{"id":15762,"date":"2012-12-07T12:00:58","date_gmt":"2012-12-07T17:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=15762"},"modified":"2013-01-21T12:03:52","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T17:03:52","slug":"urban-planet-mesmerizing-visualizations-of-mass-transit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2012\/12\/07\/urban-planet-mesmerizing-visualizations-of-mass-transit\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Planet: Mesmerizing visualizations of mass-transit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"337\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4M0soXr2cHA\" width=\"600\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/feature-urban-planet.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"63\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While you are riding the overcrowded bus to work, it might be impossible to imagine how many other people, on innumerable forms of transit, are scattered throughout the city, just like you. Well, programmer Andrew Walker, of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sumusltd.com\/software.htm\">Sumus Technology<\/a>, has created several videos of major cities&#8217; transit systems to do just that. The images are mesmerizing, as the full breadth of how people move around the city on buses, trains, and ferries is unveiled.<\/p>\n<p>For more visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/wiredscience\/2012\/11\/transit-visualizations\/\">http:\/\/www.wired.com\/wiredscience<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Urban Planet is a roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We\u2019ll be on the lookout for websites outside the country that approach themes related to urban experiences and issues.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>For more stories from around the planet, check out Spacing on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Spacing\/111174192229238\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#%21\/Spacing\">Twitter<\/a>. 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