Sentences with phrase «on the cab ride»

Each dad will receive an engineer's cap with the purchase of a train ticket and any BBQ platter meal and one dad will be selected to go on a cab ride in the locomotive!

On tolls, there's tentative agreement on a plan to impose surcharges of $ 2.50 on cab rides south of 96th Street in Manhattan.

I'm a big fan of Uber all year round, but I especially take advantage of this taxi app during the busy holiday season when I can't be bothered to wait for the unreliable Boston transit system, or when I need to splurge on a cab ride home to save my heels

Not exact matches

Prices vary depending on demand, driver availability and a variety of other factors, but rides are generally both affordable and comfortable as compared to a regular cab ride.

Customers became angered after the ride - hailing service did not shutdown service at New York's Kennedy International on Saturday, in solidarity with a work - stoppage called by a cab - driver group.

Uber eliminated the pain point of paying the cab driver at the end of your ride, Shyp fixed the pain point of returning unwanted items to a store, and so on.

Immediately, accusations that the ride - hail company was attempting to profit off protesting cab drivers by making it cheaper for consumers to hail a ride began to crop up on Twitter.

But on the way home that day, as I rode in the cab, the Lord comforted me.

Instead of trekking on the train or taking a 40 - minute cab ride plus paying a babysitter for our 5 - year - old son Freddie, we'd rather stay in with family and friends, cooking and hosting dinner parties.

After a long, strange cab ride in which the driver corrects our pronunciation of «Tabor» (it's supposed to rhyme with «saber»), we end up at Tissa Stein's bakery, where grains like Red Fife wheat, spelt, and hard white spring wheat are milled on site then transformed into flavorful, crusty breads.

Somebody mentioned a small plaza a 5 - minute cab ride away but, when we went past it on our way back to the airport, it looked like it mostly just sold art and souvenir items (much like the beach vendors do).

Have you ridden in a cab in New York with your three - year - old jammed between you and your spouse in the backseat with no seat belt on?

The cab driver told Orland Park police that when he dropped Zabrodski off near the 9800 block of Cordoba Court shortly before 6:40 a.m. on May 6, Zabrodski said he didn't have money to pay for the ride and ran.

The company and its ride - sharing competitors have been stepping up its efforts to pressure Albany into acting on this issue, receiving some pushback from traditional cab companies who say they want an even playing field for all drivers and disability advocates who worry about access for all riders.

Assembly Democrats on Monday evening released their one - house budget proposal, a $ 170 billion spending plan that would fund transportation in New York City through fees on ride hailing services and cabs in Manhattan and add more money for education than what was proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Five years after NYC's green taxis were rolled out, the initiative is running on fumes as more drivers switch to black cars, leaving outer - borough street - hailing riders to choose between ride - sharing apps such as Uber and illegal gypsy cabs.

Marcus Solis has the lastest on the budget agreement that includes a new fee for anyone who rides cabs, Ubers, Lyfts — or any car service.

With expanding ride hailing on the docket for a potential special session this month, a consortium of traditional livery and cab companies have launched an anti-Uber digital ad that highlights the crimes committed by drivers.

The state budget reached on April 1 includes a plan to levy surcharges on for - hire vehicles south of 96th Street — $ 2.75 on the likes of Uber and Lyft, $ 2.50 on yellow cabs, and 75 cents on ride - sharing options like Uber Pool and Via.

On Friday night, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a fiscal year 2019 budget that includes a $ 2.75 surcharge (the cost of a subway ride) on for - hire vehicles, $ 2.50 for yellow cabs and 75 cents for pooled trips below 96th Street in ManhattanOn Friday night, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a fiscal year 2019 budget that includes a $ 2.75 surcharge (the cost of a subway ride) on for - hire vehicles, $ 2.50 for yellow cabs and 75 cents for pooled trips below 96th Street in Manhattanon for - hire vehicles, $ 2.50 for yellow cabs and 75 cents for pooled trips below 96th Street in Manhattan..

De Blasio is proposing a 30 - cent surcharge on all taxi rides to make the city's yellow cab and outerborough limousine fleet more wheelchair accessible.

Mayor de Blasio is proposing a 30 - cent surcharge on all taxi rides to make the city's yellow cab and outerborough limousine fleet more wheelchair accessible.

People who use ride - hailing services and taxi cabs below 96th Street in Manhattan will see a surcharge on their rides that will bring in more than $ 400 million annually, while opioid manufacturers, all but certain to pass on the costs ultimately to consumers, will see an assessment on those prescription drugs that they sell in New York; it will raise $ 100 million.

They complained that DMV won't be conducting its own fingerprint background checks on drivers and said local cab companies may no longer be able to afford offering heavily discounted rides to seniors.

