Here’s the news release from Metro: On National Train Day Saturday, May 7, Metro will join Amtrak in celebrating the history of trains in the United States at Union Station in downtown Los Angeles. The free event will include many attractions for children and their families. It’s easy to get [continue reading]
photo by Zsolt Andrasi, via Flickr Very cool shot of a new — and controversial — fourth subway line under construction in Budapest, Hungary. Here’s the Budapest Metro’s official website, which says that as of January construction was about 65 percent complete on the first section of the planned 12.7-kilometer [continue reading]
photo by Manfred Schmidt, via Flickr Manfred took this photo with the Hipstamatic app on the iPhone while visiting the L.A. area from Dusseldorf, Germany. As with yesterday’s “art of transit,” it’s another example of how Hipstamatic and other iPhone apps can be used to soup up photos to great [continue reading]
Sure, riding Metro saves you from the stress of traffic, reduces your environmental impact and lowers your monthly transportation costs – but did you know it also entitles you to a bunch of great deals around L.A.? That’s what Destination Discounts is all about – and The Source is here to [continue reading]
photo by Veronica Eliasson, via her Flickr page This moody photo was taken on the Gold Line with the Hipstamatic app for the iPhone that transformed the bright interior light on the train into all sorts of shades of black, white and gray and also softened the focus — to [continue reading]
Finish out April and ring in March by going Metro this weekend. Tonight, check out a free jazz celebration of Duke Elllington’s birthday at UCLA’s Fowler Museum. On Saturday the L.A. Times Festival of Books at USC is a must visit, and rife with transit options – there’s absolutely no [continue reading]
photo by Kevin Ash, via Flickr My obsession with Golden Gate Bridge photos continues in today’s “art of transit” with this lovely image by Kevin Ash (check out his photography website, which focuses on aviation). I like the image because the bridge is crucial to the photo yet only occupies [continue reading]
photo by Ola Berglund, via Flickr The subject matter of this photo is interesting enough — the cave-like Fridhemsplan station in Stockholm’s Metro system. What’s awesome about the photo is the deep depth-of-field, the small flashes of color from the video screen and the white strips of light that don’t [continue reading]
photo by Andy Teo aka Photocillin on Flickr Subways can be dark places but not in this cool photo taken earlier this month on the London tube. I also like the composition: the primary subject on the left side of the screen with the corridor dominating the center and right [continue reading]
photo by Victor Hugo Cuevas, via submission Victor captured this image last month of a street vendor on his way to work in Long Beach on a southbound Blue Line train. Nice colors set against the less aggressive tones of the train and the bright window. To submit a photo [continue reading]
