This visualization by Andy Cotgreave shows the most popular bicycles in London's city-wide bike hire program, affectionately named Boris Bikes after London mayor Boris Johnson. Its beautiful, useful and interesting- we're not the only ones who think so! It was re-embedded in the Guardian Datablog last week, no small feat.
About this Viz
Click on a cycle to see its usage over the three months. If you mouse over a journey in the map below you can see the time that it took to cycle.
Statistic charts on the web should really be interactive. Until Tableau Public, that had never been easy. But now, I have a tool with which I can explain large and complex datasets in a clear, simple and engaging way.