1.   No one up here can afford taxis so the buses are vital.

2.   In a neighborhood where people labor for minimum wage and taxi drivers regularly settle for what people have in their pockets, drivers cannot afford new taxis.

3.   Seraj said she is so poor that she cannot even afford a taxi to the hospital in Herat, so she walks the two or three miles.

4.   The nearest doctor is nearly three hours away, and only for those who can afford the taxi trip, for the town has nothing resembling an ambulance.

5.   No public buses ran from Gaza into Israel, and most workers can not afford taxis.