Day 4: Hailing A Cab

By Tiffany Craig Investigative Reporter
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I had to get to work for breaking news and found that taking a short cut will cost you big bucks! Day 4: Hailing A Cab
Published: Wed, July 09, 2008 - 9:33 pm Last Updated: Mon, August 11, 2008 - 3:51 pm
Tiffany Craig
Tiffany Craig
Day Four of Putting It In Park is catching a cab!

I was prepared to peddle my way to work but breaking news got in the way.

I've been the lead reporter on the Air Force tanker story for years and I knew this day was going to be busy.

If there was a moment of weakness in this "don't buy gas in July" experiment, it would be Wednesday morning.

I picked up the phone and called a Yellow Cab.

While I was waiting, a manager from work called and said I needed to speed it up and be ready to roll.

When the cab arrived, driver Lee Gulley recognized Arnell and I from the Putting It In Park series.

He said he wants to learn anything he can about saving money on transportation.

This day didn't offer many lessons **except** the fact that shortcuts will cost you!

After talking to Lee, I felt guilty for taking a taxi less than ten miles.

I'm sure you are probably wondering how much it cost to cab it, right?

25 DOLLARS and some change.

Don't give up on me yet.

We still have more than 2 weeks to go and I have a great idea for Thursday.

We'll ride along with someone who spends less than a dollar a gallon!


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There’s a bus system in Baldwin County? I know there’s a MOBILE bus that runs over there a couple times day…but could you get from Daphne to Fairhope, then maybe Fairhope to Gulf Shores?

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Tiffany has a lot of days to fill with this series of reports.  What will she come up with next?  Roller blades?

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You just need to buy another car and leave it over there, or cfatch the bus. lol

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The only trouble I see with that though is…
Say you drive to the Moffett Road exit and you park your car at the parking lot there and get on the train. It then takes you across the bay to Daphne, you get off….then what? How do you get to work from there?

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Opinionwriter that is a great idea about having a commuter train running along the interstate and the bayway.  Their could be stations at different exits with parking on both sides of the bay.  Would cut down on the traffic on the Bayway and we would not have to build a huge new bridge.  A rail bridge will be alot cheaper than building a new span bridge.

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A high speed public train up I65 and across the Bayway would be freakin awesome.  Maybe if we get the tanker deal we could afford it smile

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Hey Tiffany, I hope you tipped!

Whatever happened to the trolly? My grandmother talks about taking the trolly, and that “The Loop” is where the trollies used to “loop” back around!

But what would be even cooler? A MONORAIL!

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I just hope Tiffany does not resort to using her thumb, or a cardboard sign at a major intersection!  big surprise

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So I guess what we’ve learned is that it will be impossible to break our addiction to oil.

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Why did the MODA buses downtown get away from electric and go with natural gas?

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