photo by Stu Mayhew, via Flickr Nice shot taken with an iPhone’s Hipstamatic app of a foggy London train platform. 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 [continue reading]
Photo by Austin Robinson, via submission Here’s a pic of a phenomenon I’m curious about: why are all these locks attached to the closed pedestrian underpass? The photo was taken at Hollywood Boulevard at New Hampshire Avenue. If you can explain, please leave a comment. I’m guessing it’s just one [continue reading]
Photos by Michael Wilkins, via submission Michael took these shots of himself while cycling along the L.A. River bike path in Long Beach. There’s just something about bikes and the shadows they cast. He used a Canon Sure Shot. To submit a photo for the Art of Transit, post it [continue reading]
photo by AlyZen Moonshadow, via Flickr This is one of those iPhone photos that I think just looks cool because of the processing. It was taken from a pedestrian overpass over a railway near Perth, Australia. The processing was done with the FotoMuse and Scratchcam apps — the FotoMuse app [continue reading]
photo by Betty Rube, via Twitter This is one of my favorite “art of transits” yet: Betty took this photo Monday at the Artesia Transit Center, tweeting “Is there an additional fare for huge stuffed animals? Poor bear. I think he was abandoned.” For the record, I’m unaware of the [continue reading]
photo by Zach Behrens, via Twitter Nice shot of folks boarding a Metro bus processed with the Instagram app for iPhones. Zach, of course, was the long-time editor at LAist and is now overseeing KCET’s web efforts, including their SoCal Focus blog. To submit a photo for the Art of [continue reading]
photo by Matthew Harang, via submission Great colors, a provocative electronic display and the silhouette of a palm tree are key ingredients in this very nice photo by Matthew. He took it with a Nikon D60. To submit a photo for the Art of Transit, post it to Metro’s Flickr [continue reading]
photo by Anelly Vazquez, via Flickr Very nice night-time photo from an overpass over the El in Chicago by Anelly. The photo was taken with a Nikon D3000 with a shutter speed of 2.5 seconds, f/8.0 aperture, 18mm focal length and a 100 ISO. No flash was used. To submit [continue reading]
photos by Chris Valle, via his Flickr page and photography website The top photo is of the 105-405 interchange, the photo below of the 105-110 junction. From a transportation standpoint, they are two of the busier interchanges in the region — the Green Line passes through both — and [continue reading]
photo by Garry Schlatter, via Flickr Pretty amazing photo of the old train depot in Wallancarra, Australia — which now serves as a museum. Garry’s a professional photographer and I encourage you to check out his work on his Flickr page and his photography website. The photo was taken with [continue reading]
