Urban exploration
Exploring of man-made structures, also called infiltration. People who explore the urban environment including abandoned drains and railways, subterranean electricity networks and old warehouses. Many of these places are illegal to enter, dangerous due to little or no maintenance and subject to flooding, though as their saying goes, 'if it rains, stay out of the drains'. Under Sydney, there is an overwhelmingly huge maze of tunnels and ex-rail networks. Below are links to local cave organisations, where you can view their photos.
Sydney's abandoned drains
Could the answer to London’s congestion be a network of subterranean cycleways? A new project from design firm Gensler suggests that maybe – just maybe – it might. Dubbed the London Underline, the project would turn London’s abandoned tube tunnels into living streets beneath the city. While there’s still a speculative, utopian look to the proposals – renderings showing the tunnels packed with youthful Londoners resemble an updated version of Logan’s Run – the London Underline is being taken seriously enough in some quarters. Earlier this week, it won the Best Conceptual Project gong at the LondonPlanning awards.
The project would use dual tunnels in the Underground’s defunct stretches to create parallel pedestrian paths and cycle ways, also lined with cafes and click-and-collect points for online shopping. To help make the tunnels more financially viable, each path could be surfaced with kinetic paving, which uses footfall and the friction created by bike tyres to generate electricity. The tunnels would not need to be connected directly to ground level. They would be accessed via tube stations, while Boris bikes for hire would lurk at the mouth of each stretch.
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