Cab Fares Could Rise 20 Percent
The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission has agreed to hear a proposal on May 31 to raise cab fares 20 percent. According to The Times, "Such h...
The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission has agreed to hear a proposal on May 31 to raise cab fares 20 percent. According to The Times, "Such h...
Posted 05.16.2012
A new bill in city council, seemingly modeled after the plotline of Taxi Driver, aims to give hookers a fare chance at escaping exploitation. The ...
Posted 05.02.2012
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 03.01.2012
Currently the lights atop New York City taxi cabs can signify four things: 1) If the center light's on, the cab's in service. Take it. Put your han...
AP | Posted 02.22.2012
NEW YORK (AP) - The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission may replace Taxi TVs in 50 cabs with iPads or other tablet computers. The New York ...
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 08.22.2011
Amidst the busy, busy final weekend of the legislative session in Albany, Mayor Bloomberg circumvented the City Council and slipped Albany a bill that...
Posted 05.25.2011
The reviews are in, and many passengers would like to turn off Taxi TV. From the New York Times: A survey of 22,000 taxi riders, which the city rele...
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...
Dan Collins | Posted 05.25.2011
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.
Melissa Plaut | Posted 05.25.2011
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.
nydailynews.com | By Pete Donohue and Leo Standora | Posted 05.25.2011
The Taxi and Limousine Commission will unveil tough new proposals Friday to crack down on chatty cabbies who yak on their mobile phones while driving....
New York Times | Andrew Keh | Posted 05.25.2011
Twenty cabdrivers from around the country, including seven from New York City, were honored in a ceremony Wednesday afternoon by the International Ass...
USA TODAY | Taylor McGraw | Posted 05.25.2011
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...
Posted 05.22.2012