Found a cool blog dedicated to London busses as central to some sort of postindustrial, post-postmodern urban identity, vis-à-vis motion, transportation and being (well, that's at least what I got out of it).
Well, I can dig that. I love the bus, it's rocking motion, its rhythm as it moves from point A to point B via points C, D, E and F, while showing me things, both inside it and out, sometimes turning things inside-out. I wrote some of my best stuff while riding the bus. (Most recent examples here and here).
At any rate, there's a really interesting note on that site about traffic flow within the bus, as well as some bitchin' London bus photos, as well as (to my surprise and delight), a number of great Vancouver trolley bus photos. Oh, and there was a link to an interesting page about animals "hidden" within the London Underground route map (the dog is my favourite).
So there's an example of a site people actually read, heh, as opposed to this place, where people come in search of Samotik, Makif Alef and Dennis Quaid's penis...
At any rate, so what all this comes down to is that I want a piece of the action. So I decided to post a few of my own bus photos. Enjoy.
"Linear Progression" was an exercise in photo falsification manipulation, and "Cognitive Dissonance" was an eighth-take Photoshop jam session outtake - semi-random perfection only possible when induced by the perfect balance of ambient social noise, 10 PM and 1.5 beers.
Linear Vision
Linear Progression
Cognitive DissonanceMoi, I'm off for some random bouts with an essay on The Wars, Obasan, and 汉语.
Your bus pics are great. I really enjoyed my time in Vancouver and found the buses to be an unexpected hybridization of traditional and energy efficient elements. People on them were always so friendly - I found myself chatting to someone next to me on every trip - but maybe I was simply more open to new experiences... I also liked the way you could attach a bike to the front and reuse your ticket for 1.5 hours. All very considerate. The whole city actually felt very considerate and thoughtful, naturally beautiful and welcoming. I felt very Australian being there... if that makes sense. Your images inspire me to muck about with photoshop too.
Well, people in Canada tend to be friendlier than in other places in general...or so it seems. ;)
Yeah, the 90-minute fare is great. Unfortunately as you may or may not know, they cut night service dramatically a year or so back because of some budget mismanagement, but they're slowly bringing it back now.
Australian, eh? No idea, but the comparison sounds intriguing, nevertheless. ;) Well, good luck with bussing and Photoshopping. I'll let you know if I put on more pics, if you wish.
yes please to more photos. With the Australian thing, so many people draw comparisons between sydney and vancouver and I was pleasantly surprised to see these for myself. So I felt a bit at home.
Wait, so are you Australian, then? ;)
yup. couldn't you tell.. what with my german name and the fact I live in London....
Nope. ;) In my experience, names and locations come to mean little due to extreme cultural and economic internationalization ands cross-overs in western nations over the last twenty years or so.