John,

Good idea.  I happen to know you have the necessary tech-savvy, so all you need 
is to do it!
paste in 40 cars/drivers, then 40 bikes/cyclists, then 1 bus/40 riders
> 

On 08/12/10, John Martin  <[email protected]> wrote:

> > The classic way is to show the cars, then show the same number of 
> > people sitting on chairs in the position they would sit if driving the car, 
> > i.e. approximately 12 feet apart laterally, and 25 feet (?) linearly. Then 
> > the same people move their chairs into the position they would take up if 
> > using bus seats. Often the bus itself is not even in the photo. Finally, 
> > you have the same number of people on the same street riding bikes and 
> > walking.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> Perhaps the simplest way to make this image is to 
> 
>       find your favorite congested street from Bing Maps ("birds-eye" view), 
>       choose your angle and zoom level
>       screenshot
> 

> 
> We could quickly make one with the Capitol building in back, and one on John 
> Nolen, and one on University...
> 
> 
> 
> Technology is great. The downside is that there's a bit of camaraderie lost 
> in not getting 40 people together to do this. The upside is that in using a 
> generic person, it might look a bit less, um... holier-than-thou, which, I 
> think, is a turn-off to some of the drivers we're trying to reach.
> 
> 
> 
> my .02,
> John
> 
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