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Inside Mexico City’s Chaotic Underground Rush Hour
“I wanted to show a part of the Megalopolis that struck me, that showed very clearly that something is not working well for us as human beings in relation with our environment.” -Héctor Mediavilla
A glimpse of Mexico City’s subway as seen through the lens of photographer Héctor Mediavilla.
Known as one of the worst cities in the world in which to drive, Mexico City’s rush hours aren’t much better underground with a subway system that generates around 4 million riders a day.
Read: Inside Mexico City’s Chaotic Underground Rush Hour
[Images: Héctor Mediavilla]
Seen on the subway.
The love affair with public transportation starts at an early age.. Gotta love that!
Never seen anything like this before… The sum of all fails #Transpo #China #motorcycle #safety
Not sure what happened to this motorcyclist to create such a ruckus on the street. But one thing is damn clear – he/she is not fit to operate a motor vehicle, EVER. Ridiculous!
Absolutely moving -> Flight UTA 772 Memorial is the Most Beautiful and Least Accessible on this Planet #aviation
A photo essay that walks you through a series of photographs the story of a memorial built in a remote corner of the globe. It is beautiful and moving tribute to the victims of UTA Flight 772, a scheduled flight operating from…
Just a hot tub on the back of a Ranchero.. #SMH!
Creative bike rack..in front of a arcade bar in Salem, OR. (via Reddit)
Historical Map: London Connections, 1988
The reverse side of the British Rail Network SouthEast map, showing the detailed view of the area surrounding London. While this map is designed in a very similar style (at the same time, by the same people) to the regional map, I feel it’s slightly less successful for a few reasons.
The inclusion of the London Underground introduces many more colors to the map, which instantly makes it feel much busier. After using all these familiar and well-established colours for the Underground, there really aren’t many colours left to use for the main line/Network SouthEast routes. So they get saddled with orange, a very vivid, powerful colour that visually dominates the map, especially south of the Thames.
Interestingly, the London Overground — a service which has largely been formed from parts of these old main line routes — also uses orange as its route colour: is this map the origin of that designation?
Other points of interest: The Docklands Light Railway, opened the previous year, is shown but has not yet acquired its distinctive teal route colour. The Waterloo & City Line (a very short line between Waterloo and Bank stations) is still part of British Rail, not the Underground.
See also this British Rail map from 1965 (May 2012, 4.5 stars) that covers a very similar area but omits the Underground.
Our rating: A fine piece of work that skillfully incorporates a lot of information, but not as excellent as its sibling. Three stars.
(Source: smallritual/Flickr)
Need Help! Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Survey - Use of Web-based Tools in #Transit Agencies For Feedback
A new study from the Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) led by Georgia Institute of Technology is looking at how transit agencies can use web-based tools including online polls and surveys, social media, mobile applications, and crowdsourcing to…
