Meet Oren

Welcome! My name is Oren and I have been running this website since September 2000. It is a labor of love that allows me to share my combined interests in transportation, traveling, and photography with the rest of the world. It is largely modeled after and inspired by David Pirmann’s nycsubway.org page, among other similar sites.

I have lived at various times in the Washington, DC area, Ithaca, NY, and Jerusalem, Israel. I also spent a college semester abroad in Rome, Italy. The photo sections on this site provide a fairly good representation of where I have traveled in the world (the only country I have visited that is not featured here in any way is Jordan; Vatican City is represented in the Italy section).

I have been on most of the systems that you will find photographed on the website. Here is a list of all the list of transit systems that I have paid a fare to ride at least once (as of November 2022):

United States
- Washington, DC
  - Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA)
  - DC Circulator
  - DC Streetcar
  - Ride On (Montgomery County Transit)
  - Fairfax Connector
  - DASH
- Baltimore
  - MDOT MTA (BaltimoreLink, Metro SubwayLink, Light RailLink, MARC Commuter Rail)
- Philadelphia
  - Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority (SEPTA)
  - Port Authority Transit Corporation (PATCO)
- Pittsburgh
  - Port Authority of Allegheny County
- New Jersey
  - New Jersey Transit (NJT)
  - Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH)
  - Port Authority Transit Corporation (PATCO)
- Boston
  - Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA)
- Atlanta
  - Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA)
- Florida
  - Disney World Transportation
  - Miami-Dade Transit
- Ithaca, NY
  - Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit (TCAT)
  - Cornell University “Campus to Campus”
- Chicago
  - Chicago Transit Authority (CTA)
  - METRA
- Minneapolis-St. Paul
  - Metro Transit
- Kansas City
  - Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA)
- Dallas
  - Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART)
  - McKinney Avenue Transit Authority
- Austin, TX
  - Capital Metro
- Denver
  - Regional Transportation District (RTD)
- Park City, UT
  - Park City Transit
- Grand Canyon
  - National Park Service Shuttles
- Las Vegas
  - RTC Transit
  - Las Vegas Monorail
  - Aria Express
- San Francisco
  - San Francisco Municipal Railway (MUNI)
  - Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART)
  - Caltrain
- Los Angeles
  - Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA)
- San Diego
  - San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS)
- Seattle
  - King County Metro
  - Seattle Center Monorail
- Portland, OR
  - TriMet
  - Portland Streetcar
- Amtrak
  - Northeast Corridor
    - Acela Express
    - Metroliner
    - Northeast Regional/Northeast Direct
  - Downeaster
  - Capitol Limited
  - Empire Builder
  - California Zephyr
  - Southwest Chief
  - Sunset Limited
  - Texas Eagle
  - Pacific Surfliner
  - Cascades
- Alaska Railroad
- San Juan, PR
  - Tren Urbano
- Canada
  - Toronto
    - Toronto Transit Commission (TTC)
  - Niagara Falls
    - WEGO Niagara Falls Visitor Transportation
  - Montreal
    - Société de transport de Montréal
  - Vancouver
    - TransLink
    - Coast Mountain Bus Company (CMBC)
    - West Vancouver Blue Bus
- South America
  - Brazil
    - Rio de Janeiro
      - MetroRio
    - Sao Paulo
      - Sao Paulo Metro
    - Curitiba
      - Serra Verde Express
  - Argentina
    - Buenos Aires
      - Subte (Buenos Aires Underground)
    - Puerto Iquazu
      - TAP El Practico
    - Trenes Argentinos
      - Mitre Line
      - Tren del Costa
- Europe
  - United Kingdom
    - London
      - Transport for London (TfL)
    - Glasgow Subway
  - - National Rail
  - France
    - Paris
      - Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens (RATP)
    - SNCF
  - Germany
    - Deutsche Bahn
    - Frankfurt
      - Stadtwerke Verkehrsgesellschaft Frankfurt am Main (VGF)
    - Stuttgart
      - Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund Stuttgart (VVS)
      - Stuttgarter Straßenbahnen AG (SSB)
  - Italy
    - Rome
      - ATAC SpA
    - Naples
      - Azienda Napoletana Mobilità SpA (ANM)
    - Venice
      - Azienda del Consorzio Trasporti Veneziano (ACTV)
    - Trenitalia
  - Switzerland
    - Geneva
      - Transports Publics Genevois (TPG)
    - Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
    - Transports de Martigny et Régions SA (TMR)
  - Spain
    - Madrid
      - Metro de Madrid
    - Barcelona
      - Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB)
      - Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC)
    - RENFE
  - Portugal
    - Lisbon
      - Carris
    - Scotturb
    - Comboios de Portugal (CP)
  - Netherlands
    - Amsterdam
      - GVB
    - Rotterdam
      - RET
    - Nederlandse Spoorwegen (Dutch Railways)
  - Belgium
    - National Railway Company of Belgium
  - Hungary
    - Budapest
      - BKV Zrt
  - Poland
    - Krakow
      - MPK Krakow
  - Greece
    - Athens
      - OASA (Athens Mass Transit System)
      - Proastiakós Athínas (Athens Suburban Railway)
  - Turkey
    - Istanbul
      - İstanbul Ulaşım (Istanbul Metro)
      - Istanbul Electrik, Tramway ve Tünel IsletmeIeri (IETT)
    - Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Devlet Demiryolları (Turkish State Railways)
  - International Rail Services
    - Eurostar
    - Thalys
    - Trenhotel
- Middle East
  - Israel
    - Egged
    - Egged Ta’avura
    - Dan
    - Superbus
    - Kavim
    - Afikim
    - Metronit
    - Jerusalem Light Rail
    - Carmelit
    - Israel Railways
  - Egypt
    - Cairo
      - Cairo Metro
    - Egyptian National Railways

When I am not traveling or photographing, I am likely to be on my bicycle, rooting for the Baltimore Orioles, or watching Jeopardy!.