Day 1

Today we all met up at San Francisco International airport at 3 AM since our flight
departs at 5:25AM. We had one layover at Denver, Colorado and spent most of our day on the
plane getting to New York!

What an interesting day today was. New York is so much more different than San
Francisco As we exited the airport, we took a bus that took us from Laguardia airport to
Roosevelt station. I noticed how the bus was shaped the way just like any other buses. As a
terminal bus, it would be be more ideal if there were more luggage space and places to stand like
the air trans that takes people around the terminal in SFO. I learned how to use my 7-day metro
pass in New York. It was a unique experience for us as we have never used my 7 day metro pass
that is in paper form. Unlike New York, San Francisco utilizes clipper, an electronic pass that is
made out of plastic. Clipper is more efficient in the sense that one can pay by tapping the clipper
as they board the bus. However, it’s the opposite here at New York. We had to feed our paper
ticket to the machine as a way to “pay” before we could board. We had to grab a paper receipt
before boarding the bus. This resulted in us missing our bus by accident as all 10 of us had to
feed our paper tickets through the machine. But, it’s an interesting way to see how different cities
work differently and can achieve equal success in their transportation system. It seems that it
doesn’t matter what method one chooses to use, as long as it works with us, it’s good to go.
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-David Liu