In fact, don’t do this ever. Today’s bad chart comes from the Philadelphia Mayor’s Office of Transportation and Utilities. I saw it and could only shake my head and wonder why.
![The Mayor's Office version](https://coffeespoons.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/commuters-600.png)
Something more like this much more easily communicates the story.
![My take on the data](https://coffeespoons.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/myTake.png)
Credit for the original piece goes to the Mayor’s Office of Transportation and Utilities.