NYC Cab Rides Now $28 for 2 Miles—WTF?

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Gregg "Opie" Hughes

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🗓️ 18 March 2026

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

NYC cab rides cost $28 for 2 miles now—blame MTA surcharges, congestion fees, rush hour BS, and traffic meter charges. Also, ghost trains in Queens, kids subway surfing for likes, and families paying $40-50 daily just for school drop-offs. Ron Berman shares his unemployment nightmare (new 10-hour work rules, frozen payments, impossible phone holds), plus insane stories like getting arrested for weed delivery (saved by DA change), dodging muggings "around the corner," hippo zoo jumper risking death for clicks, and real dolls looking hotter than real wives. Raw comedy, current events rants, and behind-the-scenes NYC chaos. Subscribe for unfiltered Opie Radio episodes—never miss the real talk!

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0:00.0	do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do to do to do to do to do to do to do
0:06.5	too too too too too too too we have a problem ronnie baves we have a problem ron
0:11.0	well you're i bet you don't even know what the problem is as we start the opi radio podcast
0:16.7	by the way i also have a fucking problem now, too, I just realized.
0:21.2	With me?
0:22.2	But you first.
0:25.4	Well, my problem with you is that you're a traitor.
0:27.1	You're from Boston.
0:29.1	You're a huge Patriots fan.
0:30.9	You love the Tom Brady.
0:34.1	And you wearing a New York Jets shirt.
0:35.6	What's up with that, Ron? What's up?
0:36.3	Is it Laundry Day? That's up? Is it laundry day?
0:37.8	That's by the way
0:39.3	This is the only thing
0:42.2	fucking left that's clean
0:43.9	I haven't won underwear in
0:45.8	I mean
0:46.7	7, 8 weeks
0:48.6	Oh my God, Rod
0:50.7	What? I was wearing
0:53.3	The other day.
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