April 2008

Yoga class helps cab drivers relax

by Brooklyn Mark on April 30, 2008 · 7 comments


Andrew Vollo knows what a 12-hour shift behind the wheel of a taxi can do to a guy’s back. “I started driving a cab when I was working my way through Queens College,” the 54-year-old says. “I drove a taxi for 15 years, and I had a lot of pain.”
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The Greening of the Yellow Fleet

by Brooklyn Mark on April 26, 2008 · 22 comments


Gerard Cherizol says gas costs $25 a day less.

OWNERS of hybrid cars from Boston to San Francisco like to boast about how their vehicles not only save them money at the gas pump, but help the environment, too.
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Crackdown on Cabbies Who Refuse Credit Cards

by Brooklyn Mark on April 17, 2008 · 2 comments


Watch out, cabbies. Your next fare could be an undercover agent for the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission, posing as a passenger to check for rule violations. That includes a rule that passengers must be able to pay by credit card in certain cabs and a rule barring cabbies from chatting on cellphones while driving.
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Chatty Cabbies

April 17, 2008

Talk isn’t cheap if you’re a cabby on a cellphone. Nearly half the $200 summonses issued to taxi drivers in the past couple of months in an undercover operation have been for illegal phone use.

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Pope’s visit Drop-off/Pick-up

April 15, 2008

In preparation for the Pope’s April 20, 2008 visit to Yankee Stadium, the City has determined the following drop off, pick up and staging areas for all TLC vehicles:

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Grand Central Taxi Stand

April 8, 2008

The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) is pleased to inform the medallion taxicab industry that the Grand Central Partnership, in cooperation with the MTA Police Department, the NYC Department of Transportation and the TLC will be operating a new taxi stand at the northwest corner of 43rd Street and Vanderbilt Avenue, conveniently [...]

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Get this obnoxious TV out of my cab

April 7, 2008

Is nothing sacred? Is there no place left where New Yorkers may briefly sequester themselves from our stressful urban landscape? Apparently not, because in an ironic example of “love me, love my dog,” let us present our candidate for worst of breed – those obnoxious new screens in the backseats of cabs. This invasive, abrasive [...]

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Douglas Guldeniz honored for going the extra mile

April 5, 2008

He drove a Queens couple some 2,500 miles to their new retirement home in Arizona last April. Now, Guldeniz is getting official recognition for what officials believe is the longest taxi ride in city history. He won the city Taxi and Limousine Commission’s Going the Extra Mile award.

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Inside look at Ford’s Transit Connect

April 5, 2008

Ford unveils a plan, to make a better cab. Better it is, but I’m not so convienced that it will ever even hit the road seeing that it only gets 19 miles to the gallon. It will not even make the new standards set by NYC when it’s ready to come out!!!

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