With the price just to enter a cab heading up to $2.50, New Yorkers are bemoaning the fees. “It was already out of control. Now it’s even worse,” Kim Dae, a so-called “frequent taxi rider” and West Village resident, said. Of course, therein lies the rub. Ms. Dae lives in the West Village, an area serviced by around 11 subway lines depending upon by which stop she lives. She might enjoy taking a cab, but the millions of us who ride the subway every day need the trains to run.
Honestly, I have no sympathy for cab passengers whatsoever. In NYC, taking a cab is for lazy saps who like to spend their money wastefully. That’s their right, of course, but don’t expect the rest of the city to feel tons of sympathy for you over a $0.50 surcharge increase.