New York Cabbies

Cash or Credit? In a Taxi, It Depends Which Side of the Partition You're On

Melissa Plaut | Posted 11.17.2009 | New York


Melissa Plaut

When you swipe your card, the driver has to pay a hefty 5% extra. Why are New York's cabbies paying so much? Because of all the middlemen. A few people are making truckloads of money on drivers' backs.

Credit Cards and "Taxi TV"

Dan Collins | Posted 11.12.2009 | New York


Dan Collins

I am a hesitant to say this, but New York's credit-cards-in-cabs system is great. My big remaining complaint is "Taxi TV" -- the boring, annoying reports and ads that are occasionally impossible to turn off.

Cab Drivers Honored In National Ceremony

New York Times | Andrew Keh | Posted 11.17.2009 | New York


Twenty cabdrivers from around the country, including seven from New York City, were honored in a ceremony Wednesday afternoon by the International Ass...

Cost Of NYC Taxi Medallions Soars To $766,000

USA TODAY | Taylor McGraw | Posted 09.06.2009 | New York


NEW YORK -- As Wall Street still wobbles under the pressure of a weak economy, one New York asset class stands firmly on all four wheels. Taxi medalli...

Cab Drivers Still Use Phones Despite Ban And Risks

New York Times | MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM | Posted 09.03.2009 | New York


The ambulance arrived at the scene minutes after the cabs collided, one yellow taxi T-boned into another in a busy Manhattan intersection. Shattered g...