New York Transport - For a city with a lot of people, NYC accommodates their transportation needs quite efficiently. Visitors can choose to travel by way of subway, bus, ferry or taxi cab. Sometimes walking isn’t such a bad idea when you want to take in the scenes and avoid the occasional delayed subways and irritating traffic jams. The trick is to avoid traveling crosstown on a bus or in a cab in Midtown during the midday rush.

Once you arrive in NYC and have decided to utilize public transportation, collect a subway schedule, to travel quickly and inexpensively. 3.5 million people will pass through their doors a day. The Metropolitan Transit Authority operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. For a cool $2, visitors can experience a ride on NYC’s well-known subway system. MTA buses are a less expensive mode of transportation than the taxi cab and less stressful than a subway ride. The downside is getting stuck in traffic so look for a bus for shorter distances and use the subway for a longer trip. Bus stops are located every 2-3 blocks on the right side of the street.

You can buy Metrocards of various types – different length of days. You can get a Fun Pass, a Metrocard that covers you until 3am the next day for unlimited trips on buses and subway. Great if you’re going to take a number of journeys – no need to scapple about looking for the right change for a bus. Even better value is the Weekly Metrocard if you are staying several days. You can buy Metrocards at any subway station. Just a note, if you are buying several Metrocards for your family or group, you can only for a maximum of two by a single credit card.

Last but not least, you can always hail a taxi cab, which will cost way more than the subway and bus, but will provide some much-needed privacy when you are returning from a club slightly inebriated. Available cabs are identified when the number in the center of the medallion sign is lit. When the light is out, the taxi is in use. New York taxi drivers expect a tip, so don’t forget!!