morning commuters, trapped in their cars on Crowchild Trail as it passes the main university campus.
Tag: traffic
transition
the trailing edge of the high pressure chinook system, with less summery weather being sucked along behind it. the week of Summer in November will be ending soon…
dawn lines
dawn over Tuscany Boulevard, through power lines and streetlights.
slow, organized chaos
I could watch this video all day. The fluid, organic flow of people and machines [through the streets of San Francisco in 1905](http://www.archive.org/details/TripDown1905) – before the big fire. There’s something mesmerizing about the way everyone is able to move together. No ring roads. No interchanges. No streetlights. No bike lanes. Just a fluid, organic flow of humanity. I lost count of near-miss collisions, though…
**Update:** Looks like the video got yanked from YouTube due to copyright issues on the audio. Awesome. So, here’s the version direct from the Prelinger Archives:
stoney trail
dalhousie station
I used the emergency exit gates as a makeshift tripod.
ice blue
dropped below -30˚C last night, and we’re stuck in a deep freeze for the next week, but at least the sky is blue again.
2009/12/07: Today’s theme is blue. Blue Monday? Blue bird? Or something else blue? Your call! #ds22
blizzard ride
Another strong cold front blew into the city today. Wind gusts over 70km/h. Snow. Blowing snow. Ice obscured by snow and blowing snow. It was a fun ride home. The studded tires worked great, too – only lost traction momentarily twice, and didn’t go down at all. Good ride!
ribbons of motion
morning commuters rushing through suburban Calgary
start of day
early morning activity along the north side of campus. construction crews were just firing up the cranes, and traffic began to pour through the area.