From the monthly archives:

April 2008

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.”

{ 3 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.

{ 5 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 [...]

{ 1 comment }

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.

{ 3 comments }

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:

{ 0 comments }