It’s both novel and maddening that Mexico City can have a pretty nice subway where trains consistently come every three minutes and costs 5 pesos (one American quarter). Because I live in NYC, the richest city in the world, and nothing works, you wait forever, and you constantly endure aggressive crazy people and folks literally shitting their pants. I don’t know why I always seem to be the only non-Mexican person riding it. I guess because Ubers are super cheap, about 5 bucks US per ride on average. I’m using those too but I enjoy taking the subway with regular Mexipeeps and honestly there’s so much traffic in this crazy town that it doesn’t really take much longer. It does get crowded and warm sometimes, since there’s no AC. I’ve also noticed that the conductors can get aggressively jerky with the brakes, which doesn’t seem to phase anyone but me. This happens in NYC too but not as frequently. The system can be a little confusing. The icon for the metro trains and the metrobus (the red icons below) are similar and Google maps always indicate which is which, so look carefully. The buses are super nice and reliable too.

Walking is another story. It’s pretty nerve wracking. Many of the intersections don’t have any pedestrian signals, including some really, really big ones (i.e., with 8 car lanes). Many of the cross walks are placed where you can’t really see the traffic signals for cars, so it really feels like a crap shoot when you decide when to cross. Finger’s crossed…