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B-191989 1 (1978-12-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadgtg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DECISION 0~LER ~ ~ THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FILE: B-191 89 DATE: December 29, 1978 MATTER OF: e - iTaxicab fares between office A and residence in case of necessity7 DIGEST: 1. Paragraph 1-2. 3e of the FTR was not intended to authorize payment of taxicab fares where the use of public transportation is merely incon- venient. Commuting on other than the employee's regular schedule involves a degree of additional inconvenience and for an employee who regularly uses public transportation, the most common form of inconvenience is variation in bus or train schedules. The requirement of FTR para. 1- 2. 3e of infrequency of scheduled public transportation is not satisfied by a mere showing that public transportation is not as readily available as at the height of rush hour. 2. The authority of FTR para. 1-2.3e to reimburse taxicab fares when an employee who is dependent on public transportation is required to work over- time is intended to be exercised only in limited situations under stringent agency controls. An employee with a Monday-through-Friday work- week required to work overtime on weekends un- til 5:30 p. m., and to commute from work in the early evening hours corresponding to the time he normally commutes from work to home, may not be authorized taxicab fare on the sole basis that in the winter his travel occurs after sunset. Such factors as added risk and curtailment of public transportation would be for consideration. By letter dated May 8, 1978, Ms. Vera Herzog, Authorized Certifying Officer, ACTION, has requested a decision concerning application of the Federal Travel Regulations (FPMR 101-7) para. 1- 2. 3e (May 1973) to the taxicab fare claims of three ACTION employees. The three employees, Virginia Good n, Arnita Gaskins, and Lucretia LaRoche, worked overtime on weekends in January of 1978. Ms. LaRoche also worked overtime on Saturday and Sunday, August 21 and 22, 1976, and on the prior Thursday and Friday. On the weekends for which claims are submitted, the employees '4 V11

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