Great Divide in How Americans Commute to Work

Re:Great Divide in How Americans Commute to Work by aVx1uyD5pYWW on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @01:44PM (#18971016)

Their maps use percentage (rather than absolute numbers) of people in the area commuting with a given transportation mode. So it is a good usage of these maps imo.

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Re:Great Divide in How Americans Commute to Work by soared on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @01:55PM (#18971145)

It still doesn't provide any useful info. 70% of the map has no data, and it literally only shows urban vs. suburban vs. rural areas on every map.

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Re:Great Divide in How Americans Commute to Work by bluGill on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @04:31PM (#18972722)

70% of the map is farm land. They drive a tractor to work, or they drive a semi load of food to town. In both cases moving the driver is not the goal, just a side effect of autonomous vehicles not being ready yet.

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Re:Great Divide in How Americans Commute to Work by burlesona on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @02:06PM (#18971267)

I mean, it’s a map of commuting, so what else would it show?

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Re:Great Divide in How Americans Commute to Work by soared on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @02:20PM (#18971420)

My point is a map seems like a poor choice for the data. If half of your map is empty, and you’re really only showing a grouping of 3 categories, maybe use a graph or something else.

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Re:Great Divide in How Americans Commute to Work by burlesona on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @04:07PM (#18972474)

Yeah that’s fair, thanks for clarifying.

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