Navigating the Olympics in London

A CCTV camera was mounted onto a giant reproduction of Canaletto’s painting entitled ‘The River Thames on Lord Mayor’s Day’ at the entrance to London Bridge Station on July 30 in London. London’s transport infrastructure is expected to face a major burden this week during the 2012 Olympic Games. Here’s a look at how tourists and locals are navigating the city.

A traffic sign indicated a special lane for Olympic transportations.

London has designated special traffic lanes for Olympic Games vehicles, a result of fears that the transport network is unable to cope with the strain of the Games.

A sign warned drivers that Olympic lanes are now in operation.

A traveller from Canada sat alone on a bench to himself during an unusually quiet rush hour on the London Underground tube network.

A performer wearing a plant pot on her head waved to rail passengers making their way through London Bridge Station.

London Bridge in front of a giant set of Olympic rings suspended from Tower Bridge.

Andy King, from Michigan, made his way to Olympic Park.

The passageways at the London Bridge Underground station were unusually empty during rush hour.

Staff provided maps and information to rail passengers making their way through London Bridge Station.

Chen Guanming, who cycled from China to London, posed for a photograph in his rickshaw in Chinatown.

English Springer Spaniel Connie, an explosives detection canine, listened to a command by her handler British Transport Police constable Taff Evans, outside a train station near Olympic Park.

Members of the Household Cavalry rode down an Olympic Lane at Parliament Square