> Ubers and taxis will be paying this $15 charge so that will bring the cost to pretty close to $100 each way from Midtown to JFK.
Isn't it $15/day? Amortized over a couple of airport round trips, I doubt it would make a big difference.
> NYC already tacks on a lot of taxes and fees onto Ubers making them so incredibly expensive. I can remember trips 10 years ago that were $16 that are now closer to $40.
Which is generally the right way to go, in my view – taxis and Ubers shouldn't ever be a cost-efficient alternative to public transit in a city as large and dense as New York.
What's ridiculous about the AirTrain is that it's paid when connecting to the subway, while it's completely free (as far as I know) for private cars to pick up or drop off passengers at the terminal. That's just the wrong incentive.
Isn't it $15/day? Amortized over a couple of airport round trips, I doubt it would make a big difference.
> NYC already tacks on a lot of taxes and fees onto Ubers making them so incredibly expensive. I can remember trips 10 years ago that were $16 that are now closer to $40.
Which is generally the right way to go, in my view – taxis and Ubers shouldn't ever be a cost-efficient alternative to public transit in a city as large and dense as New York.
What's ridiculous about the AirTrain is that it's paid when connecting to the subway, while it's completely free (as far as I know) for private cars to pick up or drop off passengers at the terminal. That's just the wrong incentive.