Accessibility to passenger flight
In 2017, One billion travelers flown by air in the European Union. A number of passenger flights per day (2010)
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Transport
Railroad maps of Germany
Germany has a railway network of 38 thousand kilometers of which 20 thousand kilometers electrified and 18,201 kilometers double track.
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How long it takes to travel from Paris by train
The first French high-speed railroad began to work in 1981. The LGV Sud-Est was the only high-speed railroad on the European continent. As of June 2021, the French high-speed rail network includes 2,800 kilometers.
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The density of the road network is closely correlated with population density and, thus, with the degree of urbanization. The
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Why Are Railway Gauges Different Around the World?
Railway gauges—the distance between rails—vary surprisingly across the globe. This post explores why countries use different track widths, how mismatches are handled at borders, and whether there’s a trend toward standardization.
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U.S. Commuters mapped
Americans are mostly dependent on the car. More than 150 million workers, that’s at least 120 million vehicles, appear on U.S. streets every day. 73% of U.S. commuters use their vehicles to move home and jobs. Only 13% of the 7,649 respondents use public transport, and only 11% take the bike.
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