Zen in the Art of Travel Behavior:
Using Visual Ethnography to Understand the Transit Experience

Unusually crowded traincar tonight.

I'm slick. I notice a lot more men than women in this car.

I switched traincars at the Pershing Square stop and find more women in this traincar. I also start to notice their footwear.

The lady in the back has brown wedges on- wedges give you the height of a heel but the surface area of a flat so its like the best of both worlds.

I then see this woman with gorgeous black satin slingbacks, Kate Spade style, delicate and a thick but high 3" - 3 1/2"heel.

I often get criticisms that heels are not transit friendly due to the stairs, and the sheer nature of transferring from platforms with cracks/gaps to moving train cars. With the right choice, anyone can master it in heels!

Adios my shoe soul twin.

Peeking across the platform at the 7th and Fig station seeing the train to Union Station filled to the brim!

I was able to catch another picture of a different train car while we were stopped at 7th and Fig. Folks are literally packed into the train car going to Union Station after work! Aren't you glad you used Dial? Don't you wish everyone else did?

Somehow I stopped paying attention to the stations and realized we were leaving the Hollywood/Western station heading to the Hollywood/Vine station.

Waiting to get back on the train to go back to the Vermont/Sunset station since I wasn't paying attention and missed my stop.

For a mid week evening, the train to Union Station was rather full. Glad to see folks are using it even in the non-peak hours.