Public Transportation in the US

>>1264041
>How's public transportation? Does it work OK? What do I need to take the bus or train around town?
It totally varies from city to city -- some places have subways, trains, light rail, buses; some only have one method or none. Some cities offer service every 10 minutes, some only a few times a day. Generally, the bigger the city, the more options you're going to have. In many/most rural or even suburban areas, transportation services are poor or nonexistent.

The only thing that's universal here is Amtrak trains and Greyhound buses, cheap but slow and for long distance.

As for Orlando, hopefully someone else can answer that for you.

I'm not even being a dick, but check out the "get around" section of Orlando's wikitravel article. As the other Anon said, it varies widely from city to city.

what's the US citizenship deal, though, homie? parents unmarried, or father lived in the US a very short period?

Use google maps and click on bus

Should plan out a route, it's pretty easy; just bring single dollars ($1) and quarters

>>1264106
This, seriously. Google maps are integrated into most cities transportation systems and does a good job with it. Overall it is fine

Don't
>talk to people you don't know
>look around at people too much
>AVOID EYE CONTACT WITH ANYONE WHO LOOKS POOR OR DRUNK


Do
>google where you want to go like the other anon said
>have cash or look up the card system it uses, some places do day/week passes
>be prepared to stand
>keep your hands in your pockets or close to you
>expect it to smell shoddy


>How's public transportation? Does it work OK? What do I need to take the bus or train around town?
Works fine just plan out where you want to go prior to arrival. Don't be one of those idiots who gets to the destination then tries to figure out how to get around. Google maps saves locations and I think routes as well; use and abuse it. Keep in mind some bus lines shut down outside main routes after XX PM, so download and install uber just incase

>>1264050
>>1264106
I see. I thought maybe y'all had something like the bus/train/subway passes we use here in São Paulo: they're kind of a must have because with them you don't need to pay additional fares if you need to change buses.

You recharge the card with some money, put it in front of this machine, NFC does its magic, and here's how it works:

- First bus: R$3.80
- Additional bus fares are R$0.00 for like 3 or 4 hours.
- If you need to take the subway/train, the fare is R$2.12
- Train/subway fare is always R$3.80 otherwise

Such a system is devised so that you don't spend too much when you're commuting from far away.

>>1264056
Sorry, I should've looked it up.

>>1264109
Thanks for the tips! I'm used to buses here, but I'll keep your advice in mind when I'm there.

>>1264041
I just left Orlando a couple days ago, OP, and rode the buses around a bunch. For an American city, especially one so new, Orlando's public transportation is really great.

The LYNX is your primary go to. It's their local bus system with $2 fares and stops seemingly everywhere. Dunno what >>1264109 was on about, nothing smelled or was shady in any way. Granted, I guess I wasn't going through any rough neighborhoods, but LYNX isn't dirty or dangerous at all, at least in my experience.

There's also SunRail, a light rail system that cuts north-south through downtown and I think goes as far south as Kissimee? I didn't ride it but I saw it go past like a thousand times, so it must be pretty frequent.

There's also LYMMO, which is a free local bus service just for downtown. It's not nearly as frequent or widespread as LYNX obviously, but free is free.

Orlando also connects to both Tampa and Miami via Amtrak for relatively cheap, so if you've got the time to shoot down to either, I would definitely recommend it. Amtrak is slow but a super comfy way to travel.