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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org -- India Viola Stretton Lab 115 Zoology Research 1117 W. Johnson St. Madison, WI 53706 608.262.3336 "How can we learn from our mistakes if we don't first acknowledge them?" -AnonymousDo _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
