🚁🚇 Top 10 DC Movies Where Transportation Took the Spotlight

Summer blockbusters may be all about heroes and villains—but for those of us in property and facilities management, it’s the transit chaos and infrastructure mayhem that really grab our attention. Here’s our countdown of DC’s best transportation and infrastucture showdowns, with a nod to the helicopters, subways, ferries, and streets that steal scenes.

1️⃣0️⃣ Superman(1978)

🚁 Lois Lane’s helicopter falling off of the Daily Planet buiding kicks off the action, giving new meaning to “air support” in urban real estate. (Honorable mention to Superman Returns for Superman stopping a plane crash and rescuing Lois, as usual.

9️⃣ Batman Begins (2005)

🚇 The Gotham elevated train isn’t just for commuters—they’re a battleground. Bruce Wayne knows a thing or two about infrastructure.

8️⃣ The Dark Knight (2008)

⛴ Lower Wacker Drive, street closures, and ferries: Gotham’s transit grid shuts down during some of Batman’s most intense chases and showdowns. Real estate and transport teams, we feel your pain.

7️⃣ Suicide Squad (2016)

🚇 The Suicide Squad suited up at the airport and later fought against magical destruction turning city infrastructure into a disaster zone.

6️⃣ Wonder Woman (2017)

🚂 A boat ride of Steve and Diana showed the tension and chemistry in this budding relationship at the start of Diana’s mission.

5️⃣ The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

🚇 Tunnels play a key role as Bane’s revolution cuts Gotham’s arteries, disrupting transit and city flow.  Meanwhile, part of Bane’s plan was to cut Gotham off from the rest of the US, short of one bridge bringing supplies

4️⃣ Justice League (2017)

🚧 The abandoned power plant and city tunnels are battlefields as this emerging team fights Steppenwolf.

3️⃣ Batman v Superman (2016)

🚁 Batman lures Superman to Gotham for a long awaited battle.  The final battle caused epic destuction in Metropolis. How many times does this city get destroyed? How high are the insurance premiums on this planet?

2️⃣ Man of Steel (2013)

🚗 The city-wide destruction includes blockades of roads, collapsed bridges, and emergency transit reroutes as Superman battles Zod.

1️⃣ Batman (1989)

🚕 Gotham is a character in this Tim Burton classic. Streets are the stage for Batman’s car chases, with traffic snarls and transit disruptions that no city planner wants. The Joker’s sponsoring of Gotham’s bicentennial parade draws the public to their impending doom until Batman swoops in from the sky.

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