In article <53C3E62C.6030906@xxxxxxxxxx> you write: >The bus + subway alternative does not look too bad, although if you have >lots of bags it could be a bit cumbersome. Around $10 in total if I >understand it correctly. Then there is the express bus, around $24. Not >exactly cheap for a bus, but cheaper (and hopefully faster) than taxi. The bus+subway is $3. You pay for a token or ticket for the bus, the transfer to the subway is free. (Coming back, you pay for a token for the subway, and the transfer to the bus is free.) I've done it. If can carry your luggage up and down a flight or two of stairs at the subway stations, it's fine. The express bus is $29, or $42 for a round trip. The express bus takes more or less the same route as a taxi, but makes several stops, so it will always be slower than a taxi. On nights and weekends when there is little traffic, a taxi will be fastest. During the day when there is congestion and construction traffic, the local bus+subway can often be faster since the local bus doesn't come into downtown, only to the end of the subway line. The express bus only runs once an hour on weekends and the local bus runs every 8 to 10 minutes, so you may be halfway there via the local bus before the express bus even leaves. R's, John