John Liu Pledges To Reject Bloomberg's 'Cathie Black Of Taxis'
Embattled comptroller John Liu is seeking to block Mayor Bloomberg's Taxi of Tomorrow contract unless provisions are made to provide handicapped acces...
Embattled comptroller John Liu is seeking to block Mayor Bloomberg's Taxi of Tomorrow contract unless provisions are made to provide handicapped acces...
Posted 03.09.2012
No need to be alarmed the next time you hail a cab ride home and start seeing green. The color is said to be a favorite pick for the Taxi and Limousin...
Posted 01.31.2012
Two cab drivers are currently in stable condition after being brutally struck in the head by a shopping cart in what officials believe was a deliberat...
Posted 12.29.2011
A good chunk of New York City cab riders might grumble over aggressive driving, but that doesn't mean they've been buckling up. According to the T...
Posted 12.02.2011
In an undercover operation involving college students, more than 360 cab drivers have been fined for refusing rides requiring long distances to outer ...
Posted 12.25.2011
With just one email, the city's soundtrack may have one less familiar sound soon, and we're guessing New Yorkers won't be missing it. After the ch...
Posted 10.19.2011
They say that entrepreneurial inspiration can come from just about anywhere, but for 32-year-old Chicago-based smartphone app developer Adam Saffro, i...
AP | By DEE-ANN DURBIN | Posted 09.20.2011
DETROIT -- New York City has approved the Ford Taurus sedan and Ford Transit Connect van for use as taxis for the next two years, allowing the carmake...
Bed-Stuy, NY Patch | C. Zawadi Morris | Posted 07.12.2011
Coming soon are stiffer penalties on yellow cab drivers that refuse to pick up passengers based on their destinations. The bill passed yesterday an...
Posted 07.03.2011
Although New York cabbies are legally required to bring you to the outer boroughs, they often refuse. In fact, an undercover investigation from The Ta...
MANHATTAN -- A recent Manhattan College grad is in a coma after being run over by taxi driver, who allegedly refused to take him and his friends to th...
The Huffington Post | Damiano Beltrami | Posted 05.25.2011
New York cabbie Ahmed Ibrahim has been super busy lately: not as a result of traffic in Manhattan but from playing Cupid from the driver's seat. Si...
nypost.com | BILL SANDERSON | Posted 05.25.2011
It's time for shabby cabbies to tidy up. Taxi and Limousine Commissioners today gave the thumbs up to a new rule requiring drivers to maintain a "a p...
Posted 05.25.2011
If you've ever had the feeling that it's impossible to find a cab in the late afternoon, there is now statistical proof that you aren't nuts. New da...
AP | JENNIFER PELTZ | Posted 05.25.2011
NEW YORK — Thousands of tourists and residents who took New York City's iconic yellow taxis were quietly ripped off by drivers who frequently ma...
Posted 05.25.2011
In a new hotels.com poll, London taxicabs were ranked best in the world, according to Reuters. Despite their high cost, London beat rivals for the ...
Brokelyn | Posted 05.25.2011
With subway lines sputtering, we're always on the watch for new ways to find that cheap late-night trip home. Taxi-sharing's a nice idea but a) it tak...
Posted 05.25.2011
Is this the face of the future? An Australian company has heeded New York City's call for new taxi designs, creating an all-electric cab with roomy i...
Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 05.25.2011
New Yorkers, they say, have tortoise shell for skin and are as grumpy and unfriendly as the sharp and grisly denizens of Paris. You gotta watch out for 'em. Those of us who actually live here know better.
nydailynews.com | By Frank Lombardi | Posted 05.25.2011
It was worse than you thought: Nearly 22,000 cab drivers ripped off riders in a massive rate-switching scam that netted the underhanded hacks more th...
New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011
A small but vocal group of infuriated cabdrivers gathered Tuesday outside the offices of the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission to demand an ...
AP | SARA KUGLER | Posted 05.25.2011
NEW YORK — Fewer New York City taxi drivers overcharged their passengers than previously believed because some were likely only fumbling the but...
ny1.com | Posted 05.25.2011
The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission has equipped more than 5,000 cabs with a new system to alert riders if they are being charged an out-o...
AP | SARA KUGLER | Posted 05.25.2011
NEW YORK — Thousands of people ripped off in a widespread scam by New York City taxi drivers who illegally doubled the rate of their rides could...
nytimes.com | ANDY NEWMAN | Posted 05.25.2011
Former City Councilman David Yassky has been nominated by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg to head the city's Taxi and Limousine Commission, the mayor anno...
Posted 05.02.2012