Public Transit
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One of the more interesting features of Haven is its rather unique public transportation system (the uniqueness is in the fact that the city has a public transportation system. Most of the other cities in this region don’t). There are some 350 centaurs living in or near the city, and they have organized both a scheduled trip trolley system, and a cab service.
The city fathers are so pleased with the centaurs’ transportation system that they have arranged free access across the toll bridges for the centaurs and their vehicles - a toll of 5cp is charged for each passenger, track being kept on a monthly basis, billed to the centaur company. A law has been enacted which classes freeloading on the trolleys as a major infraction, on the same level as theft (an action generally despised in a mercantile society, even though many individual thieves are folk heroes).
Any person caught by the centaurs attempting to board without prior payment is usually subject to a swift kick with both hind hooves (this will prove not only embarrassing, but painful as well, since the strongest centaurs are assigned to the trolley lines), and a call for the nearest city Guardsman.
Trolley Service
The trolley service runs along three routes from 5:00am to midnight, when the main bridges to Trade Island close. Service is every twenty minutes in both directions and is on time about 70% of the time unless the weather is bad.
The three trolley routes:
- From Horse Gate at the south end of Caravan Street to the Caravan Gate at the north end traveling north along South Caravan and south along North Caravan.
- a loop through The South Corridor and Labyrinth
- From the North Gate to the Copper Gate along Gate Street and back
Fares:
30cp to ride on one side of the river, and an additional 20cp if one crosses the river.
Transfers are not offered, another fare must be paid.
The vehicles are large wagons with post-supported canopies, and a set of steps at the front leading to the rows of benches in the bed of the wagon. When not in service, these wagons are stored and maintined at the Cab and Trolley Barns near the Horse Market.
Cab Service
The cabs are similar in design to the Hansom cabs of Victorian London, and capable of seating up to six in reasonable comfort. They operate on roughly the same time schedule as the trolley and more cabs are on the street from 3:00pm on.
Fares:
2sp per person per approximate mile (~15 grid squares by road) or part thereof with an additional silver piece to cross a bridge over the Dorian. One can occasionally bargain with the centaur in regard to the price of an entire ride.
They provide service to all parts of the city proper except the inner Labyrinth, and The Dwarrow. Occasionally They will operate in the suburbs outside the city walls, but the price goes up accordingly; (1-2gp per mile).
There is a 10% chance of a cab within hailing distance from 6:00am to 3:00pm, and a 15% chance thereafter . After an unsuccessful try one must wait 5 minutes and then whistle again. Centaur cabs are about as easy to locate as a New York taxi on a rainy day.
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