Since the abolition of the tramway in the 1960s, public transport is limited to buses. They now are divided in "corridors", each of them is associated with a color and a letter: Red R, Orange N, Blue A, Green V, Yellow C and celeste E. There are trolleybuses, too A, B, and C, and a "Transversal" line T. Most buses will charge 2,00 $, you should pay with bus coins cospeles or a special bus card, but as an exception you may ask the driver to accept pesos and s/he will usually oblige. The buses of the lines 500-501, 600-601, and 700-701, which go around in the outskirts rounding the city, will charge a little bit more.
There are also interurbanos which serve the suburbs of the city. They charge accordingly to the distance to the terminal, prices vary from about $2 to La Calera up to $6 to the peripheral suburbs of Villa Carlos Paz, Jesús MarÃa and CosquÃn.
Yellow taxis and green remises are a comfortable way of getting around, with prices starting from around $6 for a 15-block ride. Under the rules, yellow taxis may be hailed for pick up on the street but green remises are dedicated to pickup up from a particular location after receiving a telephone request. But these rules are loose and you may often successfully hail a green remis on the street. Taxi drivers are very sensitive about their cars. When exiting please close the door slowly, and remember to try and keep your feet planted to the ground. Also, there are no seatbelts in most taxis. During the last year, traffic in the downtown area has been getting increasingly messy, and the quickest way to move around this area if you are healthy enough for it is definitely by bike.
