Road Rage.

• Position: Brief Article - Statistical Data Included

Percent of surface area in the city of Los Angeles dedicated in some way to the automobile (roads, parking garages, etc.) - 70 percent

Percent of surface area in Los Angeles devoted to parks and open space - 5 percent

Number of people killed in Amtrak 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) - $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...