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May Trivia
Posted by admin on 03/04/2015 12:00 am - Trivia
If you want to be the Guest of Honor at the next Younger Member Event, be the first one to get all the answers right! So come on Houston, test your knowledge!
1. Match the state with the length of roadway lane miles per each state.
A. Texas
B. California
C. Illinois
D. Kansas
E. Minnesota
a. 4865000 roadway lane miles
b. 1396000 roadway lane miles
c. 1751868 roadway lane miles
d. 6586610 roadway lane miles
e. 4356200 roadway lane miles
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2. Match the state with the correct population per roadway lane mile.
A. Texas
B. California
C. Illinois
D. Kansas
E. Minnesota
a. 044.0 people per road lane mile
b. 019.2 people per road lane mile
c. 041.2 people per road lane mile
d. 010.1 people per road lane mile
e. 100.4 people per road lane mile
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3. Match the state with the correct land area per roadway lane mile.
A. Texas
B. California
C. Illinois
D. Kansas
E. Minnesota
a. 0.29 square miles per road lane mile
b. 0.41 square miles per road lane mile
c. 0.31 square miles per road lane mile
d. 0.20 square miles per road lane mile
e. 0.42 square miles per road lane mile
Answer to April Trivia
As a comparison study, these five countries have the following length of roadway networks, population per roadway mile, and land area per mile.
United States - 6586610 roadway miles - 048.7 people per road mile -
1.50 Square KM per road mile
India - 4865000 roadway miles - 261.0 people per road mile -
0.68 square KM per road mile
China - 4356200 roadway miles - 314.3 people per road mile -
2.21 square KM per road mile
Brazil - 1751868 roadway miles - 116.5 people per road mile -
4.86 square KM per road mile
Russia - 1396000 roadway miles - 104.8 people per road mile -
12.25 square KM per road mile
Japan - 1210251 roadway miles - 104.9 people per road mile -
0.31 square KM per road mile
One interesting thing to point out is that the United States has the greatest amount of roadway with the least amount of population per mile, meaning we have greater mobility that any other nation while serving a decent average of our land area. Another is that Russia and Japan have nearly identical populations per mile while serving very different land area sizes.
