Friday, January 23, 2009

Why Do Freeways Come to a Stop?


This is a simple, good infographic that seeks to explain why traffic on freeways slows to a crawl without any apparent reason to drivers.  By Stephen J. Beard and Rich Exner in The Plain Dealer.

EDIT: Here's a link to the original article, and a high-res PDF of the infographic.

Posted by Randy Krum at 6:33 AM

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5 comments:

  1. AnonymousJanuary 24, 2009 at 9:27 PM

    Thanks Randy. Great site.

    This is one of many reasons I avoid driving in L.A. whenever possible!

    On the transportation note, my company, Studiofluid, recently completed an infographic for Daniel Sperling of UC Davis to help explain the future of sustainable transportation.

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 5, 2009 at 6:57 AM

    Rather than linking to Digg and having us all Rickrolled by that stupid photo, why not link to the real source of the graphic so that we might actually get the information and the original producer might get some of the credit.

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 5, 2009 at 10:28 AM

    And when one clicks on the graphic one gets a photo of ????

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  4. Randy KrumSeptember 6, 2009 at 12:30 PM

    Thanks for the comments. I fixed the links and added a link to the original article and high-res PDF.

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  5. AnonymousSeptember 6, 2009 at 2:21 PM

    Thanks for fixing it.
    You know a few basics of traditional journalism, like honest sourcing, would help lift blogging's status as a modern form of journalism.

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