Mr. Johnson said that if he drops off a passenger, he often returns to Manhattan empty or tries to find a fare at La Guardia, where the traffic is steadier.
"The feeling right now is that people are blaming the PRI for all that we're going through," says Antonio, while waiting for a fare at a taxi stand by the central square.
Excellent was dropping off a fare at Dulles when his cell phone rang.
For all the benefits of "L" travel over Chicago's buses -- speed, convenience, the ability to buy a fare card at the same place you get on -- the trains lagged behind in one important aspect: the ability to know when the next one was coming.
The increase is the first since 1995, and puts the cost of a flat fare at the upper end of urban transit systems around the country.
Still, he recognizes that the coach traveler crammed into an uncomfortable seat on a flight without food service might well never have been able to afford to fly had he not been able to find a cheap fare at the last minute.
No one should have to live in fear of forced labor in the salt mine just because she bought a fare card at the Times Square subway station!
A ticket inserted into a fare gate at the station of origin is processed and then ejected allowing a passenger through the turnstile.
Fare at the $1,000-a-person buffet lunch of brisket, sausage, barbecued chicken, beans and rice (with vegan and kosher fare at another table) included one-liners from Mr. Friedman.
Let's hope this project creates more of an appetite for Baroque fare at the Met.
