The Art of Transit

The art of transit

photo by Spider_Dude, via Camera+ Cool shot taken with the iPhone’s Camera+ app on a northbound Line 96 bus on the northbound Pasadena Freeway. To submit a photo for the Art of Transit, post it to Metro’s Flickr group, email it to sourcemetro@gmail.com or Tweet it to @metrolosangeles with an #artoftransit hashtag. Many of the [continue reading]

The art of transit

photo by Willamor Media, via Flickr creative commons Great street scene in Hong Kong, taken in 2005. There’s a lot going on transpo-wise in this photo, which also shows off Hong Kong’s density. To submit a photo for the Art of Transit, post it to Metro’s Flickr group, email it to sourcemetro@gmail.com or [continue reading]

The art of transit

photo by Mishtun, via Tumblr Nice shot of the moon over Union Station last night. That’s Metro’s headquarters towering over the Metrolink train. To submit a photo for the Art of Transit, post it to Metro’s Flickr group, email it to sourcemetro@gmail.com or Tweet it to @metrolosangeles with an #artoftransit hashtag. Many of the photos [continue reading]

The art of transit

Photo by Metro Library and Transportation Archive, via their Flickr photostream That’s the old Ivy stop — i.e. Culver City — circa 1905. The new Expo Line station is a little larger. To submit a photo for the Art of Transit, post it to Metro’s Flickr group, email it to sourcemetro@gmail.com or Tweet [continue reading]

The art of transit

photo by Chris Walters, via Flickr Cool photo of the Sydney Harbor Bridge taken with the Hipstamatic app for the iPhone. The filters used were the John S lens and the BlacKeys b&w film. To submit a photo for the Art of Transit, post it to Metro’s Flickr group, email [continue reading]

The art of transit

photo by Steve Hymon/Metro I took this photo from the platform of a southbound Gold Line train pulling into the South Pasadena station last week. I shot the photo with my Nikon D5100 and then in Photoshop Elements used the “Fresco” function to make it look like a drawing or [continue reading]

The art of transit

photo by Dommy_in_LA, via Twitter Nice shot of Expo Line testing. If you missed the news, testing ramped up yesterday — here’s the news release from Friday. To submit a photo for the Art of Transit, post it to Metro’s Flickr group, email it to sourcemetro@gmail.com or Tweet it to [continue reading]

The art of transit

photo by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, via Flickr creative commons It’s Friday, meaning it’s almost play time. In that spirit, here’s a photo of the Bizz Johnson bike trail in Northern California — it runs for 25 miles from Susanville along an old rail right-of-way converted to a bike trail. To submit [continue reading]

The art of transit

photo by Ran Zhang, via Flickr creative commons Nice photo and processing of the gates in a New York subway station. The photo was taken with a Nikon D300. To submit a photo for the Art of Transit, post it to Metro’s Flickr group, email it to sourcemetro@gmail.com or Tweet [continue reading]

The art of transit

photo by Andrew Ellis Miller, via submission Nice sunset shot of a southbound Amtrak train in Carpinteria taken with an iPhone 4s. To submit a photo for the Art of Transit, post it to Metro’s Flickr group, email it to sourcemetro@gmail.com or Tweet it to @metrolosangeles with an #artoftransit hashtag. [continue reading]