Jämföra Metron i Washington till t-banor i London och Paris

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Washington Post: How do transit systems in London, Paris compare with Washington’s Metro?

My first day on a recent vacation to London, I visited the London Transport Museum in the lively commercial and entertainment district of Covent Garden.

The gift shop, packed with foreigners, offered pricey souvenirs featuring the city’s iconic red double-decker buses, the Underground roundel and the colorful map of the 150-year-old Underground. The diagram showing the 11 local rail lines was plastered on umbrellas, coffee mugs and boxer shorts that sold for about $18 apiece.

It was the perfect start to my week-long trip to London and Paris, where I would get around by public transit and experience service as vital to Londoners and Parisians as it is to scores of tourists visiting attractions by bus, train and boat.

The moment you step off the plane — or the train if traveling by Eurostar between Paris and London — you find an array of transit options.