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12.22.2009 9:33 AM

12 Outrageous Holiday Decorations

Subways crowded with Santas, locomotives lit up with holiday lights and other incredibly festive public transportation options.

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By NRDC Switchboard

Originally published in the NRDC's Switchboard blog.




  NYC subway (by: Luke Redmond, creative commons license)

"Santa Claus is coming to town," by Luke Redmond (creative commons)


Seattle trolley (by: Seattle Municipal Archives, creative commons license)  holiday bus in Ottawa (by: Mikey G, creative commons license)

"Holiday trolley, 2002" by Seattle Municipal Archives; "Peace on Earth" by Mikey G Ottawa (both creative commons)


Chicago El (by: Jovi Girl J/Jen Marie, creative commons)

"CTA Holiday Train Interior" (Chicago), by Jovi Girl J/Jen Marie (creative commons)


bus in Vancouver (by: Tom Magliery, creative commons license)  bus in Chicago (by: jasmined, creative commons license)

"Rudolph" (Vancouver) by Tom Magliery; "christmas bus 1" (Chicago) by jasmined (both creative commons)


Chicago's Santa Train (by: Sarah Best, creative commons license)

"The Santa Train" (Chicago), by Sarah Best (creative commons)


Gallery Place, DC Metro (by: Adam Gerard, creative commons license)  bus in Minneapolis (by: Ambre Crim, creative commons license)

"Decorations at Gallery Place Metro" (DC) by voteprime/Adam Gerard (creative commons); "Metro Transit 'Float'" (Minneapolis) by Ambre Crim (both creative commons)


Canadian Pacific holiday train (by: Eric Begin, creative commons license)

"Canadian Pacific Holiday Train," by Eric Begin (creative commons)


Paris Metro (by: Adam Tinworth, creative commons license)  bus in Vancouver (by: Christopher Lewis Cotrell, creative commons license)

"Christmas in Paris" by Adam Tinworth; "Merry Christmas bus" by Christopher Lewis Cotrell (both creative commons)


Many thanks to these great photographers for allowing people like me to display their work for you.

Kaid Benfield writes (almost) daily about community, development, and the environment, and becomes self-indulgent around the holidays.  For more posts, see his blog's home page.


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