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Edward told me he is still confused when he read Chinese Bus Stop Plate in Shanhgai after living in the city for 3 years. He came from UK and travelled a lot in China. The most confusing part is about the difference between "Upward" and "Downward" route. Let me try to help explain it.
A typical bus stop plate in Shanghai
Here is the informaiton on the plate. People who do not understand Chinese may also recognize the information.
© Jian Shuo Wang
The one in the middle is a route with Chinese name. It is similar.
Upward and Downward
Many bus stops are wired. If you leave a bus at one stop, and after you get back and go to the opposite site of the road, you cannot find the bus stop to go back. It happens all the time. It is because there are just too many single-way roads in Shanghai that makes it impossible to get back on the same road. So the route of buses More
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The best way to get around in Shanghai is taxi and Metro. Taxi works best if you are not that cost senstive, since taxi is cheap compared to U.S. and Europe. 11 RMB (1.3 USD) - 20 RMB can get to most places, especially those attractions. Metro works better if you want to experience the Metro, or you don't want to challenge yourself to speak English or mandarine with a taxi driver.
Besides taxi, and metro, bus is another good way to get around - cheap, and more importantly, you can see street scenes in a slow pace.
There are several types of buses you can choose.
Air Con vs. Non Air Con
Most route offers buses with air condition, or without it. The stops are exactly the same, but the price is not. Typically, buses with A/C charges 2 RMB (25 US cents) for the whole route, and buses without A/C charges 1 RMB.
10 years after the first air con bus put into operation in More