New Red London Routemaster Bus,

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Contributor:
Tony SmithImage ID:
HGC82DFile size:
53.2 MB (2.9 MB Compressed download)Releases:
Model - no | Property - noDo I need a release?Dimensions:
5472 x 3396 px | 46.3 x 28.8 cm | 18.2 x 11.3 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
1 October 2016Location:
Euston Road, London, England, UKMore information:
. Recorded at Euston Road, London, England, UK in 2016, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The location is represented through New Red London Routemaster Bus, . The wider scene also brings together historical comparison, period detail, local bus network, public transport stop, changing streetscape, transport accessibility, everyday life, public realm, roadside stop, roadside transit, contemporary social history, changing land use, visual archive, and before-and-after reference. The wider contemporary story combines integrated transport, decarbonisation and the challenge of maintaining reliable services outside dense city centres. For later comparison, the photograph preserves lettering, decoration and surface detail at Euston Road, London, England, UK, details that may look very different after redevelopment. The photograph additionally reflects public transport information, bus route infrastructure, surface public transport, community identity, regional identity, street-side transport, bus infrastructure, and local history. The recorded references to Routemaster and London preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. By fixing the subject within Euston Road, London, England, UK, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. Another strand within the photograph is integrated transport and the shift toward cleaner buses and integrated ticketing within the specific setting of Euston Road, London, England, UK. The setting also helps illustrate rural transport and the importance of bus stops as the physical interface between passengers and public transport as part of the longer story of Euston Road, London, England, UK. The image fixes evidence of changing use as part of Euston Road, London, England, UK's history.