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Taxis

  1. transportation
    Man Believes He Stopped Cabs From Honking So MuchNo way.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  2. transportation
    Cab Drivers Asked to Honk LessYeah, right.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  3. transportation
    Taxi Medallions Hit $1 Million MarkThe first batch went for $10 apiece.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  4. transportation
    Taxis Could Scrap Confusing ‘Off Duty’ LightOne light might work more effectively.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  5. and step on it!
    Meet an Italian-American Sikh Female Taxi DriverWe’re adding Maria Provenzano Singh to the list of cabbies we hope to hail someday.
    By Dan Amira
  6. transportation
    Taxi Drivers Can Now Reject Racy AdsFlashdancers Gentleman’s Club weeps.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  7. and step on it!
    Taxi Officials Differ on the Etiquette of UpstreamingA Daily Intel investigation.
    By Dan Amira
  8. taxis
    Taxi Drivers Are New York’s Smartest InvestorsMedallions are now worth more than gold.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  9. rock you like a hurricane
    The MTA Comes Crawling Back [Updated]It will take a while for the MTA to get back to its usual just-barely-functioning self.
    By Caroline Bankoff and Joe Coscarelli
  10. duh
    Poll: Taxis Don’t Share the Road WellYou don’t say …?
    By Joe Coscarelli
  11. and step on it!
    Cab Driver Threatened to ‘Break the Face’ of Passenger Who Wanted to Go to BrooklynA slight overreaction.
    By Dan Amira
  12. and step on it!
    Gunshot Victim Can’t Get a CabShould have taken the train.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  13. and step on it!
    Men in Unmarked Cars May Soon Pick You Up in the Outer BoroughsLivery cabs can now legally pick people up off the streets in new areas.
    By Mike Vilensky
  14. and step on it!
    Taking You to Brooklyn Now Makes Economic Sense for Cab DriversFines have gone way up.
    By Dan Amira
  15. taxis
    Conning Cab Driver Faces Fraud ChargesFor scamming more than $12,000 from passengers.
    By Julie Gerstein
  16. and step on it!
    In Seven Years, All of New York’s Taxis Will Look Like ThisThe Nissan NV200 won a citywide competition.
    By Chris Rovzar
  17. and step on it!
    Cab Drivers Are Now Physically Yanking People Out of the Backseat Rather Than Driving Them to BrooklynA pair of brave girls videotaped one such attempt.
    By Chris Rovzar
  18. and step on it!
    Man Pays Cabdriver $5,000 for Ride to Los AngelesIt’s like a road trip, but lazier.
    By Dan Amira
  19. and step on it!
    About Half of All Cabbies Are Willing to Do Their JobsThat is, take passengers wherever they want to go, even the outer boroughs.
    By Dan Amira
  20. transportation
    Taxicab Confession: No One Likes the Backseat Televisions?We might be in the minority on this.
    By Nitasha Tiku
  21. tsnownami weather force
    At Least Two Cabs Exploded in Manhattan Last NightWow, thundersnow is scarier than we thought.
    By Chris Rovzar
  22. your tax dollars at work
    That Thing Every New Yorker Knows to Be True Is True, Study RevealsIt IS harder to get a taxi between 4 and 5 p.m.
    By Chris Rovzar
  23. nickel and dimed
    Old-Fashioned Manual Locomotion Becoming Increasingly AttractiveParking meters and MetroCards are up, and taxis might be next.
    By Dan Amira
  24. photo op
    This Could Be New York’s New TaxiWould you sit in a rear-facing seat?
    By Dan Amira
  25. stupid crime of the day
    New York’s Most Crooked Cabby: The TLC Is ‘Like Pontius Pilate’What does that even mean?
    By Chris Rovzar
  26. taxicab confessions
    If You’re Going to Steal From People, Do It While Driving a CabThe worst rate-scheme offenders are being “brought” to “justice.”
    By Dan Amira
  27. dubious achievements
    New York Cab Drivers Honored for Performing Basic Acts of Human DecencyThree cab drivers were honored for not allowing anyone to be killed or maimed in their cars.
    By Jessica Pressler
  28. stupid crime of the day
    If You Want to Off Your Husband, Don’t Just Ask Any Old Cabbie for HelpEven though it seems like the odds are probably good he’d help you.
    By Chris Rovzar
  29. surprising enemies
    Hotel Doormen in Taxi Shakedown RacketThey’re forcing cabbies to pay them for the privilege of picking up fares.
    By Chris Rovzar
  30. taxis
    New York Getting Less CongestedThough if you ride in cabs regularly, you’d never believe it.
    By Chris Rovzar
  31. corrections
    Taxi Scheme May Have Been Greatly Exaggerated“We have been vindicated,” New York Taxi Workers Alliance director says.
    By Josh Duboff
  32. vampire crime of the day
    Police Are on the Lookout for Man Who Bit Taxi DriverThis ‘Twilight’ fad has really gone too far.
    By Dan Amira
  33. jerks
    Your Taxi Driver Is Probably Stealing From YouOver 35,000 cabbies have overcharged their customers in the past 26 months.
    By Dan Amira
  34. relational aesthetics
    The Art of Cab SharingThink of the Taxi and Limousine Commission’s new initiative not as sitting in a car with strangers, but as performance art.
    By Jada Yuan
  35. cabs
    Share a Cab This Week and Make a New FriendStarting next Friday, New Yorkers will have a newish way to get around the city.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  36. stupid crime of the day
    Ornery Cab Driver Busts Bank Robber by Just Being HimselfThese people are heroes.
    By Chris Rovzar
  37. reasons to love new york
    Man Returns Wallet With $2,800 in It to OwnerGood Samaritanism strikes again.
    By Jessica Pressler
  38. reasons to love new york
    Taxi Driver Saves $21K Purse for TouristYeah, that really happened.
    By Chris Rovzar
  39. New Year’s Eve
    Bottomless Bubbly Promised by Pourtal for $20.10, Plus How to Stay Off the-RoadA New Year’s party and ride home for just $65.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  40. neighborhood news
    Gay Couple Kicked Out of Cab for HuggingIn the East Village, no less!
    By Chris Rovzar
  41. sheesh
    Taking the Bus About to Get a Little More AttractiveTaxis will start charging a 50-cent surcharge on Sunday.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  42. crime
    Awful California Woman Pepper-Sprays Cab DriverWoman stiffs cab driver, then pepper-sprays him.
    By Lindsay Robertson
  43. intel
    Ladies, Ever Been Hit On by a Cab Driver?It happens a lot, apparently!
    By Lindsay Robertson
  44. taxis
    Cab Drivers to Begin Losing Licenses Over Cell-Phone UseThe Taxi and Limousine Commission is serious about this.
    By Chris Rovzar
  45. stupid crime of the day
    Taxi and Pedicab Drivers in Awesome Times Square BrawlCaught on tape: plumber’s butt, in combat!
    By Chris Rovzar
  46. taking a stand
    Chicago Cab Drivers Want to Charge Puking Passengers $50Unfair!
    By Jessica Pressler
  47. important questions
    Do You Ask Cab Drivers to Get Off the Phone?Did you even know you could?
    By Chris Rovzar
  48. oh le taxi
    French Tourists Enlisted As Extras in Cab Driver’s Action Movie of the Mind“We’re going zoom, zoom, zoom.”
    By Jessica Pressler
  49. the greatest depression
    Elitist Cab Stand: Model of Economic Salvation, DoomAlso: How come the Upper East Side gets a taxi stand and nobody else does?
    By Chris Rovzar
  50. intel
    How Do You Feel About Sharing Cabs?A new city plan may make the practice much more common.
    By Chris Rovzar
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