Metro, re-imagined as a Super Mario landscape. Twenty points to anyone sending us pictures of themselves doing Super Mario cosplay on the Metro.
Automatic Mario reblog for the DC folks.
(h/t Mattias)
Mass transit maps can be a big part of the visual culture of cities. The more iconic the map, the more likely it is to be turned into a t-shirt, an umbrella, even a shower curtain. Here’s a look at 20 different subway system maps that serve as a window into the culture of their respective cities.
Upside-down Metro Escalator Planking (by purityofthestars, via unsuckdcmetro)
![This kind of thinking is needed to get DC’s Metrorail through its escalator problems.
caro:
kenyatta:
Dutch Railway Installs a Slide To Get To The Train
It’s officially called a ‘transfer accelerator’ by Dutch railway maintenance company ProRail, but everyone else would say it’s a slide. An awesome slide. Installed next to a stairway at the newly renovated railway station Overvecht in the city of Utrecht, the slide offers travellers the opportunity to quickly reach the railway tracks when they’re in a hurry.
Be sure to click through for the video
via The Pop-Up City
“[The designers] brilliantly foresaw that such a playful urban intervention can generate large-scale positive spin-off for a disadvantaged neighborhood like Overvecht, and that’s exactly what happened.”](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lokh384jHf1qz53j7o1_r1_500.jpg)
This kind of thinking is needed to get DC’s Metrorail through its escalator problems.
caro:
Dutch Railway Installs a Slide To Get To The Train
It’s officially called a ‘transfer accelerator’ by Dutch railway maintenance company ProRail, but everyone else would say it’s a slide. An awesome slide. Installed next to a stairway at the newly renovated railway station Overvecht in the city of Utrecht, the slide offers travellers the opportunity to quickly reach the railway tracks when they’re in a hurry.
Be sure to click through for the video
via The Pop-Up City
“[The designers] brilliantly foresaw that such a playful urban intervention can generate large-scale positive spin-off for a disadvantaged neighborhood like Overvecht, and that’s exactly what happened.”
This largely hits the spot re: the Metro system in DC, except that in reality, ridership has been steady or increasing, at the same time as the loss of support and funding and the cutbacks in service.
DC subway platforms are much more appealing than NYC subway platforms.
Especially in black-and-white.
Fun photo of Federal Triangle Metro Station by stormdog42 on Flickr.
(via subwaygrl)
(via dcdistrict)
DC newbie on the Metro this morning…
Standing on the left and drinking a coffee on the way down the escalator… lots to learn!
Tweet situationsare replied to your photo:Ouch! The worst thing about spilling hot coffee…
Hopefully this accident did not happen on the metro. I’ve almost gotten a ticket for bringing coffee on the train. When I say almost, I mean I’ve been threatened at least 100 times.
Nope, I make it a point not to challenge the almighty No-Food-On-Metro law. Although I’ve noticed the enforcement level is much lower on Metrobuses, and even lower on the Circulator.
The NextBus app now shows MetroBus and Circulator arrival times on the same screen! My day is officially made!
(Nope, it doesn’t take much…)
Up or Down (by rpmaxwell)
Great shot of the Dupont Metro escalator, in the midst of the wintry mess. (via dcist)
