"New York's economy is also much healthier than Jamaica's. The New York Subway can afford to set prices to that effectively off-set their costs. It's that simple."

LOL. The subway has 7 million riders a day. You sure it's not the fares charged that cover their expenses? And me hopping in a route taxi adds to their revenue. More people more fare. Add I tip as well, as I'm sure many others do as well. And we all know some route taxi drivers supplement their income doing/selling other things, so are they really hurting that bad?