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Displaying all articles tagged:
Taxis
transportation
Oct. 26, 2011
Man Believes He Stopped Cabs From Honking So Much
No way.
By
Joe Coscarelli
transportation
Oct. 25, 2011
Cab Drivers Asked to Honk Less
Yeah, right.
By
Joe Coscarelli
transportation
Oct. 20, 2011
Taxi Medallions Hit $1 Million Mark
The first batch went for $10 apiece.
By
Joe Coscarelli
transportation
Oct. 12, 2011
Taxis Could Scrap Confusing ‘Off Duty’ Light
One light might work more effectively.
By
Joe Coscarelli
and step on it!
Oct. 10, 2011
Meet an Italian-American Sikh Female Taxi Driver
We’re adding Maria Provenzano Singh to the list of cabbies we hope to hail someday.
By
Dan Amira
transportation
Sept. 16, 2011
Taxi Drivers Can Now Reject Racy Ads
Flashdancers Gentleman’s Club weeps.
By
Joe Coscarelli
and step on it!
Sept. 6, 2011
Taxi Officials Differ on the Etiquette of Upstreaming
A Daily Intel investigation.
By
Dan Amira
taxis
Sept. 1, 2011
Taxi Drivers Are New York’s Smartest Investors
Medallions are now worth more than gold.
By
Caroline Bankoff
rock you like a hurricane
Aug. 29, 2011
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
duh
Aug. 10, 2011
Poll: Taxis Don’t Share the Road Well
You don’t say …?
By
Joe Coscarelli
and step on it!
Aug. 1, 2011
Cab Driver Threatened to ‘Break the Face’ of Passenger Who Wanted to Go to Brooklyn
A slight overreaction.
By
Dan Amira
and step on it!
July 25, 2011
Gunshot Victim Can’t Get a Cab
Should have taken the train.
By
Adam K. Raymond
and step on it!
June 22, 2011
Men in Unmarked Cars May Soon Pick You Up in the Outer Boroughs
Livery cabs can now legally pick people up off the streets in new areas.
By
Mike Vilensky
and step on it!
May 25, 2011
Taking You to Brooklyn Now Makes Economic Sense for Cab Drivers
Fines have gone way up.
By
Dan Amira
taxis
May 11, 2011
Conning Cab Driver Faces Fraud Charges
For scamming more than $12,000 from passengers.
By
Julie Gerstein
and step on it!
May 3, 2011
In Seven Years, All of New York’s Taxis Will Look Like This
The Nissan NV200 won a citywide competition.
By
Chris Rovzar
and step on it!
May 3, 2011
Cab Drivers Are Now Physically Yanking People Out of the Backseat Rather Than Driving Them to Brooklyn
A pair of brave girls videotaped one such attempt.
By
Chris Rovzar
and step on it!
Apr. 22, 2011
Man Pays Cabdriver $5,000 for Ride to Los Angeles
It’s like a road trip, but lazier.
By
Dan Amira
and step on it!
Mar. 9, 2011
About Half of All Cabbies Are Willing to Do Their Jobs
That is, take passengers wherever they want to go, even the outer boroughs.
By
Dan Amira
transportation
Feb. 14, 2011
Taxicab Confession: No One Likes the Backseat Televisions?
We might be in the minority on this.
By
Nitasha Tiku
tsnownami weather force
Jan. 27, 2011
At Least Two Cabs Exploded in Manhattan Last Night
Wow, thundersnow is scarier than we thought.
By
Chris Rovzar
your tax dollars at work
Jan. 11, 2011
That Thing Every New Yorker Knows to Be True Is True, Study Reveals
It IS harder to get a taxi between 4 and 5 p.m.
By
Chris Rovzar
nickel and dimed
Jan. 3, 2011
Old-Fashioned Manual Locomotion Becoming Increasingly Attractive
Parking meters and MetroCards are up, and taxis might be next.
By
Dan Amira
photo op
Nov. 15, 2010
This Could Be New York’s New Taxi
Would you sit in a rear-facing seat?
By
Dan Amira
stupid crime of the day
Sept. 27, 2010
New York’s Most Crooked Cabby: The TLC Is ‘Like Pontius Pilate’
What does that even mean?
By
Chris Rovzar
taxicab confessions
Aug. 17, 2010
If You’re Going to Steal From People, Do It While Driving a Cab
The worst rate-scheme offenders are being “brought” to “justice.”
