Delicious offers an engaging collection of transportation-related infographics, from the history of transportation to why freeway traffic occurs.
One set of infographic, called "Painting by Numbers" is from an exhibit at London's Transport Museum, which features a "whole bunch of infographicy posters all arguing the benefits of public transportation in a decidedly early 1900s style," writes Eric Limer. A classic example from this exhibit:
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