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Digital Urban and Cityscape Photography

Purchase Unlimited Use Fare Cards

SUMMARY: When traveling to a city, don't get stuck paying for subway and bus fares for each trip - consider purchasing unlimited use cards.

During your travels, if you want to really "get around the town", consider purchasing unlimited use fare cards. This way you can take buses, rails, subways, sometimes even ferries, all day long for one flat fee. Without having to worry about driving, you can concentrate on searching for many digital photographic opportunities around town.

Many transit authorities sell such passes, online and/or at larger stations and terminals. Here are a selected four transit authorities in the United States, listed for informational purposes only:

Chicago Transit Authority - Transit Cards & Passes - http://www3.yourcta.com/

Massachusetts Bay (Boston) Transportation Authority - Information on Fares and Passes - http://www.mbta.com/fares_and_passes/passes/

Metropolitan Transit Authority (New York City) - Fares and MetroCard - http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/metrocard/mcgtreng.htm

Washington (DC) Metropolitan Area Transit Authority - Metro passes and farecards - http://www.wmata.com/riding/passes.cfm