I toured the new and snazzy Akron Metro Transit Center, the central nervous system of all those buses you see slugging down Market Street and the rest of Akron.

It is a very high tech, kind of Epcot Center looking building. Silver walls with red highlights decorate its innards. There is nothing in common between this building and, say, the train station in Chicago made famous in my childhood by the film The Untouchables. However, it was interesting to see people with suitcases waiting for their bus to Chicago (around $70, by the way).

A rare Akron blue sky with bubbly clouds made for some good pictures from the top of the Transit Center. The Akron skyline decorates the distance. However, my favorite shot is the greener one (pictured).

Atop the building sit hundreds of solar panels that could power 130 Akron homes.

If you are interested in monitoring the solar energy generated by the Transit Center, you can check the website.