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Enough Teases, Here’s What’s New and Updated for the Start of 2021!

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Anyone who knows where I’ve traveled or has visited the site with some frequency over the years may have noticed that the Bus Photo of the Month for January 2021 was from a city that had not been included on Oren’s Transit Page before, and that I’ve been highlighting a number of new website sections over the past few weeks. 

The biggest and most noteworthy additions are the brand new sections for Baltimore, Las Vegas, the Grand Canyon, and Austin.  As I noted in a recent post, there was a certain amount of irony to the fact I grew up 40 miles from Baltimore and am an avid Orioles fan, yet the city had not been featured on this site until recently.  Las Vegas, the Grand Canyon, and Austin were destinations that I traveled to in late 2019 and early 2020 before the Covid-19 pandemic, and I am thankful to have had the opportunity to make those trips when I did.  

I also took advantage of some time I had recently to move some photos that had been on the Uncaptioned Photos page for quite awhile and put them in more appropriate places on the website, most notably, the photos of the Pikes Peak Cog Railway now have their own page.  Perhaps you found the new material on your own, but if not, here is the full listing of where new photos were recently added to the site, with new sections highlighted in bold and italics.  

Bus Photo of the Month: January 2021

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Location: South Congress Avenue at West James Street, Austin, TX
Operator of Vehicle: Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Capital Metro)
Date of Photo: January 23, 2020

I’d recommend that any visitor to Austin, Texas take some time to walk through the South Congress neighborhood.  It is an eclectic shopping district that definitely contributes to the “Keep Austin Weird” vibe promoted by small businesses in the city.  One of the attractions of the area is the unimpeded views of the Texas State Capitol building from along the length of the avenue, and for transit fans, this means it is easy to capture the Capitol building and the other parts of the downtown skyline in any photos taken in this area.  Furthermore, one of the two MetroRapid routes operated by Capital Metro serves this corridor, so the photo opportunities come frequently.  

For more photos of Capital Metro buses, please click here.