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Midland Bluebird Wright StreetLite WF 0481 (SN65OMD) is seen here on Upper Newmarket Street, Falkirk working the 7 to Forth Valley Royal Hospital.
Midland Bluebird ADL Enviro400 8969 (YX62BKO) is seen here pulling into Glasgow Buchanan Bus Station working the X37 to Falkirk.
Midland Bluebird ADL Enviro200 8055 (SN15LKC) is seen here heading out of Glasgow Buchanan Bus Station working the X10 to Stirling.
Midland Bluebird Mercedes-Benz Citaro 3360 (BX64WJA) is seen here at Stirling Bus Station working the Saturdays only S60 to Springkerse Retail Park.
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(l-r) Irelands' Minister for Transport,Tourism and Sport Leo Varadkar, Moderator Melinda Crane, China's Vice Minister ofTransport Zhenglin Feng and US Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs Department of Transportation Susan Kurland at the session Transport for Growth: Developing Connectivity at the 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” of the International Transport Forum at the OECD in Leipzig, Germany on 3 May 2012.
Midland Bluebird ADL Enviro400 8970 (YX62BBO) is seen here heading out of Stirling Bus Station working the 51 to Alloa.
Midland Bluebird ADL Enviro200 8024 (YX15OXL) is seen here on Vicar Street, Falkirk working the 2 to Bo’ness.
Midland Bluebird ADL Enviro400 MMC 8946 (SN66WGW) is seen here heading out of Glasgow Buchanan Bus Station working the X36 to Stirling.
Midland Bluebird ADL Enviro200 8044 (YX65RFK) is seen here heading along North Hanover Street, Glasgow working the 72 to Falkirk.
Chairman and Representative Director of Central Japan Railway Company Yoshiyuki Kasai takes adresses the delegates the session Transport for Growth: Developing Connectivity at the 2012 Summit in Leipzig, Germany on 3 May 2012.
Midland Bluebird Mercedes-Benz CItaro 3331 (BX64WJV) is seen here heading out of Glasgow Buchanan Bus Station working the X10 to Balfron.
Midland Bluebird Wright StreetLite WF 0480 (SN65OMB) is seen here on Upper Newmarket Street, Falkirk working the 5 to Hallglen.
Midland Bluebird Wright StreetLite DF 0461 (SN65OJM) is seen here parked up at Stirling Bus Station having not long arrived on the F16 from Westquarter.
New Zealand's Minister of Transport Gerry Brownlee attends the Closed Ministerial Session at the International Transport Forum’s 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” in Leipzig, Germany on 3 May 2012.
The panel Smart Grids: Powering the E-Mobility Future gets underway at the International Transport Forum’s 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” in Leipzig, Germany on 3 May 2012.
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Just thought I’d break the monotony of editing Dreamtime and upload something a little simpler, as well as share some musings.
If you’re lazy to read the following (because I tend to get wordy) feel free to navigate away from here, I’ll forgive you if you do.
Oftentimes and of late, I’ve been revisiting the familiar question, which being, “Why do I blog?”
Sure, Flickr isn’t exactly a blog, but its mechanics comes really close to photoblogging. You upload a photo, and it also allows you space upon which you can spew word vomit, a feature that I abuse all too well.
It’s been a while since I blogged though, in the pure sense of the word. I remember starting my blog when it was the hip thing to do. Oh man… that was when the word “hip” was actually in.
I think every blogger would ask that question at least once. Most would wonder if it were all pointless, and some would think about closing down their blogs. I tend to get sad when it comes to that though, it's as if I lost a friend. Even though my blog has stagnated (thanks to flickr), I still can’t bring myself to delete it.
So, why do we do this? All the posting? All the commenting? All the faving? Is there really a point to it all?
I’ve come to realize that my motivations for starting a blog from that many years ago, to why I post regularly in present time, generally does not change. Perhaps the prior reason for starting differed, but above all the reasons are interconnected.
It’s pretty simple, really.
Connections.
I believe we are all connected on some level, even if we are apparent strangers in this weird world we call the Internet.
Like every other user in the community, I love all the comments, the faves, the eprops and whatnot. I love to read about other people, and know how they think and learn to empathize with them. My heart secretly sings out when I find people who sympathize.
Because at the end of the day, I believe that when you make a comment on my page, or even stop by because something on my page caught your attention… we have made a connection.
