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How Americans travel 美国人通常是如何出行的呢？他们的乘车付费方式和我们有哪些不同呢？让我们来了解一下吧！ In the U.S.A., if people only need to travel a short distance, the quickest way in most cities is walking. During working hours (between about 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., from Monday to Friday), the traffic is very heavy on most city streets. So many people prefer to walk. However, it is the bus that people often take to go from place to place in the city. Passengers must have the exact change in many cities. This means that they must have the exact amount of the fare as they get on the bus. In many areas, people may buy tokens, which are small coins used instead of money. People may buy them at several places around the city. For many years, bus drivers had two main duties. They not only drive their buses through the heavy city traffic but also give passengers change. Now people have the exact change, and it makes drivers’ job easier and they can provide quicker service for all passengers. Usually, the bus fare depends on distance: the farther you travel, the higher the fare is. In some cities, people must pay a small extra fare if they need to change from one bus to another in the course of their ride.