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huge limo/taxi lot at O'Hare
What is this used for? I know the obvious answer that this is a
staging lot for taxis and limos prior to approaching the terminal. But how does this work logistically? There must of been thousands of vehicles in that lot, I was surprised. |
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huge limo/taxi lot at O'Hare
What is this used for? I know the obvious answer that this is a
staging lot for taxis and limos prior to approaching the terminal. But how does this work logistically? There must of been thousands of vehicles in that lot, I was surprised. Dunno about O'Hare in particular, but at other large airports I have used such as BOS, JFK, and LGA, there's only room for a dozen taxis or so at the stand at each terminal, and as a matter of policy they don't let taxis drive around looking for fares to keep them from clogging up the airport roads. Taxis that want a fare wait in the lot, and the dispatchers at each terminal tell the dispatcher at the lot when they need more taxis at the terminal. I gather it's quite typical for a taxi to wait an hour or more in the lot for a fare, but it's worth it since airport trips tend to be long, to tip reasonably well, and not to go to crummy parts of town. At LGA there is a "shorty" list of destinations close to the airport, and if you get a fare to one of them, you can come back to the airport and cut the line. Regards, John Levine, , Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies", Information Superhighwayman wanna-be, http://iecc.com/johnl, Sewer Commissioner "I dropped the toothpaste", said Tom, crestfallenly. |
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huge limo/taxi lot at O'Hare
"John R. Levine" wrote in message
... Dunno about O'Hare in particular, but at other large airports I have used such as BOS, JFK, and LGA, there's only room for a dozen taxis or so at the stand at each terminal, and as a matter of policy they don't let taxis drive around looking for fares to keep them from clogging up the airport roads. Taxis that want a fare wait in the lot, and the dispatchers at each terminal tell the dispatcher at the lot when they need more taxis at the terminal. I gather it's quite typical for a taxi to wait an hour or more in the lot for a fare, but it's worth it since airport trips tend to be long, to tip reasonably well, and not to go to crummy parts of town. At LGA there is a "shorty" list of destinations close to the airport, and if you get a fare to one of them, you can come back to the airport and cut the line. Exactly the same setup as at London Heathrow, for example. |
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