Aug 19th, 2010 at 5:00PM:
"Clang, clang, clang went the trolley," sang Judy Garland in Meet Me in St. Louis, giving the most charming mode of transportation its own theme song. Except this trolley isn't in St. Louis or even San Francisco, it's in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, part of the oldest operating tram system in South America. Whether you call it a tram, a trolley, a streetcar, or a cable car, this Flickr photo by ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Aug 19th, 2010 at 5:00PM:
"Clang, clang, clang went the trolley," sang Judy Garland in Meet Me in St. Louis, giving the most charming mode of transportation its own theme song. Except this trolley isn't in St. Louis or even San Francisco, it's in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, part of the oldest operating tram system in South America. Whether you call it a tram, a trolley, a streetcar, or a cable car, this Flickr photo by ...Photo of the day (3.31.09)
Mar 31st, 2009 at 5:00PM:
I just can't resist a good tilt shift photo, and Foraggio Fotographic's is no exception. On my temporary hiatus from normal Gadling duties, this week I'm wandering through New Zealand, and today finds me in the great North Island city of Wellington.
A relatively small city of only 400,000, Wellington is popular among toursits and locals alike for it's compact, quaint downtown, solid nightlife, ...Play chicken in Helsinki traffic
Feb 6th, 2009 at 9:00AM: I was pretty impressed by Helsinki's public transportation, which was more than ample with trolleys, subways and buses. There were few SUVs, and the bike lane was rarely empty. While the Finns got the ingredients right, the mixing was ... well ... suboptimal. The least menacing of the interesting transportation overlaps involves the bike lanes and sidewalk. Neither is clearly defined, and I ...
