Name: How to move around in the city... Don’t miss the train!??
Uploaded: 2024-07-19T14:27:21.000Z
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Hey guys, it's Arianita Lagringa and welcome back to my YouTube channel.

Well, I'm still in New York City, the city that never sleeps.

And in my last video, I taught you all downtown vocab and things you need to know if you are a pedestrian and walking around a downtown area like New York City.

Well, in this video, I am going to show you the different modes of transportation in New York because there are so many options to move around this huge city.

The first mode of transportation and the most common in any city or town is just walking around.

Walking is a great way to get to your destination.

For example, to get to my destination, Roosevelt Island,

I have to walk all the way over there to the ferry station.

It took me about two minutes to walk to this ferry station and walking is a great way to move around the city, explore, and is a great way to exercise.

Walking is one of my favorite ways to move around the city.

But now, let's hop right in to the next mode of transportation in New York.

Right now, I'm at the NYC Ferry Station, New York City Ferry Station.

As you guys know, Manhattan is an island.

So a great way to move across the island on the river is using a large boat or going on the ferry.

A ferry is a great and fun way to move around the city and it is made mostly for tourists like me.

So I am not from here. That means I am a tourist visiting New York.

So being a tourist, it's a great experience to look at the beautiful skyline, look at all the tall buildings, and enjoy the nice sun on the river.

Now, I'm waiting in line to purchase my ferry ticket and I'm going to find out how much it costs.

Also, have you guys been on a ferry? Let me know down below.

So I'm going to press this right here in English and I'm just going to do a one-way ticket.

I'm going to buy one more ticket and then right here I will pay.

And then it is $8 for two tickets, so $4 per ticket.

I am inserting my credit card to pay for both tickets.

And then it says, would you like a printed receipt? And I'm going to say no.

Lastly, on the screen it says, thank you, please take ticket below.

I'm going to crouch down and grab both tickets.

Now, I'm just waiting for the ferry and then we will enter the ferry right here on this ramp.

That ferry is full of passengers and is on the way back to the ferry station.

I bought a one-way ticket to my destination, Roosevelt Island, so I will not be returning back from it.

Whereas a round-trip ticket allows you to travel to a place and back again.

Now, I'm walking down the ramp and I just went on the ferry.

This is a ferry. It takes passengers to short distances.

I recommend this experience because it's a great way to move across the river.

Now, we are at Roosevelt Island and I'm going to show you the third way to move around New York City.

Can you guys guess this third way of transportation in New York City?

It is a car that is attached with cables that moves across.

This is called a cable car and right now we are at the Roosevelt Island Tramway.

And I'm going to take you guys across with me and see the city skyline.

Can you guys believe that this cable car exists in New York City?

Well, normally cable cars exist in areas with mountains, but New York City doesn't have any mountains.

So, we are going to use this cable car to travel over the river.

Now, I'm going to see how much it costs to go on the cable car, but I think I can use my MetroCard.

This MetroCard does work to get on the cable car and it costs $34 for a one-week pass.

I purchased this MetroCard when I first arrived. I can only use it for one week.

Come with me inside the cable car. We are packed in like sardines.

The cable car is crowded and full of people.

That was awesome! Who would have thought that a cable car would drop me off right in the middle of New York City?

Let's go ahead and find the fourth mode of transportation in downtown New York.

The fourth mode of transportation in New York City is using the bus.

I just walked across the street and right now I'm right next to the bus stop.

The bus stop is where I will wait for the bus to arrive.

The good thing about the bus is you can use the same card that you used on the tram and the subway.

Now, come along with me and let's enter the bus.

The person that drives the bus is called the bus driver.

You can pay with Apple Pay or just use the MetroCard right here.

The good thing about taking a bus is that you actually have a seat.

I'm a passenger and I'm sitting in the back of the bus in my seat.

But the bad thing about taking the bus is that you have to wait for all the stops for the bus driver to stop at all the stops and you have to wait in traffic, something that the subway avoids.

Right now I'm sitting by the window called the window seat.

So to get off, I am going to pull this yellow cord called the pull cord.

Pull it down and then that lets the bus driver know that I need to get off at the next stop.

I just got off at that bus stop over there.

But I still have one more bus to take to get to my final destination.

Let's recap and let's see what we learned throughout this video.

The first mode of transportation was walking around.

And then the third way, third mode of transportation was taking the cable car across the river and entering the city.

And then once we were in the city, we took the bus.

And the bus led me to this beautiful place right here.

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Now, let's learn about more transport vocab in New York City.

The fifth mode of transportation in the Big Apple is underground.

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