Incredible photos of les raccordements, or raccords, smaller train tunnels that link between the main lines of the Paris underground transport system.
A visit to les raccordements, Paris
Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 6 January, 2010 to the photography subset
I’d go to all these places just too see the design of their subways
Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 10 December, 2009 to the design and art subset
Probably something not too many of us pay attention to as we scramble from train to station exit; the design of the underground and subway train systems we use to commute.
London’s Oyster card may send the iconic tube map underground
Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 2 December, 2009 to the design and art subset
The Oyster card – which allows holders to blend whatever modes of public transport they choose in London – could bring about the demise of the iconic London Underground tube map as designers struggle to find a way to incorporate all of London’s public transport systems onto one – easy to comprehend – reference map.
But, [...]
Subway maps as seen by the youngest of travellers
Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 26 October, 2009 to the design and art subset
A three year old’s perspective of the world, especially in terms of subway, or underground train maps, can be very colourful.
Commuting by (late) bus, do I walk or do I wait?
Posted by John Lampard on Friday, 2 October, 2009 to the comment subset
I linked to some research awhile ago which suggested you should wait for a bus no matter how late it is running, rather than electing to walk to your destination instead.
Now Chris Mueller has put together a very handy infographic breaking down the distance to be travelled against the waiting time for the next bus, [...]
Commuting… at least this train had a bar on board
Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 15 July, 2009 to the photography subset
Photos of the train commute from New Haven to Manhattan taken in the 1960s.
Arrived at last. Up ahead, the light at the end of the tunnel. It’s called retirement, and it’s only 17 years away.
Real time bus and train delay information direct to your iPhone
Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 2 July, 2009 to the technology subset
After a false start earlier this year (due mainly to one or two over-zealous bureaucrats) Sydneysiders will soon be able to install an app on the likes of their iPhones or Android handsets, which will provide bus, train, and ferry timetables.
The new official app will include more features than existing offerings and will support most [...]
London, Paris, New York, mass transit maps drawn to scale
Posted by John Lampard on Tuesday, 26 May, 2009 to the design and art subset
Neil Freeman has put together a collection of sketches – drawn to the same scale – of some of the world’s best known mass transit and underground transport systems.
Seoul, London, and San Francisco look to have the most spread out systems, while Budapest, Brussels, and Buenos Aires, have the most compact.
NASA could have sent Apollo crews to the Moon on Sydney buses
Posted by John Lampard on Tuesday, 12 May, 2009 to the comment subset
Some of Sydney’s buses have been in service for so long that four of them have clocked up mileage that equates to two return journeys to the Moon:
According to the NASA website, the moon is 378,000 kilometres from the Earth at the equator. A total of 528 of the 2003 buses have notched up a [...]
Why do buses travel in threes, or groups, or bunches?
Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 20 November, 2008 to the comment subset
Fantastic, a mathematically devised determination that throws light on the age old enigma:
Without getting really long-winded (!) about this, there’s a common theme to most of what I’ve said, and that is: If the model you build in the scheduling department doesn’t match (as closely as possible to) what you’ve got on the street, then [...]
