Basically, it portrays how 50 passengers and how much road space it would require to transport them. First is 50 people and 50 cars (astounding!), second is 50 people and 1 bus, third is 50 people and 50 bikes (so cute!). Actually, I guess the image also shows 50 people walking too! Often times we are so busy counting carbon emissions or mpg, that we forget about the aggregate effect. Also, next time I almost get run over by a car, I will attempt to explain this graphic to them when I pull up to them at the next red light. WHICH ALWAYS HAPPENS.
Nowhere was this graphic more apparent than at Pink Party this Saturday, which is basically a giant dance party on Castro and Market to celebrate acceptance and LGBT pride. As such, people flow in from all over the Bay Area to dance it up! And as such, the roads are completely stalled. On our bikes, we passed soooo many completely stopped cars it was almost heartbreaking. Lines of lights as far as you could see at pretty much every intersection (imagine the first image, at night time). A + L who were bikeless and stuck on buses, had a hell of a time getting to and from and ended up mostly walking. So while the bus image is cool, the 50 bikes are more fluid. Thus, it took Pumpkin and I 30 min to bike, while it took A + L an hour to bus/walk. Bikes for the win!
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