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The art of transit

photo by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, via Flickr creative commons It’s Friday, meaning it’s almost play time. In that spirit, here’s a photo of the Bizz Johnson bike trail in Northern California — it runs for 25 miles from Susanville along an old rail right-of-way converted to a bike trail. To submit [continue reading]

The art of transit

photo by Ran Zhang, via Flickr creative commons Nice photo and processing of the gates in a New York subway station. The photo was taken with a Nikon D300. 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 Andrew Ellis Miller, via submission Nice sunset shot of a southbound Amtrak train in Carpinteria taken with an iPhone 4s. 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 Kevin Hair, via Instagram Kevin took this awesome photo at the Orange Line’s Sepulveda station in Van Nuys using an iPhone 4s. The image was processed with the Leme Camera Pro and Snapseed apps. In an email, Kevin wrote: “This photo is somewhat symbolic for me. My place [continue reading]

The art of transit

photo by Fred Camino, via Instagram Great iPhone photo of the Brooklyn Bridge taken from the pedestrian walkway that sits above traffic. Fred recently moved to Brooklyn from L.A., where he spent the past couple of years writing for The Source. I’ll have the first of Fred’s last two posts [continue reading]

The art of transit

Drawing from The Mayflower and Her Log, Complete, July 15, 1620—May 6, 1621, Chiefly from Original Sources (compiled by Azel Ames, published 1907) In keeping with the holiday tomorrow, a nod to getting around the Pilgrim way. BTW, the book this drawing was taken from can be downloaded for free [continue reading]

The art of transit

Photo by MorBCN, via Flickr Nice HDR photo — the above is actually three images blended together — taken in Barcelona in 2009. 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 [continue reading]

The art of transit

  photo by @Spider_Dude, via Twitter Nicely processed photo taken in downtown Los Angeles, which certainly has a way of looking very…un-modern. 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]