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Visualization: Telling a Story Beyond Charts and Numbers

People remember 80% of what they see and do, and only 20% of what they read. Yet much of the communications work in urban planning and transportation is found in the form of dense memos, and 100-page text-heavy reports.

In this session, see examples of effective visual communication in cities – telling a story beyond charts and numbers to document pedestrian flows, change the conversation around traffic fatalities, and experience the positive impact of street redesigns in real, relatable, terms. In this session, find out: What does it feel like to experience a complete street, instead of reading about it?