It may not seem like, but was taken at a morning, when people started waking up and getting into the city.
I don't usually do this, but I cropped the image a little, dropping the very bottom of red tail-lights, and the very top of not too significant blues. Without the red tail lights it gives more of a morning expression in my opinion.
(Oh, by the way: this entry was written by Peter Molnar, and originally posted on petermolnar dot net.)