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	Stage Review: Wilson polishes 'Jitney' in richer, longer production
		Out of a welter of plot-lines involving six men based in a storefront jitney stop, it emerges that the central drama is that of the station boss, Becker, and his son, Booster, just released after 20 years in prison.
		"Jitney" was first given a 1980 reading at the Playwrights Center in Minneapolis, which awarded Wilson a fellowship that made it possible for him to persevere as a playwright.
		In April 1997, "Jitney" was restaged at the Crossroads Theatre in New Brunswick, N.J. Working with a new director, Walter Dallas, Wilson added a scene, pointed the dialogue and changed the time from 1971 to 1977.
	www.post-gazette.com /magazine/19981122jitney5.asp (1082 words)

	Bittersweet music of ATC's 'Jitney' sounds true \| www.azstarnet.com ®
		The 2 1/2 hours that "Jitney" wraps itself around you are like a trip to inner-city Pittsburgh, sitting down in a run-down car station, and feeling the heartbeat of the people who have lived and breathed those streets, that life.
		It's more of a slice of life, with the central conflicts surrounding the jitney station, soon to be destroyed thanks to urban renewal, and a man and his just-released-from-prison son ("I don't know what to think," he says about life on the outside.
		Brian Anthony Wilson as Becker, who runs the jitney station and whose son has just come home after 20 years in prison, carries such a deep sadness in him that it can be painful to watch.
	www.azstarnet.com /sn/relatedarticles/153321.php (634 words)

	JS Online: 'Jitney' transcends its time, place
		While "Jitney" is certainly a slice of fl urban life from the '70s, with recordings of Marvin Gaye, James Brown and other soul performers as underscoring, the issues it raises are as relevant in the suburbs today as they are in the inner city.
		"Jitney" is set in the scruffy office that serves as the dispatch center for five drivers in Pittsburgh in 1977.
		A sweeter confrontation occurs between the youngest jitney driver, Youngblood, an earnest Vietnam vet, and his striving girlfriend, who is also the mother of his toddler son.
	www.jsonline.com /story/index.aspx?id=23039&format=print (721 words)

	Chapter 4.28 JITNEYS
		The rate charged for each jitney trip shall be a single rate per passenger as agreed upon by the primary passengers and the jitney operator prior to the commencement of the trip.
		Jitneys shall operate within the corporate limits of this city and the suburban territory thereof, as "suburban territory" is defined in this section.
		The failure of a jitney owner to comply with the provisions of this chapter shall result in immediate revocation of the registration sticker and license and the right of such owner to operate a jitney, in addition to other penalties imposed by law.
	www.bloomington.in.gov /code/_DATA/TITLE04/Chapter_4_28_JITNEYS.html (1008 words)

	Institute for Justice: Economic Liberty Cases: Massachusetts Nautical Tours
		Although Cambridge may have a legitimate interest in licensing jitneys in a way that directly protects public health and safety—ensuring that the vehicles are safe and insured and that the drivers pass background checks, etc.—it is unconstitutional to forbid Tyler from opening his business simply to shield other companies from competition.
		Rather than specify that a jitney license will issue if an applicant establishes that it is no danger to the public,[x] Chapter 159A does not set forth any criteria at all for granting a license.
		Not only would jitney vans provide opportunities for otherwise unskilled entrepreneurs (because they typically don’t require a great deal of financial capital or formal education), they would be a tremendous asset to low-income neighborhoods that are often underserved by public transportation.
	www.ij.org /economic_liberty/ma_jitney/backgrounder.html?cmd=send_friend (3962 words)

	Urban Dictionary: jitney
		the jitney flipped over when i tried to turn into a parking space at whole foods.
		A jitney is a makeshift taxicab service that usually accepts alternative forms of payment, such as crack cocaine or sexual favors.
		Originaly a jitney was an African who wears their traditional tribal dress (especially in a setting that it looks out of place- eg.
	www.urbandictionary.com /define.php?term=jitney&defid=1732054 (352 words)

