Here’s an interesting random factoid: according to this, Salt Lake’s light-rail system — the train I mention so often on this blog — is ranked tenth out of 27 cities in terms of ridership. Not bad, considering a lot of people protested its construction a few years ago on the grounds that “no one would ride it.” (We’re still hearing that argument from folks who don’t want extensions running through their neighborhoods.)

Now, if only I could find some statistics on the number of people who leave chicken bones under train seats and pretend no one saw them…