department of Parks and Recreation, City of Los Angeles, 28 June 2000; personal communication with Steven Taub, Amtrak representative; Alliance for a Paving Moratorium website [less than]www.tidepool.com[greater than]; Consumer's Union, "How Green is Your Pleasure Machine?" Grist Magazine, 20 May 2000; Federal Aviation Administration Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), component of the U.S. Department of Transportation that sets standards for the air-worthiness of all civilian aircraft, inspects and licenses them, and regulates civilian and military air traffic through its air traffic control , U.S. Department of Transportation, Headquarters Intercom, 8 September 1998; Immigration immigration, entrance of a person (an alien) into a new country for the purpose of establishing permanent residence. Motives for immigration, like those for migration generally, are often economic, although religious or political factors may be very important. and Refugee Services of America, World Refugee Survey 1998 (Washington, DC: USCR Publications, 1998); Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and fuel economy website [less than]www.fueleconomy.gov[greater than] (based on $1.80 per gallon for price of fuel); Federal Highway Administration The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is a division of the United States Department of Transportation that specializes in highway transportation. The agency's major activities are grouped into two "programs," The Federal-aid Highway Program and the Federal Lands Highway , Federal Highway Administration Highway Statistics Series 1997 (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1997) and U.S. Department of Tra nsportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), as part of the United States Department of Transportation, compiles, analyzes, and makes accessible information on the nation's transportation systems; collects information on intermodal transportation and other areas as needed; and , G-7 Countries: Transportation Highlights, BTS99-01, Washington, DC, 1999, [less than]www.bts.gov[greater than]. |
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