Taxi diversion from LGA to Manhattan?
Has this happened to anyone else? On my last three trips home from LGA -- I live on the east side of Union Square in Manhattan -- cab drivers insisted on taking the Triborough Bridge instead of the Midtown Tunnel. Construction on the BQE, they insisted, would slow us down. Of course, the Triborough makes for a long, slow schlep downtown on the FDR. After acceding once, and paying about $10 more than usual, I forced them to take the Midtown Tunnel -- and zoomed home with a very reasonable $30 fare, including toll and tip.
Curious if anyone else has faced the same "suggestion" from cab drivers.