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#11
12-21-2005, 12:09 PM
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Re: Transit Strike- getting home is the hard part
Columbia U has shuttle buses leaving 116th and Bway going to Penn, 125th Metro North, and Port Authority.
I dont know if you need a Columbia ID, but if you do you can try to talk your way on. 
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#12
12-21-2005, 12:17 PM
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Re: Transit Strike- getting home is the hard part
For once I'm happy I live in New Jersey now. The PATH is my savior!
TT [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]
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#13
12-21-2005, 12:29 PM
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Re: Transit Strike- getting home is the hard part
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For once I'm happy I live in New Jersey now. [/ QUOTE ] I never thought I would see these words in the same sentence.
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12-21-2005, 12:36 PM
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Re: Transit Strike- getting home is the hard part
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So I've figured out how to get to work. Does anyone have a good way to get back to Brooklyn? [/ QUOTE ] My thinking: "Why not just use the PATH?" 1 second later I realized that they probably don't go to Brooklyn, and that my NYC contact is just fortunate in that regard. ~D
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#16
12-21-2005, 12:37 PM
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Re: Transit Strike- getting home is the hard part
My roommate went to see a broadway show last night with his girlfriend. On the way back to the apt (we live on Union Square), the taxi said he was supposed to charge $60 for a trip that short (high 40s-50s to 16th St.). Does anyone know if this was a BS scam or did the TLC spike rates while the strike is going on?
Edit - Just so you don't think my roommate is a total moron, he only paid $25. I don't know what it said on the meter, but he said it took a half hour to get from midtown to union square. And that wasn't going crosstown either.
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12-21-2005, 12:39 PM
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Re: Transit Strike- getting home is the hard part
[ QUOTE ]
My roommate went to see a broadway show last night with his girlfriend. On the way back to the apt (we live on Union Square), the taxi said he was supposed to charge $60 for a trip that short (high 40s-50s to 16th St.). Does anyone know if this was a BS scam or did the TLC spike rates while the strike is going on? [/ QUOTE ] $10 a head per zone. I think thats 3 zones. Unfortunatly, thats correct. TT [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]
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#18
12-21-2005, 12:40 PM
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Re: Transit Strike- getting home is the hard part
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ] My roommate went to see a broadway show last night with his girlfriend. On the way back to the apt (we live on Union Square), the taxi said he was supposed to charge $60 for a trip that short (high 40s-50s to 16th St.). Does anyone know if this was a BS scam or did the TLC spike rates while the strike is going on? [/ QUOTE ] $10 a head per zone. I think thats 3 zones. Unfortunatly, thats correct. TT [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] [/ QUOTE ] Ok, makes sense, because there were 3 of them in the cab.
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#19
12-21-2005, 12:41 PM
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Re: Transit Strike- getting home is the hard part
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ] My roommate went to see a broadway show last night with his girlfriend. On the way back to the apt (we live on Union Square), the taxi said he was supposed to charge $60 for a trip that short (high 40s-50s to 16th St.). Does anyone know if this was a BS scam or did the TLC spike rates while the strike is going on? [/ QUOTE ] $10 a head per zone. I think thats 3 zones. Unfortunatly, thats correct. TT [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] [/ QUOTE ] i dont understand why cabs would charge 10$ a head, wouldn't they want to encourage people to double up? it doesn't make sense to me.
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#20
12-21-2005, 12:43 PM
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Re: Transit Strike- getting home is the hard part
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] My roommate went to see a broadway show last night with his girlfriend. On the way back to the apt (we live on Union Square), the taxi said he was supposed to charge $60 for a trip that short (high 40s-50s to 16th St.). Does anyone know if this was a BS scam or did the TLC spike rates while the strike is going on? [/ QUOTE ] $10 a head per zone. I think thats 3 zones. Unfortunatly, thats correct. TT [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] [/ QUOTE ] i dont understand why cabs would charge 10$ a head, wouldn't they want to encourage people to double up? it doesn't make sense to me. [/ QUOTE ] Cabs can also pick up additional rides if they chose, up to 4 passengers. Welcome to the transit-strike economy. If you can afford it, you can travel. TT [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]
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