photo by James Scott, via Flickr creative commons Nice shot taken in late February in the Southwark part of London. The photo was taken with a Nikon D90 with a shutter speed of one-tenth of a second to capture the movement of the bus. To submit a photo for [continue reading]
photo by Clare Griffiths, via Flickr creative commons Regent Street in London this holiday season. Very nice. The photo was taken with a Nikon D90. 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 Jeff Goodhart, via submission Nicely composed photo taken in the train station in Florence, Italy. The photo was taken with a Nikon D90, with a Nikkor 35mm 1.8 lens, a 1/80th second shutter speed and aperture of f/1.8. To submit a photo for the Art of Transit, post [continue reading]
photo by jtjonesphotos, via Flickr creative commons Photos of subway station platforms are plastered all over Flickr and many other websites. Some manage still to be interesting — such as this one from the Paris Metro, taken with a Nikon D90. It was exposed with a one second shutter speed, [continue reading]
Photo by Jeremy Whiteman, via Flickr Nice night work capturing a northbound Gold Line train at the Del Mar station in Pasadena. Jeremy used a Nikon D90 with a shutter speed of 1.8 seconds, f/8.0 aperture and 400 ISO. To submit a photo for the Art of Transit, post it [continue reading]
photo by Robert Gordon, via Flickr A simple and very well composed photo of a New Jersey Transit commuter train in New Jersey. The photo was taken with a Nikon D90 with a shutter speed of three-tenths of a second, aperture f/5.0, 58 mm focal length and 200 ISO. To [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. Bussing it to the airport: the life and death(?) of Line #439 (More Than Red Cars) This post offers a detailed history [continue reading]
The Transit Tourist takes a look at other transit systems across the globe from the first person perspective of a visitor. What can Metro learn from how these other systems treat the uninitiated – and often bumbling – tourist? Last month I took some time off for a jaunt across [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. London: bring on contact-less credit cards for fare payment (ZDNet) The city’s transit agency said it plans to allow customers to pay [continue reading]