By
Dan Amira
dubious achievements
July 22, 2010
New York Cab Drivers Honored for Performing Basic Acts of Human Decency
Three cab drivers were honored for not allowing anyone to be killed or maimed in their cars.
By
Jessica Pressler
stupid crime of the day
June 25, 2010
If You Want to Off Your Husband, Don’t Just Ask Any Old Cabbie for Help
Even though it seems like the odds are probably good he’d help you.
By
Chris Rovzar
surprising enemies
May 13, 2010
Hotel Doormen in Taxi Shakedown Racket
They’re forcing cabbies to pay them for the privilege of picking up fares.
By
Chris Rovzar
taxis
Mar. 24, 2010
New York Getting Less Congested
Though if you ride in cabs regularly, you’d never believe it.
By
Chris Rovzar
corrections
Mar. 23, 2010
Taxi Scheme May Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
“We have been vindicated,” New York Taxi Workers Alliance director says.
By
Josh Duboff
vampire crime of the day
Mar. 19, 2010
Police Are on the Lookout for Man Who Bit Taxi Driver
This ‘Twilight’ fad has really gone too far.
By
Dan Amira
jerks
Mar. 12, 2010
Your Taxi Driver Is Probably Stealing From You
Over 35,000 cabbies have overcharged their customers in the past 26 months.
By
Dan Amira
relational aesthetics
Feb. 25, 2010
The Art of Cab Sharing
Think of the Taxi and Limousine Commission’s new initiative not as sitting in a car with strangers, but as performance art.
By
Jada Yuan
cabs
Feb. 21, 2010
Share a Cab This Week and Make a New Friend
Starting next Friday, New Yorkers will have a newish way to get around the city.
By
Adam K. Raymond
stupid crime of the day
Feb. 16, 2010
Ornery Cab Driver Busts Bank Robber by Just Being Himself
These people are heroes.
By
Chris Rovzar
reasons to love new york
Jan. 14, 2010
Man Returns Wallet With $2,800 in It to Owner
Good Samaritanism strikes again.
By
Jessica Pressler
reasons to love new york
Jan. 12, 2010
Taxi Driver Saves $21K Purse for Tourist
Yeah, that really happened.
By
Chris Rovzar
New Year’s Eve
Dec. 22, 2009
Bottomless Bubbly Promised by Pourtal for $20.10, Plus How to Stay Off the-Road
A New Year’s party and ride home for just $65.
By
Hadley Tomicki
neighborhood news
Nov. 4, 2009
Gay Couple Kicked Out of Cab for Hugging
In the East Village, no less!
By
Chris Rovzar
sheesh
Oct. 29, 2009
Taking the Bus About to Get a Little More Attractive
Taxis will start charging a 50-cent surcharge on Sunday.
By
Adam K. Raymond
crime
Oct. 26, 2009
Awful California Woman Pepper-Sprays Cab Driver
Woman stiffs cab driver, then pepper-sprays him.
By
Lindsay Robertson
intel
Oct. 21, 2009
Ladies, Ever Been Hit On by a Cab Driver?
It happens a lot, apparently!
By
Lindsay Robertson
taxis
Oct. 16, 2009
Cab Drivers to Begin Losing Licenses Over Cell-Phone Use
The Taxi and Limousine Commission is serious about this.
By
Chris Rovzar
stupid crime of the day
Oct. 6, 2009
Taxi and Pedicab Drivers in Awesome Times Square Brawl
Caught on tape: plumber’s butt, in combat!
By
Chris Rovzar
taking a stand
Sept. 25, 2009
Chicago Cab Drivers Want to Charge Puking Passengers $50
Unfair!
By
Jessica Pressler
important questions
Aug. 4, 2009
Do You Ask Cab Drivers to Get Off the Phone?
Did you even know you could?
By
Chris Rovzar
oh le taxi
June 24, 2009
French Tourists Enlisted As Extras in Cab Driver’s Action Movie of the Mind
“We’re going zoom, zoom, zoom.”
By
Jessica Pressler
the greatest depression
June 19, 2009
Elitist Cab Stand: Model of Economic Salvation, Doom
Also: How come the Upper East Side gets a taxi stand and nobody else does?
By
Chris Rovzar
intel
May 28, 2009
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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