photo by Patrick Boury, via Flickr Here’s a nice shot of the BART swooshing by in Cherryland, an unincorporated part of Alameda County in the Bay Area. The photo was taken with a Nikon D200 with a 1/25th shutter speed, f/4.8 aperture, 38 mm focal length and 100 ISO. To [continue reading]
It’s a holiday for many readers today, so we’ll offer a few links for some light reading… Here’s the video for “Uberlin,” a new song from R.E.M. The video overlays lyrics on a transit map. New BART station brings infill to the Bay Area (Transport Politic) BART trains in the [continue reading]
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the library’s blog. New census numbers confirm resurgance of cities (Sustainable Cities Collective) Not exactly surprising news, but the blog has a nice breakdown of [continue reading]
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the library’s blog. More federal money for California’s bullet train (L.A. Times) The U.S. Department of Transportation is providing $731 million for the project to [continue reading]
photo by Lois Elling, via Flickr A very nice shot of the BART station in San Leandro, taken a couple of years ago. 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 [continue reading]
photo by Rob Sheridan, via Flickr I just got back from a long weekend in San Francisco and I’m a sucker for Golden Gate Bridge photos, so it was hard to resist this image — which, by the way, was taken with an iPhone 4. I also think Golden Gate [continue reading]
