Taxi Cabs

Credit Card Swipes Adding Up For Cab Drivers

nytimes.com | MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM | Posted 11.09.2009 | New York


New York's cabbies howled when the city began forcing them to take credit cards. Some even went on strike, calling the requirements a kowtow to touris...

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

Melissa Plaut | Posted 10.21.2009 | New York


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.

Pedicab Junction

Kaity Tong | Posted 10.08.2009 | New York


Kaity Tong

Those pedicab drivers are some of the toughest sons of a gun I have ever seen. How do they remain so friendly after hauling ungodly poundage through unfriendly New York traffic?

Pericles Salas Becomes Fourth NYC-Area Cabbie Shot, Killed In 4 months

AP | Posted 10.16.2009 | New York


YONKERS, N.Y. — A cab driver has been shot and killed in Yonkers, the fourth fatal cabbie shooting in the New York City area in four months. Yo...

Jose Pena-Seguira Becomes 2nd NYC Cab Driver Killed In A Week

AP | Posted 09.24.2009 | New York


NEW YORK (AP) -- A New York City cab driver has been shot and killed in the Bronx for the second time in a week, creating a panic among livery drivers...