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...doing also prohibited disclosure of the amount of a fare that goes toward taxes, thereby effectively hiding the size of the increase from the person who pays it. The Civil Aeronautics Board has accused the Senate Finance Committee of responsibility for this curious use of secrecy, even though the CAB has been guilty of some public-be-damned pettifoggery of its own. It recently authorized airlines to "round off" fares upward to the next dollar, which means that passengers are now paying, say, $41 for a ticket that formerly cost $40.10. This may be a modest windfall for the hard...
...issue in the crackdown are cab drivers who take advantage of peak airport periods to carry multiple fares at flat rates to the downtown area. Massachusetts Port Authority regulations prohibit both multiple fare trips and the setting of flat rates without metering...
...cab drivers maintain that peak crowds at the airport necessitate multiple fares due to cab shortages and that charging a flat rate eases the burden on each customer...
...also creating a world where parents give things to their children instead of giving themselves. For example, a cab driver I had in Washington turned out to be a shoemaker who has taken a second job in order to be able to earn money to buy his kids a tape recorder and other expensive gifts for Christmas. The effect is, he's not going to see anything of his kids for a month and a half. This man is a good parent, but he just thinks that a new tape recorder is more valuable to his kids than...
...many of the 800,000 New Yorkers who daily travel by cab were like ex-smokers who find that they can savor food again. Among other things, they rediscovered the unfamiliar art of walking. Those who drove their own cars found that without 12,000 taxis, the streets were almost unnaturally serene and clear. Air pollution seemed to diminish somewhat, along with the noise of horns and the city's general apoplexy. Taxi users welcomed a respite from cabbies' customary harangues. Mainly, there was that remote, subversive inkling that occurs only when routine is abruptly broken: "Maybe...