Cartoon Tuesday
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Cartoon Tuesday: Don’t Walk(?)
If you're in need of a little comic relief today, try this seemingly subversive pro-jaywalking message from the Muppets.
April 21, 2009
Cartoon Tuesday: Tales From the Dark Side (of the Road)
The UK Department for Transport's no-holds-barred THINK! road safety campaign isn't just for adults. This creepy toon, one in a series designed to influence how kids interact with auto traffic (here's another), encourages bright colored clothing in favor of "trendy" darker tones when walking at night.
March 17, 2009
Cartoon Tuesday: Triple Parking
Head over to Toronto bike advocacy blog Take the Tooker for the denouement to this transportation fable. Hat tip: Greater Greater Washington.
March 10, 2009
Cartoon Tuesday: Two Steps Forward, Two Steps Back?
Hat tip to David Alpert for this Tom Toles toon, which nails the disconnect between the brave green world we're supposedly entering and the dramatic cutbacks plaguing transit systems across the country. Click through for the punchline (I kind of gave it away already).
February 10, 2009
Cartoon Tuesday: Political Suicide
This word of warning from cartoonist Mike Luckovich to Republicans in Congress feels all the more timely on the heels of today’s action in the Senate. Click through for the punchline.
February 3, 2009
Cartoon Tuesday: Racing Down a Road to Nowhere?
I’m guessing the speeding metaphor in this cartoon from Gary Varvel of the Indianapolis Star (click through for Pelosi’s quote) is not intended to critique spending stimulus dollars on highway expansion. But if you stick House Appropriations Chair David Obey in the driver’s seat, it makes for a rather pointed comment on the reckless approach … Continued
January 13, 2009
Cartoon Tuesday: What’s Your Destination?
Good stuff this week from Tom Toles, whose transpo-themed editorial cartoons are always on target. Click through for the rest of this commentary.
January 6, 2009
Cartoon Tuesday: Priority
Click through for the conclusion to this week's toon, which comes to us from Rick Smith of Shaker Heights, Ohio. Smith's strip, Yehuda Moon,
is a serialized saga with daily entries going back to January. I'm
still making my way through the storyline, but having biked the
greenways of Lorain County, I had a soft spot for this installment.
December 9, 2008