HopStop.com: is your city transit guide. We provide door-to-door subway and bus directions and maps for New York City. You can also search for places to eat, drink, sleep in the City guide. With Hop Stop you can: Send directions by e-mail or text message to a cell phone directly from the web site, plan a trip with multiple destinations using the Itinerary and get directions or the locations of nearby subway and bus stops remotely on your cell phone or PDA with the Hop Stop Mobile service. Use the Itinerary to plan a trip with multiple destinations. Simply add the places you want to go to your itinerary and HopStop will provide you with direction from one location to the next.

Online Subway and Bus directions: has a new feature that allows commuters to rate subway and bus lines. HopStop heard what the officials think of the timeliness, safety, cleanliness and comfort of the mass transit system. Now its time we allowed the commuters to be heard. We want to know what real commuters think, after all you get on buses and subways everyday.

MTA.NYC.NY.US: web site has direct information for all New York City trains, buses and subways. All schedules, maps and service advisories are available 24 hours a day. If time is of the essence, confirm the information by calling the MTA at 1-718-330-1234, or consult their subway maps. The fare for a subway or local bus ride is $2. The fare for an express bus ride is $5. If you qualify for reduced fare, you can travel for half fare. Up to three children 44 inches tall ride for free on subways and local buses when accompanied by a fare paying adult. Infants (under two years of age) ride express buses free if the child sits on the lap of the accompanying adult.

On Board Trains: Peak one-way, off-peak one-way, and off-peak round-trip tickets may be purchased on board trains at a cost of $4.75 to $5.50 more than tickets bought before boarding at ticket machines or ticket windows. This higher on-board fare does not apply to customers boarding at stations without a ticket office/ticket machine, senior citizens, people with disabilities or Medicare customers. Cash only; no bills over $50.

Train Web Tickets: Order online and save 5% on One-Way, Round Trip, Ten Trip and Weekly tickets; save 2% on Monthly tickets. NYC Transit MetroCard and UniTicket options are also available. Major credit cards are accepted. Tickets are delivered by mail in 3 – 5 business days and postage is free.