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Category Archives: Public Transport
Are We There Yet ?
Way back in 2015, a neat old map detailing how long it took to travel from London to diverse destinations in 1914 was all over the internet. Now, the helpful Australian travel search engine Rome2rio has created a companion map … Continue reading
Posted in Air Travel, Asia, Canada, Europe, Maps, Middle East, Public Transport, Tourism, USA
Tagged Boats, planes, Trains
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Flying is so much fun
If you are a New York Times reader, you have likely seen the brilliant work from artist and author Christoph Niemann. He recently documented a typically uncomfortable transatlantic flight from NYC to Berlin (with a layover at Heathrow) with a … Continue reading
Posted in Air Travel, Art, Europe, Public Transport, Tourism, Travel Writing, USA
Tagged Air Travel, airports
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All Roads Lead To Rome
A team of intrepid data visualizers at the Stuttgart-based urban design lab Moovel Lab decided to test the ancient maxim : All roads lead to Rome. Using open-source digital maps, they layered a grid of cells on a map of … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, History, Maps, Public Transport, Tech
Tagged Eternal City, Roma, Rome, Rome Georgia, Rome NY
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Station to Station
It’s not easy to make the New York Subway system seem inviting, but director Roddy Hyduk and the Snowday team managed to pull it off in the charming short called “Stations”. Somehow they managed to visit 120 of the 469 … Continue reading
Big Apple Tips
Since moving to the Big Apple, illustrator Nathan Pyle has been sharing his growing insider knowledge of NYC cultural norms and quirks with his ongoing NYC Basic Tips & Etiquette project and book. Pyle’s insightful tips cover everything from taxis, … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Art, Public Transport, Tourism, Uncategorized, USA
Tagged MTA, NYC, Taxicabs of New York City
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Catch the Holiday Train
Since 1999, the Canadian Pacific Railway has celebrated the holidays with a special decorated train that visits communities around Canada and the United States. The 1,000 foot long, 14 car train is decorated with hundreds of thousands of multicolor LED … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Public Transport, USA
Tagged Canadian Pacific, Holidays, railways, Trains and Railroads
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Walking Paris
We have recently seen the clever annotation of maps for the London Underground and the New York City subway system that indicate walking times between transit stations. Now, Paris transit planner Guillaume Martinetti has created a similar map using information from … Continue reading
A Book Is A Ticket To Ride
In an effort to encourage more people to read, Brazilian publisher L & PM Pocket gave away a collection of paperback books that doubled as subway tickets for the São Paolo transit system. The ten different titles, ranging from Sherlock … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Maps, Public Transport, South America, Tech, Writing
Tagged Brazil, paperbacks, Sao Paolo, Subways
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Forget the NY subway, take a hike
Healthcare company Treated.com calculated how many calories that you could burn by avoiding the subway in New York City. The handy map and chart show how to get some exercise in while saving the time that you’d waste waiting for … Continue reading
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