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Shiny and new

27 Tuesday Mar 2018

Posted by Ricky Leong in Canada, montreal, photography, photowalk, photowalking, Quebec, random, Trains & Transit, transit, transportation, Travel, urban

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Montreal, Quebec, Canada

A portion of one of Montreal’s new-fangled Azur métro trains.

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Video snapshots from the Montreal métro

09 Friday Mar 2018

Posted by Ricky Leong in Canada, montreal, Quebec, random, Trains & Transit, transit, transportation, Travel, urban, video

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Happy Friday! I haven’t done any kind of train/transit video in a very long time … so here you are. This is a mix of original (MR-63), vintage (MR-73) and modern (MPM-10) rolling stock running on the Montreal métro, as captured at a few stations last month.

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Enter and exit

08 Thursday Mar 2018

Posted by Ricky Leong in Canada, montreal, photography, photowalk, photowalking, Quebec, random, trains, Trains & Transit, transit, transportation, urban

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Montreal, Quebec, Canada

A scene from a few weeks ago: Passengers at Lionel-Groulx métro station in Montreal alight and board a train on the green line made up of MR-63 rolling stock.

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Observations from a year of riding Calgary Transit

15 Thursday Feb 2018

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, Calgary, Canada, Trains & Transit, transit

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Calgary Transit, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Calgary Transit bus 7940 (New Flyer D40LF) operates on line 1 at Kensington Road and 10 Street N.W., spotted in mid-December 2017.

“You’re going to need a car.”

As I was getting ready to move to Calgary way-back-when, this was the near-universal advice from friends who’d lived in the city or knew even a little bit about the place. The idea was not really up for debate: Being able to drive and having a vehicle were part of my conditions of employment, so there was no question as to whether I would own a car.

For years after settling into Alberta’s largest city, I took for granted the idea I would always need to rely on my vehicle for almost every trip of any significant distance — and this despite being consistently vocal in public about how useful transit could be.

Sure, I’d occasionally take the CTrain to an event at the Saddledome or Stampede Park. When Calgary Transit began its bus rapid transit service to the airport, that became my preferred transportation option for catching a flight and returning home, whenever this was possible. A handful of times a year, I’d randomly take the train somewhere — usually for a photowalk, other times just because. But for commuting to work, going to the gym, running errands or visiting with friends, the car was king.

Eventually, several events occurred over the span of a few years which would cause me to think about my choices when it comes to travelling longer distances within Calgary.

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Like in the good-ol’ days

24 Wednesday Jan 2018

Posted by Ricky Leong in history, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Stockholm, trains, transit, transportation, Travel, urban

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Stockholm, Sweden

A historic trolley operates near the Skansen open-air living museum in Stockholm, Sweden. Captured this image in August 2014.

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Powell Street cable car

01 Friday Sep 2017

Posted by Ricky Leong in photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, San Francisco, Trains & Transit, transit, transportation, Travel, urban

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San Francisco, California

The end of the line near Fisherman’s Wharf for the Powell Street cable car in San Francisco. Snapped this on a visit about two years ago.

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Hamburg Hbf

30 Sunday Jul 2017

Posted by Ricky Leong in Germany, Hamburg, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, trains, Trains & Transit, transit, transportation, Travel, urban

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Hamburg, Germany

Hamburg’s busy main train station, as captured on a sunny morning back in August 2014.

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Hold on for your safety

09 Friday Jun 2017

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, Calgary, Canada, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Trains & Transit, transit

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Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Shadows cast inside Calgary Transit’s venerable U-2 series light rail transit vehicles, snapped on my commute a few days ago.

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Bus 15 to Tower Hill

22 Monday May 2017

Posted by Ricky Leong in London, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Trains & Transit, transit, transportation, Travel, urban

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London, England

A historic double-decker bus plying the streets of London, England, back in October 2012.

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Dilapidated double-decker

02 Tuesday May 2017

Posted by Ricky Leong in Phoenix, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, transit, transportation, Travel, urban

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Phoenix, Arizona

Double-decker transit buses are something I expect plying the streets of London, not decaying in a parking lot in a run-down corner of downtown Phoenix, Arizona. Made this sad, sad find a few weeks ago.

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