Mo Rocca interviews Tony Lepore, Rhode Island’s famous dancing traffic cop for a segment on The Tomorrow Show. Watch those moves!
iPhone user unloads I-Gun on traffic
August 17, 2009 @ 7:17 pm
This is absolutely hilarious.
You can get the iPhone app here [iTunes link].
Photos of Los Angeles traffic by Benny Chan
April 30, 2009 @ 12:38 am
GOOD has some nice photos of traffic in Los Angeles from photographer Benny Chan who took the photos over the course of several years in helicopter trips over the city. The nice thing is that GOOD is offering pretty large versions of each picture so that you can see detail in full.
How L.A.’s traffic control system works
April 22, 2009 @ 2:00 pm
I found this video from Streetfilms about L.A.’s traffic control system very fascinating. The video is narrated by Bill J. Shao, a senior engineer at ATSAC Operations which stands for Automated Traffic Surveillance and Control.
He talks about how L.A.’s traffic control system is pretty much completely automated now, with only 1 or 2 personnel required to monitor the computers that do all of the calculations and whatnot in terms of traffic. The computer system automatically gives priority to public transportation and can adjust to almost any type of traffic situation such as accidents and congestion. The entire system is also a great tool for the city of Los Angeles to mine traffic data, as every bit of information that goes through the system gets collected and compiled to show how heavy traffic is and how slow/fast traffic is moving.
I couldn’t embed the video, so you’ll have to watch it here.
Photo of fallen sign on Whitestone Bridge
March 28, 2009 @ 11:36 am
Photo by Keo
You may have heard that an MTA truck struck a road sign on the Whitestone Bridge yesterday afternoon causing the bridge to get closed. Well, here’s a picture of that fallen overhead sign. Amazing that nobody was seriously injured.
If you’re curious, it looks like the bridge is back in operation this morning.
The transformation of Madison Square
February 13, 2009 @ 5:44 pm
Every day I ride my bike along Broadway into Madison Square and then onto 5th Avenue. It’s my daily route to school and also to any point downtown from where I live. Every time I pass the area, I see people sitting, taking pictures, and thoroughly enjoying the wide-open public space that is safe from vehicles on both sides of the square.
I remember coming home last Summer from Australia and being utterly surprised by the drastic changes in traffic patterns in that area. From a bicyclist’s perspective, the area is a lot more convenient to travel through, and from a motorist’s perspective, it’s definitely less confusing to get from one avenue to another (Broadway and 5th Avenue split here).
Streetfilms has a fantastic video detailing the work it took to transform that public space into what it is today. Watch the video above if you want to know a bit more about the big stone bollards and the people behind the project.
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