art of transit

The art of transit

photo by Jeremy Atherton, via Flickr Nice shot of the entrance to a subway station in Chicago with good use of reflection. The train actually comes to the surface just north of this station and then runs as an elevated line all the way to the suburb of Evanston. To [continue reading]

The art of transit

photos by Rodolphe Sebbah, via Flickr These are just two of the wonderful photos of people captured by Rodolphe on the subway in Paris. Here’s a link to the entire set, which I encourage you to scroll through. People watching on mass transit is good in most cities, but this [continue reading]

The art of transit

photo by overseastom, via Flickr The photographer reports the acoustics were pretty good for this guy playing the blues in the Red Line subway at Hollywood & Vine. To submit a photo or photos of something transportation-related, post them to Metro’s Flickr group or email them to sourcemetro@gmail.com. The photos [continue reading]

The art of transit

photo by savemebejus, via Flickr Here’s a nice pic taken near the end of the Great Los Angeles Walk on Saturday. More than 100 people walked 15.8 miles from Pershing Square in downtown Los Angeles to Santa Monica, via Wilshire Boulevard, where this photo was captured. Here’s more about the [continue reading]

The art of transit

photo by Trey Ratcliff, via Flickr A striking image of the train station in Milan, Italy, done by the HDR method — high dynamic range imaging. More about that here by the photographer. To submit a photo or photos of something transportation-related, post them to Metro’s Flickr group or email [continue reading]

The art of transit

photo by Mikhail (Vokabre) Shcherbakov, via Flickr Very interesting shot of the Moscow subway, taken in the Dobryninskaya station, which opened in 1950. Here’s a good Wikipedia entry on the station and the subway line. To submit a photo or photos of something transportation-related, post them to Metro’s Flickr group [continue reading]

The art of transit

photo by Gilderic, via Flickr Good use of light and dark in a photo take in the Midi rail station in Brussels. To submit a photo or photos of something transportation-related, post them to Metro’s Flickr group or email them to sourcemetro@gmail.com. The photos we’ve featured can be seen in [continue reading]

The art of transit

photo by Twig_is_the_future, via Flickr A very striking image — love the detail in the foreground — taken in an R train station in Brooklyn last week. To submit a photo or photos of something transportation-related, post them to Metro’s Flickr group or email them to sourcemetro@gmail.com. The photos we’ve [continue reading]

The art of transit

photo by Ray Thompson, via submission Metro equipment records specialist Ray Thompson took this photo of a sunset earlier this month at the agency’s Division 2 maintenance yard in downtown Los Angeles at 15th and San Pedro, next to the 10 freeway. Very nice. We also featured a nice shot [continue reading]

The art of transit

photo by Holloran Grade (El Rock Photography), via Flickr Nice image of a Metrolink train leaving the Fullerton station and bound for Los Angeles in late September. To submit a photo or photos of something transportation-related, post them to Metro’s Flickr group or email them to sourcemetro@gmail.com. The photos we’ve [continue reading]