	A Tribute to the Jitney \| The Foundation for Economic Education: The Freeman, Ideas on Liberty
		The crime is that jitneys do their good work without a taxi license from the city government—the same city government that wouldn’t authorize a single additional taxicab for 50 years.
		Although the jitney drivers in Detroit do not at first seem to be organized, the structure of jitney service is actually quite complex.
		The persistence of jitneys on America’s streets is an inspiration, a testimony to the power of the profit motive that fires up people to help people even when it’s illegal to do so.
	www.fee.org /publications/the-freeman/article.asp?aid=1635&print_view=true (1005 words)

	'Jitney' a colorful, touching drama
		However, he has been seen driving around with his wife's sister by the group gossip, who "can't keep his mouth closed when something needs to be said" and happens to think that Youngblood is no good, like most of the young men around nowadays.
		Also revealed is the fact hat the son of the kind and just Jitney owner, Becker, is going to be released from prison after being convicted of killing a white girl 20 years earlier.
		Yes, Los Angeles is a film town, and much of the theater that goes on here is mere showcasing for actors who only hope they will be discovered so they can begin to finally afford their rent, but occasionally one finds a gem.
	www.usc.edu /student-affairs/dt/V139/N28/05-jitney.28d.html (717 words)

	Men's passions fuel 'Jitney' - Entertainment - The Washington Times, America's Newspaper (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Wilson was raised by his mother, a domestic worker, in a two-room house next to a jitney station in the Hill District, and his familiarity with this male-dominated society is evident in the play's winding conversations and aura of long-standing camaraderie.
		"Jitney" frames an intergenerational clash that pits the postwar era against the emerging thug-life culture of the late 1970s as the young men turn away from the values of their elders, whose idea of success was a house, a pension and serving in the church.
		"Jitney" immerses you in the insular world of men to such an extent that the play's sole female character, Rena (Jessica Frances Dukes), is almost an intrusion as she pleads for her boyfriend Youngblood to take some responsibility.
	www.washtimes.com /entertainment/20070126-090035-8179r.htm (617 words)

	Anti-Jitney Laws Take People for a Ride [Mackinac Center for Public Policy]
		The jitney industry took off in 1914 but soon drew the ire of streetcar operators, who successfully lobbied the government to regulate their lower-priced competitors out of business by the mid-1920s.
		Jitneys are popular businesses in which retired autoworkers, church deacons, widowers and otherwise idle but able citizens charge a small fee to give poor people a ride from where they shop to where they live, bags and all.
		The "crime" is that jitneys do their good work without a taxi license from the city government—the same city government that refused to authorize a single additional taxicab for nearly 50 years.
	www.mackinac.org /article.asp?ID=2536 (880 words)

	'Jitney': Vehicle for a friendship - baltimoresun.com
		They are working on a revised version of Wilson's first full-length drama, "Jitney,'' which begins performances at Center Stage Friday, directed by McClinton, who is an associate artist at the theater.
		The play is set in a jitney - or gypsy cab - station in the playwright's hometown of Pittsburgh and focuses on the lives of the drivers and, especially, on the conflict between the owner of the cab station and his estranged, ex-con son.
		Wilson: "Jitney'' is the play where I learned to value and respect the way fl Americans express themselves without trying to change it and to alter it.
	www.baltimoresun.com /news/bal-jitney010399,0,3728278.story?coll=bal-home-headlines (1124 words)

	'Jitney' rides back to the '70s (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The play was "Jitney," written in 1979, produced at a tiny Pittsburgh theater in 1982 and then more or less forgotten.
		"Jitney" was quickly followed by as astonishing array of plays, each dealing with African American life during a decade of the 20th century: "Joe Turner's Come and Gone" (1910s), "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" ('20s), "The Piano Lesson" ('30s), "Seven Guitars" ('40s), "Fences" ('50s), "Two Trains Running" ('60s), and "King Hedley II" ('80s).
		With a ratio of eight male parts to one part for a woman, "Jitney" has attracted a certain amount of hostility from actresses who are ever eager for substantial roles.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /theater/55713_fanf25.shtml (1382 words)

