Comments on: Remix Challenge: Car, Bus, Bike

By: John S. Allen

John S. Allen — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:23:39 +0000

the Muenster poster shows the space taken by parked bicycles and vehicles, not ones that are in motion. Please see

http://john-s-allen.com/blog/?p=7

By: شات

شات — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:38:39 +0000

@@You are the utmost extravaganza@@

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:13:19 +0000

In response to Elliot’s question, since the poster is credited in 2001, I think it was originally intended to operate on a city planning level (reducing traffic congestion). But that said, it can be just as easily applied to the sustainable urbanism dialogue (mitigating greenhouse gas emissions).

This could just be my American background talking, as I know that Germany is lightyears ahead of the US on all things sustainable.

Thought-provoking image nonetheless…

By: thedan

thedan — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:56:22 +0000

you ever thought of the possibility that might NOT be the actual poster? the city of muenster is in germany, and i’d be surprised if they create a poster in english.

my guess: some person saw the picture, and “translated” it to english using comixans.

indeed, if you look at german blogs ( http://www.helge.at/2008/04/ich-bin-so-gern-mein-auto-los/ ) you can find the same picture without the comic sans…

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 00:36:17 +0000

I thought this challenge was worth giving a stab. Anything to rid the world of Comic Sans.

Here’s my remix, with a little eco-flavor:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryanp/3429675173/sizes/o/

By: Elliot

Elliot — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 05:30:41 +0000

Just something I noticed: All these posters seem to indicate that riding by bicycle takes up the least amount of space, since that comes last. What are we really going for here, least space or least gas?

By: Nitin

Nitin — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 12:43:17 +0000

it was a fun project - Thanks aza,
My Attempt

By: ruth

ruth — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 22:38:02 +0000

fun project - thanks!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/virgosun/3411190660/

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 17:45:44 +0000

I immediately noticed the same thing as the first few comments: the assumption of 60 cars for 60 people, and the different zoom level for the picture of the cars.

One point nobody else seemed to make, though: who rides as close together as the bikes depicted in the third picture? Give me some space, please! :) The same holds true for the cars, as well.

And in any case, the caption should more accurately say: “How to get 60 people from the same starting place and time to the same destination place and time.” But hey, that wouldn’t work as well for an anti-car message. :)

Please don’t misunderstand me: I agree entirely that people should take advantage of public transportation when feasible. I do so myself on a regular basis. However, if I want to get from an arbitrary point A to an arbitrary point B, a quick look at something like Google Transit confirms the usual problem: walk to point C, wait X minutes, ride bus to point D, wait Y minutes, ride different bus/train/whatever to point E, walk to point B. Total time: 2-4x the time required by car. Biking has the same problem with time required, and falls back to public transportation to achieve reasonable distances.

By: Tyler Rigsby

Tyler Rigsby — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 03:40:52 +0000

Here is my first try. I made a black one and a gray one but I far prefer the black one.

http://tinyurl.com/da3qtg