From the monthly archives:
Who better to untangle the traffic mess during the rebuilding at Ground Zero than the Daily News’ own Gridlock Sam?
The Port Authority has hired the renowned traffic expert and eponymous columnist, also known as Sam Schwartz, to corral congestion as the rebuilding efforts ramp up.
Schwartz will advise the agency coordinating the flow of thousands of [...]
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Is an ad for a gentlemen’s club (a euphemism for strip club) perched on a taxi offensive, even if it doesn’t show a woman’s body? Some people believe it is. City Room received an e-mail message from a concerned father who was alarmed by the number of taxi-top advertisements he had seen promoting New York [...]
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City officials see “no credible evidence” that new fuel-efficient taxis are unsafe - despite industry worries that they provide too little passenger space and aren’t designed to take safety partitions.
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A Brooklyn-based livery cab company is feeling the pinch more than most after the dramatic collapse of Lehman Brothers this week.
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Anyone who has ridden in a New York City cab recently has no doubt noticed the new touchscreen based information monitors that are now available in some 6,600 New York taxis. They provide passengers with real-time GPS tracking on maps, news information, entertainment, and even credit card payment processing. Today Sprint announced that its EV-DO [...]
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