Inside Mexico City's Chaotic Underground Rush Hour Mark Byrnes - The Atlantic
go to original May 16, 2013

A glimpse of rush hour on Mexico City's subway as seen through Mediavilla's lens. (Hector Mediavilla)

Known as one of the worst cities in the world in which to drive, Mexico City's rush hours aren't much better underground. The 10th biggest metro area in the world, its subway system generates around 4 million riders a day, or 1.5 billion a year, the second highest in North America (New York City is first).

Spanish photographer Hector Mediavilla experienced the daily crush first hand, using the subway while living in Mexico's capital. While working on a photography project he's titles Megapolis, themed around rapid urbanization across the globe, Mediavilla saw the city's underground commute as a clear representation of an overcrowding world.

His photographs shed light on what he sees as a barely manageable aspect of urban life: the rush hour. "I wanted to show a part of the Megalopolis that struck me, that showed very clearly that something is not working well for us as human beings in relation with our environment," says Mediavilla.

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