New York Taxi Blog

New York's yellow cabs go hybrid
I was in New York over the weekend and impressed to see how many hybrid taxis there are now. I was picked up at La Guardia airport by Aki Uddin from Bangladesh, proudly driving a Ford Escape hybrid. (…)

Four children get evaluated
NEW YORK — At least four children are being evaluated by EMS following a collision between their school bus and a taxicab on Manhattan's Upper East Side. (…)

New York taxi license hits record price: $600,000
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The price of a license to operate a New York taxi cab hit a record $600,000 in May, according to a lending company which financed the purchase.
Medallion Financial Corporation said it had financed the purchase of two medallions — the license to operate a yellow cab in New York — for a total of $1.2 million by a large corporate fleet operator.
"Prices of corporate medallions have increased from $195,000 in 2001 to the record $600,000 this week," Andrew Murstein, president of the lending company, said in a statement on Tuesday. (…)
Cabby Is Expected to Avoid Charges
Charges will probably be dismissed against a New York livery-cab driver who claimed that an unknown man left a 6-month-old girl in his cab and disappeared, prosecutors say. (…)

Get this obnoxious TV out of my cab
Is nothing sacred? Is there no place left where New Yorkers may briefly sequester themselves from our stressful urban landscape? (…)
Cab drivers call for cell phone use!
Cabbies Wednesday called for city permission to use their cell phones while on duty - a day after drivers used their mobile devices to help nab a mugger. (…)

New Yorkers are trying to combat horn-honking
New Yorkers are trying to combat horn-honking taxi drivers with new technology. Honking in NYC is an offense punishable by a $350 fine unless it occurs in the event of imminent danger. (…)
NYC Cabbie Says Police Unfairly Tried to Get Him Deported
An unlicensed cab driver will seek to show a federal jury this week that the police department is failing to abide by Mayor Bloomberg's pledge that the city won't alert immigration authorities to illegal aliens who otherwise obey the law. (…)

New York City Passes Congestion-Driving Fee
Yesterday, New York City’s City Council passed a plan to charge drivers who take to the roads in the most congested areas of the Big Apple. (…)
New Yorkers Looking To Tech To Cut Down On Cabbie Honking
If you’ve ever been to New York you likely know that cabbies can be pretty big d-bags when it comes to using the horn, honking at damn near anything, now people are finally taking a stand. (…)

Sharp permit price increases
After looking for parking in my own neighborhood for over an hour last month, I can finally relate to what people have been saying for years” said Mayor Roberts, who nearly suffered a heart attack during his five-block walk to his Hudson Street home. (…)
New York's revolt against cab horns
NEW Yorkers are fighting back against horn-honking taxi drivers, asking that cabs be modified with lights that identify offenders for easy prosecution. (…)

New Yorkers take aim at horn-honking taxis
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New Yorkers are fighting back against horn-honking taxi drivers, asking that cabs be modified with lights that identify horn-honkers so that offenders can be prosecuted more easily. (…)
New York: Congestion Tax to Hit Motorists Hard
Pending New York City, New York congestion tax vote could impose new expenses on motorists. (…)
Horn-happy drivers targeted in New York
NEW YORK, March 30 (UPI) — Community leaders in New York have asked city officials to install lights on all taxis that would light up when their drivers use their car horns. (…)
Artist goes green with cab
MANHATTAN. (…)

Racing Taxicabs Crash Into Parked Cars
In some four-day old news that managed to limbo under our radar, two cabbies (allegedly) racing with one another down Fulton Street on Monday night crashed into parked cars at around 11 p.m. Lovely. (…)
7 questions for 'Cash Cab' host
Ben Bailey
AGE: 38
JOB: Cab driver, host of Discovery’s "Cash Cab" (Mondays at 6 p.m.)
HOURS/WEEK: Over 40
TIME ON THE JOB: Three years
On an average day, Ben Bailey drives a yellow cab around New York City, asking passengers trivia questions and doling out dough for his show, "Cash Cab," on Discovery Channel. (…)
Cabbie wins long distance accolade
There's no question that New York City taxi driver Douglas Guldeniz went the extra mile - thousands of them, in fact. (…)

Ramos to NYC: Taxi’s are a ripoff
Yesterday, Hoboken Councilman (and Assemblyman) Ruben Ramos sent a letter to the Commissioner of New York’s Taxi and Limousine Commission, citing “unfair” rates taxi drivers are charging customers for “short” trips across the Hudson. (…)

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