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Of all riders, 71% are ___ and 7% are ___.
employed； students
The most popular car color is [black / white / grey].
white
One of the oldest type of transportation is by ___. Sea traders set out in small boats thousands of years ago to trade their goods with other people. Today, ships still use old sea trade routes.
boat
The world’s fastest train is the Maglev – in ___ – which can cover 30.5km in eight minutes. It runs with maglev technology, ‘magnetic levitation’, meaning there is no friction so the vehicle makes virtually no sound when travelling.
Shanghai
Most freight or cargo trains are powered by an engine at the ___ that pulls the freight cars.
front
The first bus line in the world was started in ___ in 1662. Back in the days before the invention of the internal combustion engine it was served by horse and carriage and carried up to eight passengers.
Paris
The [aircraft / trucking / rail] industry moves approximately 70% of all freight transported annually in the U.S.
trucking
The first underground railway was built in ___. It opened in 1863 and the trains were powered by steam, which made the underground railway dirty and stinky.
London, England
Traveling by public transportation is ___ safer per mile than traveling by automobile.
10 times
40% of the world’s freight is transported via [planes / trucks / trains].
trains
One-third of the world’s airports are in ___.
the United States
The city with the largest bus network in the world is ___. It has a total of 251.2 km (156 miles) of bus lines operated by 3,900 buses!
Jakarta, Indonesia
Japanese ___ are always clean! The clean-up crew for the Shinkansen trains can clean the complete train in seven minutes and the process is now referred to as “Shinkansen Theater”.
bullet trains
The ___ is considered to be the most energy-efficient vehicle that has ever been invented.
bicycle
There are 3.410bn annual riders of the ___ subway system. Following them in popularity of annual riders is ___, ___, Shanghai, Moscow, Guangzhou, New York City, Mexico City, Hong Kong and Paris which finishes the top ten.
Beijing --> Tokyo --> Seoul
One out of every [5 / 7 / 9] jobs in the United States is related to transportation.
seven
It took [29 / 47 / 63] days to circle the world in a helicopter.
29
The road network in ___ is the biggest one in the world.
the United States
Every $1 invested in public transportation generates [$115 / $10 / $5 ] in economic returns.
$5