	The Jitney Group Inc./Le Groupe Jitney inc. (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Jitney is a participating organization or a member in good standing of the Montreal Exchange, Inc., the Toronto Stock Exchange, Inc., and of the Investment Dealers Association of Canada (collectively the "SROs").
		In connection with commodity futures contracts, Jitney is only trading futures contracts on currency, index, financial instrument, rate of interest or other financial benchmark commodities traded in Canada on the Montreal Exchange, Inc. Jitney does not trade commodities or commodity futures contracts traded on The Winnipeg Commodity Exchange.
		Jitney is not a member of The Winnipeg Commodity Exchange and does not contemplate in the near future to be a member of such an Exchange.
	www.msc.gov.mb.ca /legal_docs/orders/jitney.html (455 words)

	Jitney , a CurtainUp review
		His drivers are not facing the tragic and frightening circumstances of the livery cabbies in the local news, yet their very imperfect lives become unforgettably vivid to us long before play's end.
		Jitney actually is Wilson's first play, written in and about the late 1970s in Pittsburgh's Hill District.
		In Jitney, urban renewal is hanging over the head of the cab station's owner, Becker, whose ramshackle station has been marked for demolition just as his estranged son is about to return home after serving 20 years in prison on a murder conviction.
	www.curtainup.com /jitney.html (595 words)

	Jitney
		"Jitney" derives its name from the unlicensed, independently owned taxis (sometimes called gypsy cabs) that bring passengers to parts of Pittsburgh avoided by licensed cabdrivers.
		Like "Fences," "Jitney" has a proud father who, in nearly the same language as "Fences," disowns his son, one of whom (in "Fences" it's the father) has served time for
		Seen in that light, "Jitney" provides an intriguing glimpse of the early development of a playwright destined to become a leader of his generation.
	dcmdva-arts.org /archives/jitney.htm (872 words)

	Playbill News: "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" Dad to Star in L.A. Run of Wilson's Jitney
		Jitney receives this revival in Los Angeles at the hands of the team behind the 2004 revival of Wilson's Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.
		Set in 1977's Pittsburgh's Hill District, Jitney follows the story of a man (Avery) who owns a gypsy cab service on the verge of being torn down when his son (Brooks) is released from prison after serving 20 years for a murder charge.
		Tickets to Jitney at the Lillian Theatre, 1076 Lillian Way (near Santa Monica and Vine) in Hollywood, CA are available by calling (323) 960-7721.
	www.playbill.com /news/article/102201.html (545 words)

	Buy.com - Jitney : August Wilson : ISBN 9781585673704
		Set in the 1970s in Pittsburgh's Hill District, and depicting gypsy cabdrivers who serve fl neighborhoods, Jitney is the seventh in Wilson's projected 10-play cycle (one for each decade) on the fl experience in twentieth-century America.
		A thoroughly revised version of a play Wilson first wrote in 1979, "Jitney" was produced in New York for the first time in spring 2000, winning rave reviews and the accolade of the New York Drama Critics Circle as the best play of the year.
		The lives of jitney chauffeurs are dramatized against the larger backdrop of the famous fl neighborhood.
	www.buy.com /prod/Jitney/q/loc/106/31071702.html (705 words)

	Jitney
		Set in the 1970s in Pittsburgh's Hill District, and depicting gypsy cabdrivers who serve fl neighborhoods, Jitney is the seventh in Wilson's projected 10-play cycle (one for each decade) on the fl experience in twentieth-century America.
		In the series of plays that chronicle the fl experience, Jitney is set in the early 70s and is about jitney (car service) drivers who provide low fares to the fl community in Pittsburgh.
		Jitney is a positive play, with a surely hopeful attitude and a redemptive feel.
	www.cheapesttextbooks.com /review-Jitney-August-Wilson-1585673706.html (1521 words)

	Writing (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Jitney takes place in a car jitney; each character in the play has his own distinct problems in life.
		Jitney is a play that both has comedy and drama, mixed with a serious message.
		In the play Jitney, the message of the whole play is that you should work out your problems no matter how big or bad they are.
	www.marquette.edu /eop/ub1999/howarddavid/Writing.htm (796 words)

	ATLANTIC CITY JITNEYS
		The Jitney stops are located on the corner of every route and originate one block from the Boardwalk on Pacific Avenue.
		The Atlantic City Jitney Association and N.J. Transit joined together to provide a free shuttle service between the Atlantic City Rail Terminal and all the casino locations in Atlantic City.
		If the normal buses are not operating for some reason, we will substitute one of our Jitneys to provide the service but all other information such as free service, stops, and times remains the same.
	www.jitneys.net /573.html?sessionidkey=sessionidval (402 words)

