Another peril for pedestrians is that residents tend to be uncivilized dog owners. City buses known as Collectivos are bone-shaking but frequent and go almost anywhere. Carry small change and tell the driver your destination. The average fare is 70 cents. The subway, which opened in 1913, is clean, efficient and a virtual national monument, with many of the original wooden cars still functioning.
Taxis are plentiful.
But locals warn that some passengers have been abducted and robbed by thieves driving fake cabs. To be safe, call or hail a radio taxi. Otherwise, use good sense. Don't dress like a tourist and don't wander into areas you don't know. Incidentally, the famous streets of painted houses in the Boca are safe, but locals warn that some of the surrounding streets are bandit territory.