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How Seattle Commutes

Seattle has a tumultuous relationship with transportation. On the one hand, as a green-leaning city, we like to think that we're committed to reducing our reliance on single-user automobiles. One the other hand, our bus system goes down during major weather events, and we're just barely getting started on our light rail system. Sometimes it's hard to visualize what our commuting habits are or how they scale up against other cities. This graphic from artist Martha Kang McGill might help you out. Click to see a bigger version:

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Via Infrastructurist.

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  • sjohnston

    This is pretty pretty cool, and quite lovely. Obviously the best solution is for us all to strive to wfh(aka work from sweatpants) as much as possible.

  • Jake S

    Which of these cities (I'm looking at you, SF) has incorporated their suburbs as much as Seattle?

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