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Video: San Francisco's Buses as the Pulse of the City

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By Allison Bond
Jul 29, 2010 1:22 AMNov 20, 2019 3:54 AM

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Sure, public transportation is cheaper, better for the environment, and conducive to livable cities. But today we'll celebrate another of its fabulous features: It can be visually awesome. Case in point: A visualization of the movement of the San Francisco Municipal Railway, also known as Muni. The video is based on June 2010 data harvested from Nextbus, which uses GPS and software to predict and follow vehicles such as shuttles and buses. Via sfist:

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