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B-120047 1 (1972-03-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabldd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: r 7 RESTMCTED - mot be Iroeas~r bed.eS aer i L)/L /~Lt/Accounthkg Oft~ce except on tbe boasi f SP ific a roR by the OMas. of CongroslieOtal R s _ COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF E _U ~WASHINGTON, 0. a RELEASED . 6 2/ ,i ...... AR8 1972 B-120047 Dear Mr. Broyhill: On October 26, 1971, you forwarded for review by the General Accounting Office a letter you received from Mr. Robert G. Hailey concerning the .taxi fares to and from Washington National Airportj Mr. H7i'ey believedthat the / fares charged by the taxi concessionaire were unreasonably high compared with the fares charged by regular taxi opera- tors. You asked that we investigate the statements made by Mr. Hailey and that we furnish you with the information nec- essary to enable you to reply to him. OVERCHARGE BY CONCESSIONAIRE HAS BEEN REFUNDED In his letter Mr. Hailey stated that he took a taxi from his home in Falls Church, Virginia, to National on October 8, 1971, and was charged $6.20. On his return to Washington, he took a taxi operated by a concessionaire--Greyhound Airport ,Service, Inc.--from National to his home; the fare was $11.60. After receiving a complaint from Mr. Hailey, the conces- sionaire investigated and found that the high fare apparently had been caused by the circuitous route taken from the air- port to Mr. Hailey's home. Greyhound estimated that the fare would have been only $8.20 if the most direct route hac. been taken, and it has refunded to Mr. Hailey the difference be- tween $11.60 and $8.20. CONCESSION-TYPE OPERATION CONSIDERED NECESSARY TO ENSURE ADEQUATE SERVICE Greyhound has a contract with the Bureau of National Capital Airports, FedefaiiA iation Administration, to provide specialized motor vehicle transportation service between Wash- ington National and Dulles International Airports and from the two airports to points within the Washington metropolitan area. The bulk of its taxi business is in one direction--from the q4~s00

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