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Chart Of The Day II

By The Daily Dish

Jan 20 2010, 3:24 AM ET

ChinaTransportation

Stuart Staniford digs through Chinese transportation data. The above graph shows total passenger-kilometers by mode of transportation:

[If] present trends continue, the Chinese expressway system will likely grow larger than the US interstate highway system within the next couple of years, and Chinese car ownership will exceed US car ownership by somewhere in the neighborhood of 2017.



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