	SHUTTLE VANS: THE OVERLOOKED TRANSIT ALTERNATIVE (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Jitneys are often (but need not be) targeted at lower-income users who do not have an automobile available.
		Another important submarket for jitney vans is "reverse commuting." This is an approach to providing jobs for inner-city residents by providing transit that takes them to suburban job sites, rather than attempting to attract worksites to locate in the inner city.
		Jitneys and flexible-route paratransit are flatly outlawed (except for dial-a-ride vans, which are licensed by the PUC), and most cities require that all fares be distance-metered, rather than permitting flat-rate fares for certain routes (as used by the airport van companies).
	www.rppi.org /transportation/ps176.html (10705 words)

	The Original CNR Jitney
		However, when I showed this photo to the people that I talked to, they said that this was not the "Jitney" they knew.
		The Jitney was like this photo of CN railcar #15814 on the old Central Ontario Railway at Picton.
		Canadian National Railways was in its infancy and trying to cope with making the Canadian Northern and the Grand Trunk into one cohesive system, while, at the same time, trying to provide service to the public at an affordable cost.
	www.railwaybob.com /BandW/BWJitney01.htm (413 words)

	The Jitney (Cont'd) - More Problems
		The Jitney travelled down the line at a fair clip, notwithstanding that the track was light 58 lb rail covered in grass and weeds with hardly any ballast.
		The Jitney was supposed to meet a train at the next station (which one, I don't know).
		While some of the crew went ahead to warn the train, the Jitney backed up six miles to the nearest station and took to a siding to allow the train to pass.
	www.railwaybob.com /BandW/BWJitney03.htm (1045 words)

	Jitney Definition
		A jitney is a fraudulent investment practice in which two investors or two brokers trade shares of a security back and forth to give others a false impression of high trading activity.
		The term "jitney" also refers to a legal arrangement where a broker who has direct access to an exchange performs trades for a broker who does not have this access.
		The term "jitney" is slang for anything that is made cheaply and poorly.
	www.investorglossary.com /jitney.htm (181 words)

	Atlantic City Tourism
		The term jitney is an old English term meaning "nickel." Around the turn of the century, many Jitney services sprung up throughout the country.
		The Atlantic City Jitney Association started in 1915 and today ranks as the longest running non-subsidized transit company in America.
		The Atlantic City Jitney Association is committed to Atlantic City and is actively involved in the community.
	www.actourism.org /display_members.php?id=33 (145 words)

	Variety.com - Reviews - Jitney (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Wilson's thematically awkward final scene is still out of sync with the rest of the play, but that's barely noticeable amid the sublime craftsmanship of helmer Claude Purdy and an extraordinary nine-person ensemble.
		The main sources of conflict emanate from the hovering threat that Becker's makeshift taxi company may be shut down by the city, and from the ragingly irreconcilable confrontations between Becker and his 39-year-old son, Booster (Richard Brooks), who has just been released from prison after serving 20 years for murder.
		"Jitney" could be described as a lot of men sitting around talking, but the richness of this work comes from their sublime interplay.
	www.variety.com /review/VE1117932005.html?categoryid=33&cs=1&nid=2562 (702 words)

	Jitney
		JITNEY is what excellent theatre is all about.
		This perfectly cast, well-written play by the award winning playwright August Wilson, cries out loud for a standing ovation.
		I give this one FOUR AXELS and reiterate that JITNEY is well worth a look.
	www.reviewplays.com /jitney.htm (376 words)

	Amazon.com: Jitney: Books: August Wilson (Site not responding. Last check: )
		August Wilson's Jitney opened off-broadway in New York in the Spring of 2001.
		They're decent, hard working middle-aged fl men who are questioning their lives, wondering if they accomplished enough, made mistakes, or have been lead astray and are desparately trying to find a way to rectify themselves, even warn the angry young not to make the same mistakes.
		The main story is about Becker, the owner of the Jitney and his relationship with his son Booster, who was recently released from a 20 year prison sentence for killing a rich white society girl after she falsely testified he was rapist.
	www.amazon.com /Jitney-August-Wilson/dp/1585673706 (2216 words)

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