Transportation musicality

Alexander Chen takes the routes of subways trains and turns them into an amazing aural and visual piece of art:

At www.mta.me, Conductor turns the New York subway system into an interactive string instrument. Using the MTA’s actual subway schedule, the piece begins in realtime by spawning trains which departed in the last minute, then continues accelerating through a 24 hour loop. The visuals are based on Massimo Vignelli’s 1972 diagram.

At the Isle of Tune, described as a "musical sequencer for the modern colonial," cars move along roads and trigger sounds when they pass a series of markers (trees, planters, houses, lamp posts). 

You can built your own sequence of sounds. Or you can check out popular tunes such as Beat It, Don't Stop Believing, YMCA, and even Katy Perry's California Gurls (under the "View Shared Islands" link). Very cool - though if you listen to the loop of any of these too long, you'll either want to stab your ears with a pencil or run out and buy an electronic keyboard. It was the former for me, so I urge you to listen with caution.