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cross-posted from: https://jlai.lu/post/6800661
Transportation mode, World vs USA
Needed like five minutes just to understand the graph, but man it is packed with useful information. Data is indeed beautiful. And the mobility triangle in the US of A isn't.
I'm going to use this as an example of one of the worst visualizations I've ever seen.
Cool plot, would enjoy seeing specific cities rather than average, even if it clogs things up
I'd like to see a map where the Netherlands are not included. We in Europe are not (always) car-centric but the public transport is awful in some places.
I mean the Netherlands arent thaat big to make a super big impact on that graph, so the comparison still stands.
But the graphic is not telling us which other "non-US" Cities are included to know how diverse the data used is.
I get the impression that Netherlands public transport is above average but not exceptional in Europe (although it depends on which countries you are comparing to). But their bike infrastructure is world leading.
Curious how the plots on the left would compare if it compared population densities instead of populations.
I really like your idea. It would be great insight to have.
Yeah, the graph on the left is the only one I question …. There’s not many cities in the US above 10M, and NYC has a lot of transit and walking users
Edit: I didn’t see any data source.
How do we know these cities aren't cherry picked? The data seems a bit overwhelming.
The "794 cities worldwide" line in the triangle is not very representative, since almost half of those cities are taken from USA.