A few more notes about the #KyivMetro. First, there are two ways in which it reminds me of the NYC subway: 1. during peak hours, it’s very crowded, sardine can crowded, and 2. it’s very noisy in terms of wheels on tracks, much noisier than the other European capitals I’ve been in.

For the privilege of riding in a noisy sardine can, you will pay nearly $3 in NYC but just 30 cents in Kyiv. And in Kyiv, you get some wonderful art and architecture in the stations. Pretty good ROI.

There’s also a very interesting phenomenon on the escalators, which as I said before, really scoot. The interesting thing is that the handgrips move faster than the steps. I’ve ridden the up and down escalators at 3 different stations so far, and all six did this. You have to keep pulling your hand back to keep it in the same position with respect to your body. I’d say that your hand advances maybe an inch or two every 10 seconds, and it’s a very long ride, so expect to have to keep sliding you hand back.