Five hundred and ninety-four chapters New York subway
"I'm not going. You are so good at eating. The free food you received is not enough to feed you alone. I have to starve to death." Irene started to cheat.
"Then I'll eat you first, because I haven't had enough for dinner!" Hong Tao opened his big mouth and pretended to bite Irene's neck.
"Help! Vampire!" Irene ran away, shouting with a smile as she ran.
"Hey! I'm going to die! Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.
The Italians eating out actually shouted to Hong Tao to come on and told him to run a few steps to catch up with Irene and drink blood quickly. They wanted to watch the live broadcast.
Early the next morning, as soon as it dawned, Hong Tao and Irene went out, but they were not going shopping, but for a morning run. Hong Tao has now developed the habit of running in the morning, unless there are special circumstances.
He lives in the dining area and runs around the dining area several times in the morning.
Because of the conversation last night, Hong Tao and Irene did not go jogging along the nearby Hudson River. Instead, they took the subway from Canal Street, got off at 72nd Street, and entered New York's Central Park from here.
The reason why running is so strenuous is mainly because Hong Tao is still worried about whether there is tobacco in Central Park. In addition, the subway is also a tourist attraction in New York. Dropping in to take a look is like hunting rabbits.
The subway in New York is very old. It is said that when we were still in the reign of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty, New Yorkers had already started taking the subway. There is a glory in being older, but of course there are wrinkles on the face and dirty clothes.
.So the New York subway, whether it is a station, platform or carriage, can be described in two words: old and dirty.
The subway stations in New York are very different from those in Beijing. They are often hidden in relatively remote places. Basically, they use a small door on the ground floor, or simply surround a small area with green cast iron railings, just like our street crossings.
There are very few single subway station buildings standing alone at the entrance of the passage. It is probably because the land price here is too expensive and the New York City government does not have the courage to demolish it. So it can only be sheltered by others.
No matter how simple a station entrance is, there will always be red, green, yellow, blue, purple, brown or gray signs to tell passengers which line of trains you can take at this station. These signs are not only different in color, but also
The shapes are also different, some are round, some are rhombus, and there are Arabic numerals and English letters on them. It is not easy to understand them completely.
At least Hong Tao didn't understand. He only understood that the subway here is divided into express trains and local trains. The round sign represents the local train, which stops at every station along the way. The diamond-shaped sign represents the express train, which only leaves from a fixed station.
.Then it stops at several fixed stations, and some even end at one stop.
After entering the subway station, you can't even think about taking the escalator. There are no escalators at all. You can only walk up the stairs with two legs. Taking the stairs alone is not enough. You also have to take the right stairs. The entrance to the station here is separate for up and down.
That’s the direction of the upper city and lower city mentioned earlier. The upper city means the train goes north, and the lower city means the train goes south. As long as you don’t get this wrong, even if you take the wrong train, you won’t be too wrong.
At least the direction is right.
In addition, the Manhattan subway does not have a loop line, and is basically a straight line running in the north-south direction, because the island of Manhattan is a long and narrow terrain from north to south and very narrow from east to west. So for people who love to get lost and can’t tell the difference between east, west and north, this place is relatively clear.
of.
The subway stations in New York and Beijing have one thing in common, that is, there are a lot of people! Although it may not be as crowded as the Beijing subway during rush hours, it is not an exaggeration to describe it as people coming and going. For so many New Yorkers
Hong Tao also specifically consulted Irene because he liked taking the subway. According to his impression, Americans all like to drive, and there is no shortage of cars in the United States.
Erin's answer was very honest, just to save money! She also said that if you work in Manhattan, you can save money on a very good second-hand car by taking the subway for a week. This is not only the cost of gas, but the most expensive thing is the parking fee.
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Parking fees in New York are very expensive, especially on Manhattan Island. Parking lots in ordinary areas basically cost 15 US dollars per hour, and can even reach 50 US dollars per hour in high-end areas or business districts.
The most troublesome thing for motorists is that the police in New York are all over the streets. They not only take care of law and order, but also traffic. Moreover, these police officers are not polite at all, let alone worldly. If they see illegal parking, they will post signs and call tow trucks directly in important areas.
It doesn't matter if you're a big star, a division chief, a minister, or your father's name is Li Gang or Bush. The more famous you are, the happier the police will be. They want to slap your car with tickets. They don't know who they are.
Why are you messing around? Nothing happened.
The most hateful thing is that you have to pay these fines. Even if they are overdue, you will get a direct summons from the court. It is also difficult to find someone to redress. Didn't Franklin say that there are only two things that are inevitable in a person's life? One is to pay taxes.
, the first is death. The United States has said this. It is estimated that the possibility of evading a ticket is basically gone, so New Yorkers also want to understand, let’s stop driving and take the subway.
