I appreciate how it is dependable and predictable. There’s only one line, unlike when in Washington, D.C., where there are six. Even more, I love how affordable and easy to use it is to take the subway here! It only costs about 60 cents to ride it, and the subway station has little computers at the entrance where riders can get what is called a “ThessTicket.” A ThessTicket is basically a riding pass, and once you get one it can last you up to 70 minutes for a single trip. It is super convenient because it makes getting in and out of the city more accessible than it is only by taxi. Furthermore, this metro is super clean and super safe. The cars are always clean and the actual tracks are shielded by a glass door, so you don’t have to worry about standing too far on the platform or dropping anything.
What I find most interesting about the metro system here is the collective culture it highlights. At the end of every escalator, you can find people’s used metro cards that still have time on them. To me, I view this demonstration as a show of care for the community and environment. While the metro passes are only a couple of cents, they are still paper and they still create waste. By placing old passes at the bottom of escalators, other riders are able to reuse these paper tickets by adding more time or discarding them for workers at the station to clean up later. Either way, by placing the tickets there we as riders help eliminate litter on the streets.
