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2013-08-08T04:41:48Z

Kogut: +description

"Here is my entry, a picture from 2006 of the Berlin Transport Museum, I liked it for all the transport it crammed into one shot."

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2013-08-08T04:40:04Z

Kogut:

"It's one of those occasions when half my town's centre gets stuck in traffic because one out of two major east-to-west arteries in the city gets occupied by a container train, usually in the middle of a working day (of course)... :P Let me just say that this red-signal streak streches about 4-5kms between the container ship terminal and the main train station (red line on the city map), effectively cutting the town in half in that part. And it's very pleasing to drive your car beside a nice 500+ ton train going at 30km/h in opposite direction with nothing but 1-2 metres of thin air between the two of you. :mrgreen:" - http://www.tt-forums.net/viewtopic.php?p=1086502#p1086502

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2013-08-08T04:39:15Z

Kogut: +description

"I'm going to submit one, but I think it's important to understand the context behind it, rather than just think 'blurry photo'

Speeding Red Public Light Bus in Hong Kong

Red Public Light Buses play an important part of the transport system in Hong Kong, bridging the gap between bus and taxi. Operated exclusively with Toyota Coasters (16 seats) and without pre-determined routes with only the vaguest route sign on the front (this one said 'Sai Kung' to 'Mong Kok'), they are free to be flagged down by anybody anywhere, and to set passengers down anywhere as long as it's in the same general direction. This one cost HK$15 (£1.25) for the full length of the 18km journey (and luckily did not stop at all en-route), something that would have otherwise cost over HK$100 in a true taxi for exactly the same speed (albeit more comfortable) journey. In the economically developed world, they truly are an oddity, yet an essential mode of transport.

Obviously, with a taxi mentality and to cram in as many trips as possible, in recent years, speeding Red Public Light Buses have become quite a concern. All buses are now fitted with internal speedometers for the benefit of passengers that audibly bleep and flash when the bus tops the legal limit of 80kph (50mph), hence the compromise. It's almost impossible to describe how shaky these things are at high speed - imagine the scariest roller coaster you've been on, throwing you left and right without warning, and then apply it to a road situation, flying 3 lanes left to take a highway exit, then stopping without warning because the driver's spotted someone who's flagged them down or to weave around a double-decker bus. They're supposed to have seat belts, but I couldn't find one. Thus the speedometer was supposed to slow drivers down, in addition to the 80kph speed limiter, but the general consensus is that it does little to stop speeding and even discourages drivers from going slow.

In such conditions obviously, it's impossible to take a decent photo. Nonetheless, I hope the shakeyness of it shows just what harrowing conditions a Public Light Bus caught at an illegal 81kph is like!" - http://www.tt-forums.net/viewtopic.php?p=1089307#p1089307

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2013-08-08T04:37:34Z

Kogut: +description from forum

"Didn't have time for the bridge over a bridge, so here's a public lift next to some nice old stairs. The odditiy is, that there's no station or something. The lift is just there because the two streets are two storeys apart." - http://www.tt-forums.net/viewtopic.php?p=1089307#p1089307

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2013-08-08T04:36:37Z

Kogut:

"Odessa, Ukraine. Tram line no. 20 leads through... swamplands, with reeds on both sides of the track, water flowing through them from time to time and lots of mosquitoes or other insects flying above. The speed is amazing 20 km/h at peak. Its mood is unbelievable." - http://www.tt-forums.net/viewtopic.php?p=1088803#p1088803