But even on the Web, roomy seats are at a premium.
On the subway ride home, I concluded that I saw the appeal: Roomy seats, smiling service, no lines, warm cookies.
This isn't a weekend leisure drive, it's a utilitarian jobber, with plastic floors, big roomy seats and a no-nonsense CD/MP3 player.
But, in the meantime, here we were: two grown men in roomy seats, each blubbering in his own élite puddle of light.
Navy sailor slacks had fake buttons on the front, ties up the back and the kind of side slit and roomy seat one might see at Ann Taylor.
Everything — from the lobby to the bathrooms to a number of passageways — feels more expansive, which, whether you know it or not, affects your theatregoing experience: no one can concentrate well in not roomy seats, or surroundings.
Onboard certain buses, passengers can expect to find more and more of the little things that make travel more pleasurable (the Hampton Luxury Liner, for example, has power outlets at each of its roomy seats).
It's a "concept" bike built of fiberglass, aluminum and stainless steel for riders who want "high style and performance, but also comforts like a roomy seat and relaxed riding position".
So far, the subway lines are at less than half capacity -- 120,000 rides, or "boardings," a day even though the subway is quite the bargain: $1.35 (on the honor system -- no turnstiles) for a ride in a sparkling, scratchiti-free car, with roomy seats and color-coded upholstery (red for the Red Line, green for the Green Line).
