tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31618082.post2757778427378758871..comments2024-03-15T14:27:40.084-05:00Comments on Cabs Are For Kissing: The Monster City of the WorldEugene Salomonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05545540363940391483noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31618082.post-62756604033698837302007-03-15T02:13:00.000-05:002007-03-15T02:13:00.000-05:00Okay, here it is: you take the 155 St. exit from t...Okay, here it is: you take the 155 St. exit from the FDR and right away there is a traffic light. Make a left and then another immediate left, as if you were going back south on the FDR. But don't get on the FDR, stay on the service road. Go straight until you hit another light. You will be right under an overpass which is the exit ramp of the McCombs Dam Bridge (which becomes 155th Street). Make a left at the light and follow the road to the next light. There's a sign there that says it's legal to make a left turn on a red light, (the only one I know of in NYC other than 39th and 1st) but you make a U-turn. You are now on Adam Clayton Powell Blvd. Proceed straight to 155th Street, another two or three blocks. It is actually still the McCombs Dam Bridge exit ramp (Yankee Stadium is directly to the right), but the sign will say 155th Street. Make a left. The first intersection you will reach is Edgecombe Avenue. The joke really is on the motorist because the 155th Street exit from the FDR does not even vaguely bring you onto 155th Street. It's so ridiculously complicated that it wouldn't be inappropriate for a permanent brass band to be posted at Edgecombe Avenue to greet anyone who has actually successfully navigated the route.Eugene Salomonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05545540363940391483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31618082.post-68628181450074233112007-03-12T13:56:00.000-05:002007-03-12T13:56:00.000-05:00I tried to take a passenger to 168 and Broadway us...I tried to take a passenger to 168 and Broadway using the 155th St exit off the FDR. I eventually told her I was turning off the meter and I turned around and got back on the FDR and headed up to the much friendlier 179th St exit.<BR/><BR/>So what was the best way crosstown from that exit?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31618082.post-22850641986234040762007-03-11T15:33:00.000-05:002007-03-11T15:33:00.000-05:00jackie--I am in San Jose and though much smaller t...jackie--I am in San Jose and though much smaller than NYC I still find that I have had it happen to me too. <BR/><BR/>The thing with London, not sure never been there, is that it might stay the same. Here in San Jose new roads and buildings are still being added.<BR/><BR/>I have turned it off and charged less.Joannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18009936737403442988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31618082.post-67835476892641021452007-03-11T15:05:00.000-05:002007-03-11T15:05:00.000-05:00We have beaten NEW YORK ! More taxis in Dublin tha...We have beaten NEW YORK ! <BR/>More taxis in Dublin than New York.<BR/>and we have less than 2 million in the city.<BR/>www.taxiregulator.ie<BR/>www.taxi.ie<BR/>read and weepJohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06871255696541030492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31618082.post-80376652667424043142007-03-10T19:12:00.000-05:002007-03-10T19:12:00.000-05:00But....do you know the way to San Jose??;-)J xBut....do you know the way to San Jose??<BR/><BR/>;-)<BR/><BR/>J xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31618082.post-6824984423663269852007-03-10T03:28:00.000-05:002007-03-10T03:28:00.000-05:00Settle down take out your Green White and Orange f...Settle down take out your Green White and Orange flag to march on St.Patricks day.<BR/>Even I get lost in Dublin 2 milloin.<BR/>I let them tell me which wasy to go. Somerimes the twits are following a bus route because thats the only way they know to go.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06871255696541030492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31618082.post-33183514375517936922007-03-08T17:30:00.000-05:002007-03-08T17:30:00.000-05:00A good dose of occasional humility keeps us well g...A good dose of occasional humility keeps us well grounded. I've actually had cabbies in Tokyo turn off the meter and admit they didn't want to charge extra just because they were lost.Mike Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06117271444345617080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31618082.post-76790726180704640872007-03-08T11:54:00.000-05:002007-03-08T11:54:00.000-05:00wouldnt happen if u were in london, mate. you woul...wouldnt happen if u were in london, mate. you would have had to pass a test called 'the knowledge' where you have to know the entire routes within a 6-mile radius of charing cross...takes abt 2-3 yrs to pass the knowledge...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com