Before entering the platform, of course you have to buy a ticket. Erin has a monthly pass, which costs 75 US dollars per month. You can ride on the subway and buses. It is really not expensive for New York blue-collar workers working in Manhattan. Their average salary is 5,000 to 5,000 per month.
At 6,000 US dollars, it’s less than one-sixtieth of the cost to take public transportation for a month. It’s a great deal.
Hong Tao has no need for this thing. He didn't plan to stay in New York for a month. In fact, as the saying goes, if you don't have enough food and drink, you will suffer poverty if you don't calculate. He actually stayed in New York for more than a month. This one behind us
Let’s talk again.
There are two automatic ticket vending machines at the entrance of the station. The appearance of the machines is not good, and the stainless steel is almost black. However, they are fully functional. You can pay cash or swipe cards, and you can also check the card balance, check the route, etc. On the ticket vending machine
There are also many types of tickets sold, including daily tickets, weekly tickets, monthly tickets, and one-way tickets. Hong Tao thought about it for a long time and chose a weekly ticket, which cost 30 US dollars. He felt that the price-performance ratio was more suitable.
The ticket gates here are similar to those in China, but not as friendly as in China, because the ticket gates are tall and large. Hong Tao believes that anything taller than himself is evil, including the black policeman standing inside the ticket gate, who has a hanging bag on his belt.
Full of bits and pieces, he was 2 meters tall. He put his thumbs in his waistband, spread his legs and poked there with a serious look on his face. There was no hint of the policeman's indifference to him.
Irene told Hong Tao that this police officer was there to prevent people from evading fares, because there would always be people who would buy one card to enter two people. With this big black man standing here, no one would dare to do this, because if he was caught, he would be charged 100 US dollars.
fine.
"Can he still catch someone standing here? Only a fool would evade fares in front of him." Hong Tao glanced at the pistol on the black man's belt and felt that he did not have the courage.
"Not every ticket gate has police officers, and most ticket gates do not have uniformed police officers." Irene communicated with Hong Tao in Chinese. Now the two of them have formed a tacit understanding. When talking about topics that are not suitable for outsiders to hear,
Use Chinese directly.
"Uniformed police? Are there also plainclothes police?" Hong Tao caught a foreshadowing in Irene's words.
"Well, there are more plainclothes police officers. They all carry their police badges in their pockets. They take them out and pin them on their clothes immediately when they encounter any illegal situation." Irene gestured with her hand.
"This is exciting! Look, are there any plainclothes here?" Hong Tao was very excited. He felt that life here was just like a spy movie. A guy might appear next to him at any time, holding a police badge in his hand.
, and then tell you: I am a New York policeman...
"Oh, let's go, don't you want to look at your tobacco leaves yet." Irene grabbed Hong Tao's arm and pulled him to the second ticket gate. Behind this ticket gate is an iron cage-like thing, swipe it
Once the iron door is clicked, it can rotate a third, just enough to allow one person to enter.
Arriving at the platform, Hong Tao discovered another place that was completely different from the Beijing subway. The trains here had several lines sharing the same platform. This was very similar to the buses in Beijing. You have to pay attention to the numbers and instructions on the trains.
Don't get on the wrong bus.
The subway stations in New York are very old. The pillars are big iron pillars with rivets on them, and they are just painted with a layer of anti-rust paint. The floors and walls are covered with mosaic tiles, and they have fallen off in many places, like a piece of
Psoriasis. The most interesting thing is the seats, which are all made of solid wood and have palm-high partitions in the middle. They are especially like the furniture in domestic saunas.
In addition to being old, the platform was not very tidy either. Some people were sleeping on the seats and others were playing music and singing. Not only did the police ignore them, but the employees in the subway station also turned a blind eye.
"That eldest sister's husband is really good at sleeping here!" After waiting on the platform for less than 10 minutes, Hong Tao realized the hardship of the middle-aged man's life yesterday.
The platform here does not have air conditioning. Although it has entered autumn, it is still a bit stuffy. Coupled with the deafening noise when the train passes by, being able to sleep here is a life skill in itself. Anyway, he asked himself,
It seems that he doesn't have the ability.
New York's subway operates 24 hours a day, but it doesn't have a fixed timetable like the Beijing subway. Even if it did, you wouldn't believe it. When there are many people, there is a train every one or two minutes, like now at 6 o'clock in the morning.
, a train didn’t come even in 20 minutes.
After waiting for a few more minutes, the train they were about to take finally roared into the station. The subway train here had a square head and a square head. It was relatively clean in appearance, but it didn't look like a modern city, but it could tell that it was old-fashioned.
Mei still loves her country very much, because every carriage is spray-painted with a Stars and Stripes flag.
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