infographics

A simple chart allows an easy comparison between the varieties of housing that comprise the housing stock of U.S. cities.

September 22, 2015 - The Washington Post - Wonkblog

How does New York stack up compared to London, Tokyo, or even Moscow?

September 7, 2015 - Business Insider

Do you have a need for speed? Or at least a need to know the speed limit anywhere in the world? Greater Greater Washington has just the map for you.

December 13, 2014 - Greater Greater Washington

Part infographic and part diary, the weather radials project tracks the weather for every day in 2013.

November 28, 2014 - The Washington Post - Wonkblog

The New York Times has produced a pair of visualization tools to present the findings of the recent report by Detroit's Blight Removal Task Force.

May 29, 2014 - New York Times

"Each region is closer to a particular airport than any other," explains the creator of what's called a spherical Voronoi diagram. The diagram illustrates just how far that airport is.

April 13, 2014 - The Washington Post - Wonkblog

A website called I Quant NY has produced a string of posts examining recent ridership data released by Citi Bike. The visualizations and maps produced by the site make a good case for the value of open data.

April 9, 2014 - I Quant NY

Movoto turned U.S. population density maps into an animated gif to show how the population has expanded over time.

April 9, 2014 - Movoto Blog

It's hard to keep up with the endless quest to present the world's knowledge in map form, but luckily we've got Max Fisher as a guide. He's collected 40 more fascinating maps that explain world history, present conditions and future scenarios.

January 31, 2014 - The Washington Post

Since it has struggled with aggressive transit foes over half-cent sales taxes and light rail, Charlotte, North Carolina's transit system is launching a campaign to dispel myths about transit with crisp, clear infographics.

September 4, 2013 - The Atlantic Cities

The battle over who can present the most compelling infographical maps is apparently escalating. The good news, no matter the result, we all win. While these 80 maps may not explain everything, they sure do say a lot.

August 16, 2013 - Bored Panda

With arresting infographics, architect Seth Goodman aims to expose the absurd parking requirements that can be found in cities across America.

May 23, 2013 - DC.Streetsblog

Data visualizations show the daily ebb and flow of public transit traffic in world's major cities.

December 2, 2012 - Wired

An informative, detailed, and attractive infographic from the vacation rental website HouseTrip compares the environmental credentials of London, New York, Vancouver, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, and Stockholm, across a range of categories.

October 21, 2012 - Fast Company Co.Exist

Kaid Benfield directs our attention to "a terrific, poster-sized graphic highlighting the benefits of public transportation" that was created by an unlikely source - a credit card comparison website.

July 18, 2012 - Switchboard

Delicious offers an engaging collection of transportation-related infographics, from the history of transportation to why freeway traffic occurs.

January 6, 2012 - Delicious

Yuri Artibise is an expert on infographics and has chosen his favorite ones on cities.

February 18, 2011 - Sustainable Cities Collective

Google Labs has released another fascinating tool for researchers. Readers may already be familiar with  Google Trends which can chart and reveal trends in search patterns for the last decade. The new tool allows similar analysis of Google's impressive library of digitized books spanning centuries.

December 17, 2010 - Abhijeet Chavan

The Center for Urban Pedagogy wants to make city codes understandable to the people that are impacted. With that in mind, CUP tackled New York's regulations for street vendors.

April 8, 2009 - The New York Times

This info-graphic from Good compares subways an rapid transit rail systems from around the world, by track miles and ridership.

February 23, 2009 - Good