When Zac Goldsmith agreed to take a black cab ride through London with the BBC's assistant political editor, he may have hoped it would bolster his flagging «man on the street» credentials.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers on Friday reached a final agreement that signs off on $ 168.3 billion in state spending for the coming fiscal year in an agreement that includes disparate issues such as reforming the state's sexual harassment policies to placing a fee on ride hailing vehicles and yellow cabs in Manhattan to help fund mass transit.

The city - issued medallions were worth more than $ 1 million on the open market in 2013 just before ride - hailing apps burst on the scene, but now they are worth less than $ 200,000, as more riders and drivers switch from cabs to Uber or Lyft.

ALBANY — Gov. Paterson yesterday socked New Yorkers with a mind - boggling 137 proposed new and hiked taxes on everything from beer to cab rides to iTunes downloads and movie tickets...

I took a 10 - minute cab ride to 23andMe's office, enjoying the Silicon Valley scene: the smell of fresh air, suburban tree - lined streets, bikers in spandex on their way to work, and men in suits standing on street corners with laptop bags in hand.

For me, stepping out of my own comfort zone only requires me taking the girls into two cities, aboard two trains, on three cab rides and onto the steamy streets of New York.

We pulled up Yelp and we discovered Cafe des Musees and headed off on a 20 - minute cab ride to get a basket of fries and red wine.

When he didn't answer his phone on the agreed day of departure, she had to arrange a cab ride all the way to the airport.

In stage plays like «Fan» and «The Importance of Being Earnest,» Wilde used wickedly sharp dialogue and glittering farce as scalpels, laying open the hypocrisies of an Edwardian upper - class audience that only felt the sting on the hansom - cab ride home.

For instance, (after a high speed cab ride) Sheldon: «Did we hit the little boy on Sixth Avenue?»

Our heroine, Carol Solomon (played by Bell herself) does not drive, so we see aspects of life in Los Angeles rarely represented on film: no palm trees or freeways, but people walking in pedestrian friendly neighbourhoods such as Koreatown or negotiating cab rides or car sharing.

In this instant - judgement culture — where songs and films and TV episodes and cab rides get rated immediately, judged fresh or rotten, declared BEST or CANCELED within days if not sooner — the most vexing thing is a movie that we never quite came to a consensus on.

NEW YORK — As the cab he is riding in darts through morning traffic in lower Manhattan, Anthony J. Alvarado is expounding on his favorite topic: helping people learn to teach better.

Chances are you will not be reimbursed for expenses you can not defend — for example, expenses for gifts, cab rides around the city, liquor as part of a meal, admissions to local attractions Know in advance what, if any, budget you have to spend on materials at the conference.

A Raleigh taxi driver is claiming that some cab drivers could go on strike this New Year's Eve to protest what they consider to be unfair competition from ride - sharing companies.

In case someone needs to ride shotgun, there's a fold - down jump seat next in back of the cab on what would be the passenger side.

With a sand blasted cab and bed I am looking for a solution to protect the metal body of a C10 hot rod on air ride.

And as you ride in the plush, aircraft - style seats in the spacious cab, you feel as though you're not merely trundling along the access roads at Laguna Seca but climbing the Alps en route to Le Mans or speeding along the M1 on your way home from Silverstone.

Narrow and wide - body Nissan pickups will be available, as well as king and double - cab body variants riding on either two - or all - wheel - drive platforms.

Our «low - profile» ProLoader model — which still rode on giant 19.5 - inch wheels and towered over most vehicles — boasted a 239 - inch wheelbase, a GVWR one pound shy of requiring a commercial driver's license, an extended cab with XLT interior trim (including Sync!)

The beds were empty, of course, and not surprisingly, the four - cylinder GMC Canyon extended cab with manual, which had a rear - seat delete, had the best ride and best steering feel among the midsize GMs, because it came with the Canyon's standard, 16 - inch aluminum alloy wheels and tires instead of the 17 - and 18 - inchers on the better - equipped Colorados and Canyons provided for the drive.

This Dodge Ram 1500 4x4 SLT 4dr Quad Cab comes with a full bumper to bumper 120 point Orchard inspection, this was a trade in at our dealership, interior and exterior very well cared for, LOOKS great in Inferno Red with the aluminum wheels and chrome accents, Hemi engine, trailer tow, GVW is 6700 #, running boards, bed liner, a great highway ride, got all the rite stuff, previous owner on 10/12/17 had a new factory MOPAR transmission installed, comes with a 3 yr.

The Volkswagen Tristar concept features an extended cab but rides on a short wheelbase, and just like the Syncro trucks it features a raised suspension and permanent all - wheel drive.

2013 Ram 1500 SLT Quad Cab — You want to have a truck that can allow you to have the ride you want on the road.

On the road, the Silverado LTZ crew cab — base price $ 35,100, as tested $ 37,040 — is among the smoothest - riding pickups I've driven.

The 2016 Tacoma's cab is better insulated than ever before, giving the truck a more serene ride on a variety of surfaces.