Told you I get wordy…
Gerry Brownlee, Minister of Transport, New Zealand, panellist at the Ministers' roundtable: Ship Safety during the International Transport Forum’s 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” in Leipzig, Germany on 02 May 2012
Panellists discuss transport at the Opening Plenary: From Here to Seamlessness - Defining the Roadmap for 21st Century Transport at the International Transport Forum's 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” in Leipzig, Germany on 2 May 2012.
Vladimir Ciobanasu, Minister Counsellor in the Romanian Embassy in Berlin, meets with Deutsche Bahn Chairman and CEO Rüdiger Grube at the session Transport for Growth: Developing Connectivity at the 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” of the International Transport Forum at the OECD in Leipzig, Germany on 3 May 2012.
Acting Secretary-General of the International Transport Forum and Sweden's Minister for Infrastructure Catharina Elmsäter-Svärd attend the Opening Plenary: From Here to Seamlessness - Defining the Roadmap for 21st Century Transport.
OECD Mexico Ambassador Agustin Garcia-Lopez at the Closed Ministerial Session at the International Transport Forum’s 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” in Leipzig, Germany on 3 May 2012.
OECD Mexico Ambassador Agustin Garcia-Lopez takes part in the Closed Ministerial Session at the International Transport Forum’s 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” in Leipzig, Germany on 3 May 2012.
Deutsche Bahn Chairman and CEO Rüdiger Grube addresses the audience at the session Transport for Growth: Developing Connectivity at the 2012 Summit in Leipzig, Germany on 3 May 2012.
The Opening Plenary: From Here to Seamlessness - Defining the Roadmap for 21st Century Transport underway at the International Transport Forum's 2012 Summit in Leipzig, Germany on 2 May 2012.
(l-r) Serge Amabile, Marketing & Sales Director, Autolib’, Sue Zielinski, Professor Sustainable Mobility and Accessibility Research and Transformation, USA, Wilhelm Lindenberg CEO Greater Hannover Transport Association, Germany, Rosine Howe-Teo, CIO and Group Director Innovation and InfoComm Technology for the Land Transport Authority of Singapore,Tetsuo Akiyama, Visiting Professor Hokusei University, Japan, Conny Czymoch International Journalist at the Urban Connectivity: Improving the Door-to-Door Journey session of the International Transport Forum’s 2012 Summit on 02 May 2012.
Moderator Melinda Crane addresses a panellist during the session Transport for Growth: Developing Connectivity at the 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” of the International Transport Forum at the OECD in Leipzig, Germany on 3 May 2012.
(l-r) New Zealand's Minister of Transport Gerry Brownlee, Ireland's Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport Leo Varadkar, Moderator and Journalist Pat Cox, President of German Weather Service Gerhard Adrian, General Director of International Union of Railways Jean-Pierre Loubinoux, Norway's State Secretary Lars Erik Bartnes, US Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs at the Department of Transportation Susan Kurland, Germany's Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development Andreas Scheuer, Director-General at Airports Council International Angela Gittens, President of The Federal Association of German air transport industry Klaus-Peter Siegloch and Russia's Secretary-of-State and Deputy Minister of Transport Sergey Aristov at the Ministers’ Roundtable: Volcanic Ash and other Crises at the International Transport Forum’s 2012 Summit in Leipzig, Germany on 03 May 2012.
Swedens' Minister for Infrastructure Catharina Elmsäter-Svärd (left) talks with Georgia's Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development Vera Kobalia (right) at the Opening Plenary: From Here to Seamlessness - Defining the Roadmap for 21st Century Transport.
Australia's Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Anthony Albanese attending the session Investing in connectivity: Where, Why, When, How? at the International Transport Forum’s 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” in Leipzig, Germany on 03 May 2012.
(l-r) UK Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport Norman Baker, China's Vice Minister ofTransport Zhenglin Feng, Deutsche Bahn Chairman and CEO Rüdiger Grube, International Transport Forum Acting Secretary-General Michael Kloth and OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría attend the panel Transport for Growth: Developing Connectivity at the 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” of the International Transport Forum at the OECD.
