Something I’ve enjoyed paying a lot of attention to is the seats on the trains. I was so taken aback the first time I got on the RER B and saw green velvet on the seats. Originally I was kind of grossed out by the thought of fabric seats in such a heavily used public space, but Smith pointed out that they actually wear better over time than the hard plastic seats of U.S. metro systems. They certainly have more personality.
I’ve noticed a few different patterns so far: green velvet with a purple geometric pattern, a blue to orange dotted gradient, a similar dotted gradient in green to red, and blue vinyl. The blue vinyl was surprising after so much cloth! It’s getting to the point where I get a little disappointed when I get on a new line and the seats are something I’ve already seen before.
I am excited to continue on my cataloguing journey! I need to be less self conscious about taking creep shots of the seating. It’s fun to see so much variety after the blue plastic or orange and blue vinyl of the D.C. metro.