links for 2009-05-17

"Graphs shows the yearly ridership at each station, with the shaded grey area spanning 1952 (same overall ridership level as today) to 1977 (nadir system-wide). Station names appear as map is zoomed in (eg: midtown, wall street, south bronx, williamsburg, park slope). "

It's a nice idea; I just wish it were more attractive/usable. The damn thing takes so long to load I'm not even sure how / where it works. Lazyweb, please remix?