New York Cabs

Credit Cards and "Taxi TV"

Dan Collins | Posted 11.12.2009 | New York

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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.

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Denying Cab Drivers a Cell Phone Puts Them in Danger (and Makes You Late)

Melissa Plaut | Posted 10.21.2009 | New York

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Melissa Plaut

When taxi drivers find themselves alone in their cabs -- as they often do -- with psychopaths, scam artists, or even just garden-variety drunken idiots, that little hands-free device can be a lifeline.

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Cost Of NYC Taxi Medallions Soars To $766,000

USA TODAY | Taylor McGraw | Posted 09.06.2009 | New York

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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...

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Taxicab Confessions: Cab Drivers Share Weirdest Stories

New York Times | Peter Khoury | Posted 07.30.2009 | New York

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Tales of lust, sorrow, crime, brushes with fame and just plain weirdness all seem to find their way to New York City's cabbies, who have a front-row s...

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Anti-Smog Setback: Penalty for Nonhybrid Cab Owners Blocked

nytimes.com | MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM | Posted 07.24.2009 | New York

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Judge Paul A. Crotty of Federal District Court in Manhattan said a plan to financially penalize taxi owners who refused to buy hybrid cars amounted to...

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Taxi Turmoil At Red Hook's IKEA

The Brooklyn Paper | MIKE MCLAUGHLIN | Posted 07.12.2009 | Local

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A city crackdown on livery cab drivers who cruised for furniture-lugging passengers at the remote Ikea in Red Hook has led the Swedish home-furnishing...

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