Interesting Facts > Transportation

• Brazil is the heliport capital of the world.
• In Australia, there's plenty of open road. Which is just as well, because you wouldn't want to park your car.
• American planes take-off a staggering 8.5 million times per year - almost half the number of take-offs worldwide.
• More than a third of the world's airports are in the United States of America.
• In Germany and Italy, every second person owns a car.
• The Pitcairn Islands have the world’s shortest highway system, with only 6.4 kilometers of road. They also have the fourth-fewest main phone lines.
• About one-quarter of all nations drive on the left-hand-side of the road. Most of them are former British colonies.
• Train spotters should go to Australia - Australians have more railway per capita than anyone else on the globe.

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