Moderator Monika Jones, Planning Commission of the Government of India Transport Advisor Manoj Singh, Germany's Saxony State Minister for Economic Affairs, Labour and Transport Sven Morlock, Director of the Georgia Institute of Technology's Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development in the US, Catherine L. Ross, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials Executive Director John Horsley and International Association of Public Transport Secretary-General Alain Flausch listen to a question from a delegate in Leipzig, Germany on 4 May 2012.
Peter Ramsauer (left), Federal Minister of Transport, Building and Urban Development, Germany shows his Alpine skills with Mario Ciaccia, Doris Bures, Martin Meyer, Doris Leuthard, Keir Fitch and Daniel Bursaux attending the Follow-up Zurich Process - Meeting of the Ministers of the Alpine Region during the 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” of the International Transport Forum at the OECD in Leipzig, Germany on 02 May 2012.
Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori Managing Director Giuseppe Sciarrone, Sweden's Minister for Infrastructure Catharina Elmsäter-Svärd, Japans' Senior Vice Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Osamu Yoshida, Moderator Pat Cox, Germany's Federal Minister for Transport, Building and Urban Development Peter Ramsauer, Georgia's Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development Vera Kobalia and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha Chairman Koji Miyahara take part in a panel in Leipzig, Germany on 2 May 2012.
Peter Ramsauer, Federal Minister of Transport, Building and Urban Development, Germany (left) with Mario Ciaccia, Doris Bures, Martin Meyer, Doris Leuthard, Keir Fitch and Daniel Bursaux attending the Follow-up Zurich Process - Meeting of the Ministers of the Alpine Region during the 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” of the International Transport Forum at the OECD in Leipzig, Germany on 02 May 2012.
Australia's Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Anthony Albanese attends the Closed Ministerial Session in Leipzig, Germany on 3 May 2012.
Delegates visit the European Investment Bank exhibition stand during the International Transport Forum’s 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” in Leipzig, Germany, 2-4 May 2012.
Peter Ramsauer, Federal Minister of Transport, Building and Urban Development, Germany (left) and Doris Leuthard, Federal Councillor, Federal Department of Environment and Transports, Switzerland arrive at the Ministers` Dinner during the 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” of the International Transport Forum at the OECD in Leipzig, Germany on 02 May 2012.
Peter Ramsauer, Federal Minister of Transport, Building and Urban Development
Germany (right) in discussion with Rüdiger Grube, Chairman and CEO, Deutsche Bahn, Germany (left) at the International Transport Forum’s 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” in Leipzig, Germany on 03 May 2012
Delegates visit the European Investment Bank exhibition stand during the International Transport Forum’s 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” in Leipzig, Germany, 2-4 May 2012.
(l-r) Do-Youp Kwon, Minister of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs, Korea, Peter Ramsauer, Federal Minister of Transport, Building and Urban Development, Germany and Binali Yildirim, Minister of Transport and Communications, Turkey at the Ministers` Dinner during the 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” of the International Transport Forum at the OECD in Leipzig, Germany on 02 May 2012.
University of Hong Kong geography researcher Wing Yee Winnie Lam is awarded the International Transport Forum’s 2012 Young Researcher Award by International Transport Forum Acting Secretary-General Michael Kloth (left), China's Vice Minister of Transport Zhenglin Feng and Germany's Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development Andreas Scheuer at the 2012 Annual Summit of the International Transport Forum in Leipzig, Germany on 3 May 2012.
Doris Leuthard, Federal Councillor, Federal Department of Environment and Transports, Switzerland with Peter Ramsauer,
Federal Minister of Transport, Building and Urban Development, Germany at the Follow-up Zurich Process - Meeting of the Ministers of the Alpine Region during the 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” of the International Transport Forum at the OECD in Leipzig, Germany on 02 May 2012.
Participants in the Ministers' Roundtable: Ship Safety at the International Transport Forum’s 2012 Summit on “Seamless Transport: Making Connections” in Leipzig, Germany on 02 May 2012.
Sweden's Minister for Infrastructure Catharina Elmsäter-Svärd (left), Istanbul Bilgi University Department of Business Administration Professor Oral Erdoğan, Walmart Vice President of International Logistics, Jeff Langenfeld, Moderator Melinda Crane, Schiphol Group Director of Corporate Development Peter van Laarhoven and World Shipping Council Chairman Ron Widdows on the panel From Supply Chain to Supply Stream: Creating Seamless Logistics at the International Transport Forum's 2012 Summit in Leipzig, Germany.