The Art of Transit

The art of transit

photo by calflier001, via Flickr creative commons Cool photo of a bullet train in Kyoto, Japan. The photo was taken with a FujiFilm FinePix HS10 digital camera. Nice processing. 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 Carter Rubin/Metro, via Flickr creative commons Nice photo of the maintenance yards in downtown Los Angeles for the Red/Purple line subway. The L.A. River is to the right of the yards — one of the bridges over the river is in the top right of the frame — [continue reading]

The art of transit

photo by smrtmnky, via Twitter The actor Mark Wahlberg waves at passengers on the Metro 212 bus as it rolls past the premiere of “Ted” in Hollywood on Thursday. 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 Queens Surface 295, via Flickr creative commons Good shot of a rainbow neatly placed behind an A train on Rockaway Boulevard in Brooklyn earlier this month. 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 [continue reading]

The art of transit

photo by Jeff Sirkin, via Facebook Nice phone photo of Union Terminal, the rail station in Cincinnati that was built in 1933 and which now houses several museums. The Amtrak train between Washington and Chicago also stops there. The place was pretty much empty when I was growing up in [continue reading]

The art of traffic, er transit

photo by http2007, via Flickr creative commons A scene from Shanghai last month. Yikes. 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 we’ve featured can be [continue reading]

The art of transit

photo by Bradley Tollison, via Twitter As seen yesterday from Metro Rail near the Pico station for the Blue and Expo lines. The old-style Kings jersey definitely compliments this guy’s lid. Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Finals is in Newark at 5 p.m. Saturday. BTW, hockey-inclined readers should check [continue reading]

The art of transit

photo by Neil R, via Flickr creative commons In keeping with the news of the day, here’s a photo of a bus. 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]

The art of transit

photo by Kurt Milam, via Flickr creative commons Beautiful photo taken earlier today in the Volkstheater station of the Vienna subway system. The photo was taken with an Olympus E-M5. 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 Neil Kremer, via Flickr creative commons Pretty amazing image shot last summer in downtown Los Angeles. The stand-out color and detail was produced by combining three images into one — i.e. the HDR method of photography. Click above to view a larger image, which is even more impressive. [continue reading]