Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!news.media.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!usa-post Newsgroups: usa-today.snap,americast.usa-today.snap From: usa-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: usa-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: snap Tue, Sep 29 1992 Date: Tue, 29 Sep 92 04:35:07 EDT Message-ID: 09-29 0000 cc cc Sept. 29, 1992 SNAPSHOTS: A look at the news, money, sports, and lifestyle statistics that shape our world from the pages of USA TODAY. EFFICIENCY IN TRAVEL Amount of energy (B.t.u.) per passenger mile: Most Efficient Least Efficient Intercity Bus 0.9 Personal Truck 4.8 TGV French High-Speed Train 1.2 Commercial Airplane 4.8 Source: New York Dept. of Enviormental Conservation FASTEST-GROWING AIR ROUTES Airline routes to Asia and in Asia will be the fastest-growing this decade. Estimated 1990-2000 average annual growth in revenue passenger miles (*): Europe to Asia 8.9% Trans-Pacific 8.5% Intra-Asia 8.1% North America to Latin America 6.5% Intra-Latin America 5.4% (*)-One paying passenger flown one mile Source: Boeing. BEST, WORST RUNNERS-UP Best and worst second-place records since major league baseball began divisional play in 1969: Record Pct. Lost to Baltimore, 1980 100-62 .617 New York Kansas City, 1983 79-83 .488 Chicago YOGURT FREEZES OUT OTHER DESERTS In three years, sales of ice cream have grown only slightly while low-cal ice milk and sherbert have declined. The reason-competition from frozen yogurt: Frozen Yogurt Production (In millions of gallons) 1989 82.5 1991 147.1 Source: National Resturant Association. This article is copyright 1992 Gannett News Service. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM