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...hour for between $2 (subway) and $9 (train at rush hour). So, why do many commuters choose the more expensive option—driving—when parking costs $10 to $40 per day and the car is slower, especially if you spend both rush hours in traffic...
...stuck in traffic in the brutal summer heat, I turned on the A/C and popped Disc 1 of the “RENT” soundtrack into my CD player. I picked up my cell phone, called my friends, and told them I’d be late. And then I turned up the music and was left in my own world for the duration of my commute...
Reva P. Minkoff ’08, a government concentrator in Pforzheimer House, is an editorial editor of The Harvard Crimson. She is such a “RENT” addict that she actually enjoys getting stuck in traffic so she can listen...
...today. Today, the 59 began its journey as it always does, but at bus stops where crowds stood yesterday, only handfuls of people milled around. Some stops were completely deserted and the bus sailed past them, zipping through traffic so light, it reached Waterloo 10 minutes earlier than usual. Only half-full for the entire trip, the bus was eerily quiet. People spoke to each other in hushed tones; mobile-phone conversations were kept short and serious; kids kept their music for themselves. Even the babies were silent. Once in a while, passengers on their way to Russell Square...
...mundane: an umbrella hitting the floor, a high heel?s clatter. Today it provoked a panic for one woman seated in the back row of the lower floor. She looked around anxiously for a minute or so and then surged towards the doors, pushing past those standing. Locked in traffic, less than 100 yards from the next bus stop, she started shouting for the driver to open the doors immediately. When he began driving toward the stop instead she doubled over and began breathing heavily. Thirty seconds later the doors were open. She ran out and away from...