Ground transport
Lunar Roving Vehicle mockup
Engineering mock-up of a Lunar Roving Vehicle made by Boeing, 1971. At the risk of stating the obvious, no used Lunar Roving Vehicles are on earth.
Museum of Flight, Seattle, WA, USA. 9 February 2003.
Going home
Rod re-reads the bus timetable. We got concerned that the bus would never arrive to take us to the airport.
Robson Street, Vancouver, Canada. 14 February 2003.
Queensboro Bridge “Tram”
The “Tram” that runs parallel to the Queensboro Bridge from Manhattan to Roosevelt Island
East River, New York, NY, USA. 20 October 2003.
NYPD
NYPD in need of significant smash repairs (perhaps I should explain that in Australia, police cars are never seen in public with so much as a tiny scratch, so this car on the streets seemed very odd!)
New York, NY, USA. 21 October 2003.
Taxi!
There are 12,187 yellow cabs in New York. Sometimes it feels like they’re all in the same street at the same time.
New York, NY, USA. 22 October 2003.
Times Square advertising
Times Square is exciting, brash, busy, noisy and filled with more advertising hoardings than one can imagine.
The half-tix booth at Times Square, photographed from outside our hotel.
Advertising that is literally bigger than real life
Times Square never seems to shut down. The lights stay on all night, the noise does not abate. Why one needs street lights in this area is not clear to me.
Times Square, New York, NY, USA. 22 October 2003.