After a judge blocked Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s administration from requiring all new taxicabs to be hybrids, New York City is looking for other ways to get more fuel-efficient cabs on the streets.
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From the monthly archives:
November 2008
In one more indication of the economy’s downward slope, traffic on the bridges and tunnels into Manhattan dropped precipitously last month — a decline that officials said appeared to be tied to job losses.
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Click here for Enlarged View UPPER West Siders should be afraid, very afraid, of the Department of Transportation brainstorm to make their neighborhood more friendly to strollers and bicyclists.
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It seems that more and more taxi TV screens are losing the “off” or “mute” button, turning NYC cabs into hell on wheels. Incensed reader (and big band leader) Gregory Moore writes: I made the very unpleasant discovery this weekend during a $20 cab ride downtown that those hideous backseat televisions are being re-designed so [...]
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When Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced his grand plan to make New York City “the first environmentally sustainable 21st-century city,” he offered a banquet of 127 excellent ideas. They included congestion pricing, more parks, windmills to produce energy and a promise to plant one million trees in the next 10 years. But as he has learned [...]
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MTA officials met this morning to talk about a $1.2 billion budget gap, and possible tolls on East River bridges. CBS 2′s Magee Hickey reports from outside MTA headquarters in Midtown.
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City cyclist and graphic designer Marko Bon is working to get a logo like this one added to taxi video screens as part of the “Taxicab Passenger Enhancement Program.”
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For 364 days a year, Ilgvars Timbra the cabby lives by two golden rules. One: Never speed. Two: Never argue with a passenger. And for one day each year, Mr. Timbra’s list of rules grows to three. “Avoid the marathon like a plague,” said Mr. Timbra, who also goes by the name George.
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Following a judge’s ruling in federal District Court which did not uphold the 25 mpg standard set forth in TLC Rule 3-03(c)(10), the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) has announced that the following vehicles are currently in use and meet approved specifications:
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