Jess

Wed, 30 Mar 2005 09:32:08 -0500

this is really too bad -- what about the people who have to work late? they're really out of luck. If i'm out for beers and i decide to miss the last T, that's my choice. But if i have to work later than the last T, and I'm working somwhere without parking (or don't have a car) -- that can get really, really expensive. Maybe if the MBTA actually had some publicity (*gasp*) for the Night Owl, it would have been more successful? Great idea, poor execution.

Kevin

Tue, 29 Mar 2005 17:47:24 -0500

I'm about to move from New York to Boston, and this troubles me. Taxis in NYC are CHEEEEEAP! I can get all the way from Penn Station to my apartment in Queens for around $15, whereas an equivalent distance in Boston (let's say South Station to Cambridge) is probably going to run $25-30. And forget about taking a cab to/from Logan. It's $40 when all is said and done. Boston should do whatever New York does -- sell more licenses, impose price controls, whatever. Ironically New York, with its 24/7/365 trains and a subway stop every four or five blocks, is a far more friendly place for cab riders than Boston!

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Jess

Kevin