Hola,
This is my last of the two posts that are for my Buffalo landscape tour project. First of all, this is my second year here at UB, and before I went to school here I had never been to Buffalo before in my life. So, honestly everything was new to me.
Before I went to school here I had never been to a big city before in my life. So, everything here is so much different than what I am used to. One thing I am not really used to is the subway and bus system (Metro Station). Yes, I have been on a subway train and a bus before but this is a lot different. I have never really seen the station, where you get the tickets and where you get on the train, before.
I guess my reaction to this place is awe. It is just a simple place. It looks so small on the outside, but when you go to the inside and out to the bus stop area you realize just how big it really is. Also, I think it is weird how the train goes under ground and above ground. Usually when you think of a subway you think it is under ground, and when you think of an above ground train you think of a trolley car system. I also think it is weird that you do not have to pay to go on the above ground part, but you do have to pay to go on the under ground part. Honestly, I think it is the lazy way of getting from one end of down town to the other when you could just walk a couple extra blocks. I guess I just feel it is a strange train system yet very useful.
The Metro has so many things to interact with because that is what it was made for. The whole place is just a network of communication and interaction. People-to-people, people-to-machine, machine-to-machine, etc. Personally my interaction with the space is as such, I interact with the machines (getting a ticket, walking down the escalators, viewing the signs, and getting on the train). Then, I sometimes am with friends so I would interact with people on the train. Or, sometimes either a stranger or a worker checking tickets will talk to you briefly. More times than none you will talk to someone in the station. Yes, I will use the blind reference one more time (hopefully no one is taking offense to this, I am sorry). If a blind person were to go to the Metro Station for the first time he/she would be able to know what it was by the sounds of the cars, etc. Also, he/she would be able to navigate their way through the space because you can tell when the train stops, when it starts, and which stop it is at because the driver announces the name of every stop.
Honestly, I know that the subway and buses are great for getting around, but personally I prefer to walk or drive alone. It is just too crowed and busy for my liking.
Signed,
AMT
This is my last of the two posts that are for my Buffalo landscape tour project. First of all, this is my second year here at UB, and before I went to school here I had never been to Buffalo before in my life. So, honestly everything was new to me.
Before I went to school here I had never been to a big city before in my life. So, everything here is so much different than what I am used to. One thing I am not really used to is the subway and bus system (Metro Station). Yes, I have been on a subway train and a bus before but this is a lot different. I have never really seen the station, where you get the tickets and where you get on the train, before.
I guess my reaction to this place is awe. It is just a simple place. It looks so small on the outside, but when you go to the inside and out to the bus stop area you realize just how big it really is. Also, I think it is weird how the train goes under ground and above ground. Usually when you think of a subway you think it is under ground, and when you think of an above ground train you think of a trolley car system. I also think it is weird that you do not have to pay to go on the above ground part, but you do have to pay to go on the under ground part. Honestly, I think it is the lazy way of getting from one end of down town to the other when you could just walk a couple extra blocks. I guess I just feel it is a strange train system yet very useful.
The Metro has so many things to interact with because that is what it was made for. The whole place is just a network of communication and interaction. People-to-people, people-to-machine, machine-to-machine, etc. Personally my interaction with the space is as such, I interact with the machines (getting a ticket, walking down the escalators, viewing the signs, and getting on the train). Then, I sometimes am with friends so I would interact with people on the train. Or, sometimes either a stranger or a worker checking tickets will talk to you briefly. More times than none you will talk to someone in the station. Yes, I will use the blind reference one more time (hopefully no one is taking offense to this, I am sorry). If a blind person were to go to the Metro Station for the first time he/she would be able to know what it was by the sounds of the cars, etc. Also, he/she would be able to navigate their way through the space because you can tell when the train stops, when it starts, and which stop it is at because the driver announces the name of every stop.
Honestly, I know that the subway and buses are great for getting around, but personally I prefer to walk or drive alone. It is just too crowed and busy for my liking.
Signed,
AMT
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