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New York City Department of Transportationin collaboration with artist John MorseAutumn 2011
Curbside Haiku
JohnMorse
CurbsideHaiku
©2011NYCDepartmentofTransportation
Cars crossing sidewalk:Worst New York City hotspotTo run into riends
John Morse
CurbsideHaiku
© 2011NYC Departmentof Transportation
Cyclist writes screenplayPlot eatures bike lane dramaHow pedestrian
John Morse
CurbsideHaiku
© 2011NYC Departmentof Transportation
Puerta del cocheSe abre al ciclista.Un reno duro
John Morse
CurbsideHaiku
© 2011NYC Departmentof Transportation
A sudden car door,Cyclist’s story rewritten.Fractured narrative
John Morse
CurbsideHaiku
© 2011NYC Departmentof Transportation
Car stops near bike laneCyclist entering raeUnwanted door prize
John Morse
CurbsideHaiku
© 2011NYC Departmentof Transportation
She walks in beautyLike the night. Maybe that’s whyDrivers can’t see her.
John Morse
CurbsideHaiku
© 2011NYC Departmentof Transportation
Aggressive driver. Aggressive pedestrian.Two crash test dummies.
John Morse
CurbsideHaiku
© 2011NYC Departmentof Transportation
Oncoming cars rushEach a 3-ton bullet. And you, esh and bone.
John Morse
CurbsideHaiku
© 2011NYC Departmentof Transportation
Too averse to riskTo chance the lottery, yetSteps into trafc
John Morse
CurbsideHaiku
© 2011 NYC Departmentof Transportation
8 million swimming,The trafc rolling like waves.Watch or undertow.
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Imagine a worldWhere your every move matters.Welcome to that world.
John Morse
CurbsideHaiku
© 2011NYC Departmentof Transportation
Coches ciegosComunicarse en Braille.Remate brutal.
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