Johannesburg Infrastructure

General
There are 9247km of roads in Johannesburg, of which only 1040km is not tarred Seventy-one percent of the housing in Johannesburg is adequate There are 180 000 street lights There are 1 780 traffic lights There are 35 cemeteries There are 80 bus routes throughout the city that is serviced by 554 buses There are 100 water towers and reservoirs There are 9 500km of water pipes There are 9 000km of sewerage pipes The city has two active power stations, capable of generating 600mw (megawatts) The average travel time for commuters is 72 minutes Ninety percent of the city's people have to walk less than 1km to access their modes of transport Traffic congestion has increased by 26 percent since 1999

General

There are 9247km of roads in Johannesburg, of which only 1040km is not tarred
Seventy-one percent of the housing in Johannesburg is adequate
There are 180 000 street lights
There are 1 780 traffic lights
There are 35 cemeteries
There are 80 bus routes throughout the city that is serviced by 554 buses
There are 100 water towers and reservoirs
There are 9 500km of water pipes
There are 9 000km of sewerage pipes
The city has two active power stations, capable of generating 600mw (megawatts)
The average travel time for commuters is 72 minutes
Ninety percent of the city's people have to walk less than 1km to access their modes of transport
Traffic congestion has increased by 26 percent since 1999

Nature

There are 17 nature reserves in the city
There are 12 river systems that run throughout the city
There are six million trees in Johannesburg (1.2 million in parks and pavements, and 4.8 million in private homes)
An amazing 40 percent of the entire world's human ancestor fossils have been found in areas adjoining the city
Johannesburg has about150 heritage sites, half of which are national monuments
There are 4 443ha of open veld
There are 63ha of bird sanctuaries
There are 87ha of nature trails
There are 80ha of botanical gardens
There are 106 dams

Facilities