The taxi driver who took us into Paris from the airport had never driven a fare to a houseboat, and it took him a while to penetrate my French and the improbability of the situation to understand where we wanted to go.
You drive a cab, wafted across the city on the whims of your fares.
His order followed the police shooting of a taxi drive over a fare dispute.
But this, of course, leaves Aunt Sally in Sarasota, Fla., with fewer options to visit family during the holidays; it leaves millions of us with longer boarding and exiting delays on our planes — and, yes, it helps drive up fare prices, too.
Although Uber's main weapon to stave off competition thus far has been to drive down fare prices.
Uber wants to find out, but is aware that there's only so much new demand it can drive with fare reductions.
Even worse for passengers is evidence that suggests airline mergers are anti-competitive and have a nasty tendency to drive up fares.Successful cost saving has, ironically, put legacy airlines in a precarious position, forcing them to compete with rivals on unfavourable terms.
Time from international airport: around 35 minutes' drive from Dulles for a fare of about $50 £366) in a taxi, and 45 minutes and $60 £433) from Baltimore-Washington. Union Station is 15 minutes by taxi or five stops on the Metro.
Carolyn McCall, easyJet Chief Executive, said that low oil prices had translated to lower fares, "which has driven an 8 per cent increase in passenger numbers in the first quarter".
We meant it would drive up fares, or drive up the cost of travel, but not "drive up the cost of fares".
