Taxi and Limousine Commission

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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Crackdown On Cell Phone Cabbies Coming

nydailynews.com | By Pete Donohue and Leo Standora | Posted 10.16.2009 | New York

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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....

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Cab Drivers Honored In National Ceremony

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

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

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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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