The Case for Public Transportation, in Infographic Form

[KamaAina]

http://www.citylab.com/commute/2012/07/case-public-transportation-infographic-form/2605/

This would make a great poster. Last week the Sustainable Cities Collective posted a terrific, poster-sized graphic highlighting the benefits of public transportation to individuals and to society. The very well-made display was created, somewhat improbably, by Boris at Credit Donkey, a website whose primary function seems to be to explicate the world of credit cards to consumers. The graphic is based on research by Kelly Teh.

The link between an environmental cause and a site primarily devoted to credit cards is, I suppose, household expenses. Taking transit saves household expenses. We should enlarge and frame this, and put it on one of the incredibly blank walls (that's another story) in our offices here at NRDC:

[Louisiana1976]

1. I got rid of my car about seven years ago and since then I've been taking the bus everywhere.

Occasionally I miss having a car but then I think of gas prices and all the other expenses that go into owning a car. And there's a nice thing about taking a bus--when the route's long enough I can read on the way.

[KamaAina]

2. Are you still in Louisiana?!

If so, you better be in New Orleans! Even Baton Rouge buses suck donkey dicks.