(New York — Kathleen Horan, WNYC) A local attorney will argue a case using the recent Supreme Court decision banning law enforcement from using GPS to track suspects without a warrant to challenge the use of data gathered from GPS systems in cabs as evidence. He’s defending a taxi driver in a lawsuit against the…
(New York, NY — Kathleen Horan, WNYC) Another icon of the yellow cab is swaying: those slow-to-emerge, rice-paper thin receipts. The small, somewhat understated receipts taxi passengers may be becoming a thing of the past as the New York Taxi and Limousine votes to allow advertisements on the back of the receipts. Those ads could…
(New York, NY — Kathleen Horan, WNYC) The path for Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s outer borough taxi plan was much like long a cab ride: bumpy and expensive. It’s been a mix of big political personalities and deep pockets that will lead to the virtual dismantling of the way New York’s for-hire transportation industry will operate…
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a deal that would expand taxi service in Upper Manhattan and the outer boroughs, by allowing livery cabs to pick up street hails, and meet concerns about ensuring wheelchair accessibility. Under the deal, 2,000 medallions will be available, and all of them will be accessible.
Last year it looked like bikes had replaced owls as the go-to item at New York’s craft fairs. But this year transportation is coming into its own — and the last-minute holiday shopper looking for gifts with an infrastructure bent will be amply rewarded.
(Kathleen Horan — New York, WNYC) Taxi industry insiders attended a meeting in Albany on Wednesday in a last bid attempt to resolve issues surrounding the Bloomberg administration’s outer borough taxi bill. The two-hour discussion was convened and chaired by Governor Andrew Cuomo himself — who will spend still more time on the issue today.
(Washington, D.C. – Jonathan Wilson, WAMU) D.C. pedicab operators have been complaining of hostile treatment from police around the National Mall for much of the year. Although business slows down as the weather gets colder, some pedicab drivers say unpleasant interactions with police are again heating up. Pedicab operators in the District started complaining of…
(New York, NY — Kathleen Horan, WNYC) New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Friday he remains optimistic New York Governor Andrew Cuomo will sign a bill that would put $1 billion in the city’s coffers and allow street hails of some livery cabs in residential areas. Bloomberg said on his weekly WOR Radio appearance…
(New York, NY — Kathleen Horan, WNYC) Flagging a cab isn’t quite a unique New York experience — but its a quintessential one. Pretty much forever, that experience has been limited to riders hailing yellow cabs in Manhattan. Those living in the outer boroughs, or in Upper Manhattan, have to either call a car —…
(New York, NY — Kathleen Horan, WNYC) Attorneys for the disabled faced off against attorneys for New York City in a court hearing on Tuesday over the lack of wheelchair-accessible cabs.
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