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The plaques of Paris

Robert — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 23:29:51 +0500

Robert:

Paris has some beautiful plaques.

No parking allowed:

Addresses:

Numbers:

And something wholly different:

Paris in July 2024

Robert — Sat, 14 Sep 2024 13:29:24 +0500

Robert:

Paris was much cleaner than I foredeemed, both on the week before the Olympics in July, and in early September as well.

This train is goïng to Pont de Sèvres. But instead of lighting up previous stations, the linear metro map lights up those the train is yet to stop at. The opposite of a progress bar!

For residents’ tranquility, please do not throw away glass bottles between 22⁰⁰ and 7⁰⁰. Very thoughtful!

Beautiful tower, bridge, river, and trees, all surrounded by ugliness:

Amongst the trees:

Next to the bridge:

Up close to the tower:

Chimney pipes require a different kind of brick:

Parisian café tables and chairs:

Doors:

The doors of liberty and fraternity are closed. Only equality remains:

Spirals:

Other textures:

Posting not allowed:

A bricky building:

A bookshop:

A propeller on the French aero-club’s building:

Just a pretty building:

A pretty café:

The sculpture on the left reminds me of a man whom I will not name (you don’t know him):

Fascinating ugliness:

A statue:

Bonjour Amour!

Design:

The information display on my platform:

The conspicuously missing plaques will get their own post.

Driverless trains

Robert — Fri, 09 Nov 2018 22:57:30 +0500

Robert:

How have driverless trains still not replaced normal ones? I get the situation with cars, as they need approvals and laws, but trains are different.

Moscow metro directors say that the intervals will be longer than with traditional drivers, but this can’t possibly be real. There is much more communication between driverless trains that between normal ones, so the intervals would be the same or smaller. Sure, the technology may need upgrading, but this is a no-brainer for a worthwhile investment.

I’ve been in several driverless trains: Paris’s airport shuttle, Milan’s M5 line, London’s DLR, the Turin metro, Pisa’s airport shuttle. They all work really well and insure more security than regular trains.

Don’t procrastinate, automate!