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A passenger prepares to detrain as the big green interurban car comes to a stop in the middle of the street.
A pause on the commute at this Cherry Tree that is about done dropping its flowers. This was also my first commute with the Baggins Adam saddlebag I recently acquired. I write a bit about all of this in this blog post.
A rollerblader slowly makes his way up the sidewalk as a Metra Electric train crosses Burr Oak Ave in the background.
Bored by these photos? I don't blame you. There's always the blog.
Governor Phil Murphy today, alongside Department of Transportation Commissioner Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti, NJ TRANSIT President & CEO Kevin Corbett, Amtrak President Stephen Gardner, Federal Railroad Administrator Ron Batory, and Parsons Corporation’s Terry Fetters, announced that NJ TRANSIT’s Positive Train Control (PTC) system has been certified by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) as meeting the December 31, 2020 deadline for implementation.c on Friday, December 18, 2020 (Edwin J. Torres/ NJ Governor’s Office).
HACKATHON
Friday, March 20–Sunday, March 22, 2015
The City of Seattle and Commute Seattle invited data analysts, developers, designers, and other innovators to help design user-centric tools that improve the commute. These can take the form of:
-- improvements to existing applications
-- new tools to help commuters in any mode or modes of transportation
-- data analysis and visualizations that clarify the big picture
Teams will had the opportunity to present their work to a panel of judges, with the top three project ideas moving on to a championship round. Work was judged based on its potential to make commuting in Seattle easier and more pleasant for everyone.
- See more at: hackthecommute.seattle.gov/#sthash.OOMUsIxI.dpuf
For info on the finalists: hackthecommute.seattle.gov/2015/03/25/hack-the-commute-re...
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Photos by Michael Maine michaelbmaine.com
I can sit and bemoan a loss of creativity, and fail to take my camera with me everywhere I go, or I can make the effort to start taking photos again. And so, this morning, I have, taking my trusty little Canon M100 and pancake lens, which makes me wonder whether or not the big camera will ever realistically come out again, save for if I get back into more strobist style shots.
This morning, therefore is a homage to the commute, and possibly a bit of additional exploration around New Street Station and, unusually, a short video. Yesterday was Cat’s dad’s birthday and, in the evening, we were looking through her nan’s old photo albums which her aunt had lent to us. Naturally some photos predated 35mm film, but the vast majority were clearly from more point and shoot style film cameras.
Yes, the fashion and style, from a modern perspective, appears to be incredibly dated and unfashionable, but people seem to be having more genuine fun in the past; less of the duck face pouting and posed photos. We also wondered whether the fact that you would, literally, point and shoot, had more to do with the honest nature of the photos.
Despite their names, modern point and shoots are nothing of the sort, waiting for the lens to extricate itself from its contortionist home within the body, the on-board computer to fire up and lock focus, before inevitably the person moves and you need to reshoot. Under the bed I have a plethora of photos from college, all taken on disposable camera, that whilst lacking in technical quality have a degree of more meaning for it.
My new, smaller, camera is a bit more honest to these older times, especially when it has a prime lens on it. Having previously put the time in to develop a black and white photo style that works for me, maybe it’s time to get back into a more spontaneous type of photography and use automatic mode and just straight to jpeg. If, or course, I can bear the lack of control…
Photograph taken during the madness of morning rush hour at 08:38am on July 26th 2011 off Judge Street and St Thomas Street by the Taxi rank next to London Bridge railway Station in central London, England.
Nikon D700 65mm 1/125s f/6.3 iso200
RAW (14-bit)
Nikkor AF-S 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6G ED IF VR. Jessops 77mm HMC UV(c) filter. Nikon MB-D10 battery grip. Nikon GP-1 GPS unit
LATITUDE: N 51d 30m 17.48s
LONGITUDE: E 0d 5m 14.71s
ALTITUDE: 18.0m
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I feel like this most days coming into the city.
Especially when the day is sunny and the weather is hot.
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This set follows my regular commute home from work, from Manchester to Morecambe. I've made this journey 3 or 4 times a week for a little over 11 years, something like 2.000 times. And that is a very scary thought.
The first major intersection I come to is at Besses o' th' Barn, which I like for it's vernacular spelling, it's empty promise of a barn (with or without the Besses), it's famous brass band and the Crumpsall sign you can see. I'm told it's the only road sign to Crumpsall in Manchester, which makes it extra special as I was born there, in Manchester's secret jewel. That makes me a Mancunian, for better or worse.
But today I'm heading for Prestwich and the M60 ring road. It's a long way home so I'll play some music for the trip which, like the photos, will come courtesy of my smartphone (well, via youtube for you). The first song is from a local band. Mark E. Smith, of The Fall, lives in Prestwich. He claims to be a Mancunian but wiki says he was born in Broughton, in the city of Salford. It's only spiiting distance from Crumpsall, in the city of Manchester, but there's a world of difference. Honestly!
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I'm very lucky, I work .4 miles from my home. My commute is very minor, in fact, I can walk my commute in a matter of minutes. This is a view of the rush hour traffic that I only hit once I get on my street. :)
This is my "Commute" entry to the 2009 Photo Challenge hosted by photochallenge.org<
Ted Horobiowski and Keith Cotton with Mike Harbour and staff from Intercity Transit (Commute Smart Legacy Award).
Gonzorama Deluxe Camera
35mm Fuji Super G 800 film
50 minute exposure.
Better Large
Finally got this one how i wanted it by using the 800 speed film.
Makes my drive home from work look really exciting.
It's not.