New York City: The subway
The New York subway is intimidating and initially incomprehensible. It's also the fastest and most efficient way to get from A to B in Manhattan and the outer boroughs, and it is safer and more user-friendly than it once was. Put aside your qualms: Six million people ride the subway every day, quite a few for the first time.Any subway journey costs $1.50 , payable by token purchased at any booth, but if you are going to be take more than a couple of rides, it's more efficient to purchase a MetroCard . This allows you to transfer (for free) from subway to bus, bus to subway or bus to bus within a period of two hours. It's available, from token booths and vending machines, in several forms: cards can be bought for $3 to $80; $15 purchases allow eleven rides for the cost of ten, and $30 purchases allow 22 rides for the cost of twenty. Unlimited-ride cards allow unlimited travel for a certain period of time: a seven-day pass for $17, a thirty-day pass for $63 and a daily "Fun Pass" for $4.
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