Capital cities

@maximax8 (31053)
United Kingdom
December 15, 2010 1:18pm CST
I have noticed that capital cities have very good transport links to other areas of its country. For example Paris has trains that go to almost every corner of France. n some countries the capital city is less well known that other cites. That is how I feel about Australia. Canberra is the capital of Australia yet Sydney and Melbourne are the cities tourists want to see. America has many cities popular with tourists like New York, Boston, Miami, Los Angeles, San Francisco and then Washington DC is the capital city. People that go to New Zealand think Auckland is a big city and Wellington happens to be the capital city. Do you live in a capital city? If so what is the transport like? Have you been to any capital cities? If so what did you think of them?
7 responses
15 Dec 10
I am in the capital city of Wales (but I am not from here :D). Cardiff has a nice transport system, making places accessible to commuters. One thing, though, the buses do not pass by that frequent compared to London. It is also easy to go to other parts of UK by coach, by train, or by plane. They have this "hop on, hop off" buses if you want to see sights like Cardiff Castle and the bay. London has a good transport system, I guess. Underground trains (tubes), buses that pass by very frequently, coaches to other parts of England..fares are expensive, I guess. But you can take the tube if you want to go to tourist spots. They have this tourist buses as well. Singapore's transport system is alright as well. Taking the train, you could roam around the city in less than a day. And if you want to go to the famous Sentosa Island, you can go via train, boat, or cable cars. I don't know if the cable cars are still working, though. It is also easy to go from Singapore to Malaysia and Indonesia :)
@maximax8 (31053)
• United Kingdom
15 Dec 10
I can see Penarth, a suburb of Cardiff, from the coastal town that I live in. A few times a year there is an old paddle steamer that goes across from Weston-super-Mare or Clevdon to Penarth and from there is a bus service on to Cardiff. I can catch a train to Cardiff via Bristol and sometimes it is direct. I have been to Singapore three times and traveled on the mass rapid transport train, the bus over to the national park and on a boat over to Sentosa Island. I traveled from Butterworth in Malaysia to Kuala Lumpur, capital of Malaysia. Thanks for your wonderful response.
15 Dec 10
Super cool :) I haven't been to Penarth. I work in Cardiff Bay and there is this Aquabus that would take you from the bay to Penarth, too. I wanted to visit Kuala Lumpur as well, in the near future. I want to visit China to see the Giant Pandas (I hope they don't go extinct), South Korea's Teddy Bear Museum, and Japan during the cherry blossoms -- with the one I love of course! Ha ha!
• China
16 Dec 10
well, welcome to China. Giant Panda is now under great care from the government. we call it the national treasure. China set up a big base in Sichuan Province for nourishing, protecting and helping pandas to develop. As for Beijing's transport system, it's developing, including subway, buses, train, airport. But with the cars number becoming larger and larger, it's easy to be trapped on the way and it takes much time to go from one place to another.
@ivancdp (73)
• Brazil
15 Dec 10
Haha the same thing happens here in brazil. That's mainly because our capital has been moved 2 times since the first portuguese colons got here. First, it was Salvador, then Rio de Janeiro (both cities with a high number of tourists). Then, 50 years ago, we decided it would be best if the capital was in the middle of the country, not close to the coast. Mainly because in case of a war, it'd be more difficult to destroy the capital. Transportation in capitals are always better in comparison to the country side. Even just state capitals. I was born in Brazil's biggest city, and capital of the state of São Paulo. Over there, you can pretty much go everywhere with the kind of transportation the government gives us. I've been to a lot of capital citys like London, Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Zurich, etc. Also been to the capital of the state of Georgia if that helps, haha. Pretty much like I said, its a lot easier to move though places in those cities. In my opinion the best transportation system goes to London. They have some incredible bus and subway lines there. I wanted and I thought I would get a taxi there, mainly to see the driver on the wrong side of the car, but I didn't even need to.
• Brazil
15 Dec 10
Forgot to mention that I'm really impressed that small cities in Europe such as Brussels, Munich and Amsterdam have their own Subway network. I mean, it's a really expensive project, and almost always only the big cities tend to have transportation like that
@meenneixz (668)
• Philippines
16 Dec 10
The capital city here in our place have a train facility that transport commuter so fast unlike the city where I am in and any other city that they do not have any train facility. That's the only difference.When it comes the infrastructure, establishment, businesses and the living its the same
@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
16 Dec 10
Does Sacramento count? We're like any place else in California (except maybe San Francisco, SF is unique). The city center has fairly decent transportation, the outlying areas not so much. We rely on autos a lot here.
@oldchem1 (8132)
16 Dec 10
I've been to many capital cities - London, Paris, Rome, Madrid, Athens, Copenhagen, Mahon, Corfu Town, Rabat, Stockholm, Berlin, Brussels and Prague off the top of my head. I think out of ll of them Prague had the best incredible fast, clean and inexpensive transport system.Although walking and the walking tours offered are far from the only way to see the sights - there are coach tours, boating tours, tours by horse drawn carriage, public transport, a cable car - you can even take a tour in an old fashioned Skoda believe it or not!
@doggydimon (1369)
• Philippines
26 Dec 10
I live in Manila, capital of the Philippines. There are so many options of travel here in Manila. We have buses, jeepneys, taxis, mrt, railways, pedicabs, habal habal, auv's converted into public transports. But it seems that whatever you take, you get stressed by Manila traffic. :D I have been to some Asian capital cities but I have been to them once. So I cannot say for sure how their transport is like. Too many options of mode of transport, not too many time we have on our hands. But there is this particular city, Kuala Lumpur. I've been there a couple of times but I can't remember complaining about the traffic there. I've tried their bus, mrt, mono rail, taxis. All of my experiences with them were all good.
@ShepherdSpy (8544)
• Omagh, Northern Ireland
15 Dec 10
Having been Born in Glasgow,I grew up with the many Buses,Rail links,and the Underground network there close by,as well as the Clyde river crossing options of the Renfrew Ferry,the Clyde Tunnel,and Later downriver the Erskine Bridge,on the construction of which My Dad worked as a Dump Truck driver..Glasgow is very well connected.Glasgow International Airport was in view of our House,and I flew in and out of there on occasion..Prestwick Airport to the south is considered part of Glasgow's connections too. I've Visited Edinburgh (Staying with Capital Cities!),London,Munich,Washington DC,Belfast and Dublin.I'd have more experience of the public transport networks of Glasgow,London,Washington DC,and Belfast,having Lived in Glasgow and Belfast,and Visited DC and London at least several times..DC is set up as a Showcase of Museums, Public attractions and Amenities for the citizens of the USA and Her Visitors,as well as being their seat of Political Power.Like London,the DC Metro train service connects widely around the city and into the suburbs.A Tied in bus network extends the reach further,as do National rail links,and 2 Airports,Washington National (Ronald Reagan) south of the Potomac River,and Dulles International in Virginia,not to mention the extensive highway network...I've been on the famous route 66 out of DC! (Didn't get around to a coast to coast drive on it yet,though!)