Our #citydata series has been going down a storm on Tumblr and Facebook, sharing factoids about cities in a highly visual format. After consolidating our first ten parts into a post on This Big City a few weeks back, it’s time for another instalment. We’ve been busy looking for interesting data snapshots from cities across the globe, and here’s ten (more) of them:

And over 1.4 million trips on CitiBike since its launch just two months ago!

Of which $3.50 goes to the tour guide.

Denver’s b-cycle offers a bike-share alternative, with users taking more than a half a million rides on the service since it opened in 2010.

Compared to…


A cost saving so compelling 147 cities have now got BRT systems.

If you want to live a more sustainable lifestyle, think twice about getting a pet.

The city’s bus and metro have also seen a 26% increase in ridership since 2008.


If you know of any interesting data for our #citydata series, let us know in the comments below!