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Afternoon traffic in Portland slowing to its predictable crawl. This is part of SW & NW Portland looking from the West Hills past PSU and the Pearl District to the Fremont bridge.
Further in the distance are North Portland and Vancouver, Wa. The mountains are the Cascade Foothills near Mt. St. Helens.
St Albans to the City of London is reputed to be Britain's "most expensive commute".
Rather than take the train, I decided to travel overland and see what I could see...
Having decided that I really liked riding this bike, I've completed changes necessary for its intended main purpose of all weather commuting by adding some old Crud Roadracer mudguards (nicked off my fixie), a new pannier rack and some old SPD pedals. I also fitted new, thinner tyres that could be accomodated by the mudguards, 25mm Vittoria Rubinos.
The bike is seen here half way into work, carrying one of my old Altura Arran panniers.
Since the Commute was designed for the Apple Powerbook, some users were concerned whether it's be too tight for the MacBook Pro which is wider by design. From my experience, it fits snugly, not crazy-tight. It's totally worth getting if you're thinking about it!
Revelado y copiado casero.
Copia revelada sin pasar por el fijador (por eso el color rosado)
Rollo Ilford FP4/PLUS
St Albans to the City of London is reputed to be Britain's "most expensive commute".
Rather than take the train, I decided to travel overland and see what I could see...
Detail of my commuting from the very first day I began working in Montgomery County to present (as of the date of upload). This shows transit in cooler colors and car travel in warmer colors.
By and large transit has been a longer trip (not least because I still need a car for part of it), but quite reliable and pleasant. Whereas driving the whole way has the capability of being faster (particularly in the morning) but can be maddening in the evenings.
A few specific events...
I was walking to/from Dupont North up until about Oct/Nov 2012, when the south escalators reopened & cut about 5 min off my walk. I later began using Metro Center in the AM, cutting an additional 5 min walk but at the cost of an extra couple minutes on Metro... I mostly switched just to vary my walk up a bit; I liked seeing all the construction each day.
There were two days in 2012 when I tried 100% to my job on the outskirts of Gaithersburg... as you can see from their status as clear outliers: that did not work well. The 56 bus was horrible... it meanders so much, and on that second day I missed it by a few seconds -- had to wait 30 minutes for the next one.
Over Summer 2013 I began testing out I-395 as a driving option... it's worked pretty well in both AM and PM, cutting my DC car time significantly but increasing my VA car time slightly. One perk is I don't have to deal with the K Street slalom, and I also get lovely skyline views along the Potomac.
In the last few days -- on the far-right of the chart -- I switched to a different office which I can travel to entirely by transit... this is why the last few data points which are 100% transit.
20 years ago they would have been talking to one another, now they text.or maybe they are uploading photos to flickr?
On my commute this morning I spotted this darling caught in a fence. He looks like he's patiently waiting, but he was pretty irritated at the situation and let me know that, loudly. I helped him slip those tiny horns past the wire. (I do wish people with goats would use different fencing. Most do.)
He's the second goat I've assisted with this problem. This time, I knew to take the photo first, since once the first one was free he took off post-haste.
this afternoon. traffic. every afternoon. traffic. i'm starting to recognize the cars that travel along side me day after day.
do you see that hump of granite sticking out of the tree line? that's stone mountain. that's where i live. it almost makes the commute worse...to be able to stare at my destination off in the distance.
St Albans to the City of London is reputed to be Britain's "most expensive commute".
Rather than take the train, I decided to travel overland and see what I could see...
St Albans to the City of London is reputed to be Britain's "most expensive commute".
Rather than take the train, I decided to travel overland and see what I could see...
The shortest distance between two points is under construction. ~Noelie Altito
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what can i say? i live in chicago. it's a season here. ;)
at 6pm i was, and usually am, in my car driving home. when i noticed the clock and realized i needed to shoot, i put my camera in the passenger seat for this shot.
me.
commuting.
peaceful.
quiet.
alone with my thoughts.
usually singing. :)
it's my favorite time of day, really.
day 26: where you are at 6pm
Day 74 - Today was exhausting - but a good exhausting if that makes sense. It felt good to work that hard. Satisfaction.. yes that is the word. :) My commute - which is maybe a 15 minute drive at most - today turned into an amazingly long hot sticky traffic drive creep that took over an hour... my car overheated and started to smoke! Trapped on the loop, I remembered that I didnt take the shot I wanted in front of the painted brick fireplace that I finally finished today :).
Commuting lives photo project. Commuting to work each day can be a challenging experience and daily I meet hundreds of people, pledged at the same times and same trains.
It's interesting to distinguish how each of us spends these moments differently during the travel: there's who sleeps recovering energy, who reads a book, who is looking forward to the arrival, who divulges his or her feelings in front of a friend but above all, and here it is clear the cultural change occurred in recent years, there's who prefers alienating from it all using their smartphone.
The photograpy raises the curiosity that each of us possesses to a higher level, making the photographer able to analyse the subject even before shooting.
I have spent many of these trips between Monza and Milan to better understand these elements of humanity among the passengers: facial and body expressions, interactions between people, style and good or bad habits.
St Albans to the City of London is reputed to be Britain's "most expensive commute".
Rather than take the train, I decided to travel overland and see what I could see...
Students from The University of Texas at Austin and Technische Universitaet Muenchen arrive back from a test drive in their electric car for the Commuting Contest as part of the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon at the Orange County Great Park, Irvine, California. (Credit: Thomas Kelsey/U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon)
Number of people commuting to major city from every commune is divided by number of people working in that commune and that ratio is presented on the maps.
Unfortunately, Polish Statistical Office provides data of working population only for companies and institutions that employ more than 9 people so the real ratio might be different. This is a fair approximation though.
Famous sights of London
St Albans to the City of London is reputed to be Britain's "most expensive commute".
Rather than take the train, I decided to travel overland and see what I could see...
Another one from my "regular commute" between Aberdeen and Milton Keynes. This time snapped in September 2004. Usually the mid-way northbound stop was at Tebay - so that's what I've tagged this as, as I honestly can't remember otherwise.
I actually did try several shots to try to get one free of people for this one, this was the best though I'm afraid.