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Monthly Archives: July 2010


NYC cabs give up their crown

Posted by yellowcabtaxi on July 29, 2010

Jana Stroe leans out the window of her yellow Ford Crown Victoria taxicab in front of the Hilton hotel in midtown Manhattan. She loves her car. “I’ve driven a Crown Vic for 20 years,” she says. “This cab is specific to America, specific to New York.” Along with the Empire …

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Hack to the future

Posted by yellowcabtaxi on July 20, 2010

Ford, Nissan and GM are all vying to be hailed as the builder of the “Taxi of Tomorrow.” The auto giants were among the companies that submitted proposals to the city’s Taxi and Limousine Commission to become the exclusive manufacturer of New York’s 13,000 yellow cabs starting in 2014. When …

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TLC admits wheelchair-taxi program a bust

Posted by yellowcabtaxi on July 17, 2010

System to dispatch accessible cabs was found to be underutilized; the cost of a call to hail the specialized cabs: $177. The Taxi & Limousine Commission acknowledged yesterday the failure of a recently concluded two-year $1 million program to provide dispatch service to wheelchair users.

Commissioners Corner – July

Posted by yellowcabtaxi on July 9, 2010

Summer 2010 is shaping up to be a busy time. We’ve got several group ride locations queued up and ready to go in the coming weeks, and our year-plus long efforts to reform the for-hire industry is about to reach another milestone with the introduction of new “permanent” decals to …

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Bathrooms at JFK’s Central Taxi hold appalling, cabbi...

Posted by yellowcabtaxi on July 7, 2010

Driver Mohan Singh shows the lack of doors at the JFK Main Yellow Cab/Taxi Holding lot bathrooms which serve over 500 drivers on a daily basis and are in serious disrepair. New York City taxi drivers put up with a lot. But even for long-suffering hacks, the stomach-churning toilets they’re …

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