Some of the new group taxi stands ‘simply haven’t worked,’ according to head of TLC. Three new group-ride taxi stands in Manhattan have turned out to be lemons, the city’s taxi czar said yesterday. Commuters willing to share the backseat with a stranger can get a discounted fare on southbound …
DDS Wireless International Inc. announces today that its Taxicab Technology Enhancement Agreement with the Taxi and Limousine Commission of New York City (“TLC”) has come to the end of its term and DDS will, in cooperation with TLC, be phasing out its participation in the program. As participant since 2006, DDS …
The “priciest piece of aluminum in NYC” – a taxi medallion to operate a single cab in NYC – reached a new record-high of $609,000 in August for an individual medallion (see chart above, data here), more than double the average prices in 2004. The average price for a corporate-owned taxi medallion …
A Turkish car company claims to be the front-runner in the city’s competition to design the Taxi of Tomorrow. Officials at Karsan, who recently unveiled its WiFi-enabled, compressed-fuel prototype, told a Turkish newspaper they expect to be declared the winner when city officials make their official announcement by year’s end. …
Meet the city’s greediest cabby, whose fare-scamming mantra was right out of W.C. Fields — “Never give a passenger an even break.” Santiago Rossi, the worst offender in the most infamous taxi-overcharge scheme in city history, told The Post he had good reason to rip off thousands of dollars from …
Taxi and Limousine Commission inspector Mark Dubose, impounding a van in Queens, spots the loose change sitting in the vehicle’s console in footage caught by a windshield cam. For the price of a Starbucks coffee — $2.50 — a veteran taxi inspector has lost his $46,160-a-year job and is facing …
