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Whether you love public transportation or hate it, there have been a number of unusual innovations in the industry of people-moving.

Whether it’s through manga trains, subway fashion shoots or macabre busvertising, advertisers, designers and innovators alike have discovered that the easiest way to reach a wide captive audience is to integrate their ideas with public transportation.

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Michal Tatarkiewicz's Mural (GALLERY)
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Subway Ticket Portraits

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Parisian Metro Artist Luc Grateau (VIDEO)
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