Vote on Taxi Driver Dress Code Postponed
The City's Taxi and Limousine Commission has postponed its vote on changing the dress code for taxi drivers until next month.The TLC is seeking to alter the taxi guidelines by including the term...
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Outer-Borough Fare Refusals Driven by Economics, Cabbies Say
Complaints about taxi drivers refusing to take passengers to their desired destinations have increased by more than a third over the last year. So the city is moving ahead with a plan to increase...
View ArticleTaxi Drivers: We Want a Fare Increase
The drivers group Taxi Workers Alliance is petitioning the city for a 15 percent fare increase seven years after the last across-the-board fare hike.Taxi Worker's Alliance head Bhairavi Desai said...
View ArticleNew Fines For Cabbies Who Break Old Rules
The city approved an increase in fines for cab drivers who break a wide range of rules — from being caught using a cell phone while driving to refusing to accept a credit card.Fine increases are...
View ArticleA Look at the Industry Battle Over the City's Outer-Borough Taxi Plan
As the Bloomberg administration moves forward with its plan to expand taxi service outside Manhattan, there have been a number of closed-door meetings between industry stakeholders vying to get the...
View ArticleTaxi Receipts: The Next Frontier for Advertising
Commercial ads are everywhere, from computer screens to bus shelters. And they'll soon be appearing on the back of taxi receipts, if the Taxi and Limousine Commission approves the proposal on...
View ArticleBrakes Applied to Taxi Receipt Ads
The city's Taxi and Limousine Commission has delayed a decision about whether to approve advertisements on taxi receipts.At a hearing on the issue Thursday, VeriFone, one of the taxi technology...
View ArticleTaxi Drivers: We Want a Fare Increase
The drivers group Taxi Workers Alliance is petitioning the city for a 15 percent fare increase seven years after the last across-the-board fare hike.Taxi Worker's Alliance head Bhairavi Desai said...
View ArticleNew Fines For Cabbies Who Break Old Rules
The city approved an increase in fines for cab drivers who break a wide range of rules — from being caught using a cell phone while driving to refusing to accept a credit card.Fine increases are...
View ArticleA Look at the Industry Battle Over the City's Outer-Borough Taxi Plan
As the Bloomberg administration moves forward with its plan to expand taxi service outside Manhattan, there have been a number of closed-door meetings between industry stakeholders vying to get the...
View ArticleTaxi Receipts: The Next Frontier for Advertising
Commercial ads are everywhere, from computer screens to bus shelters. And they'll soon be appearing on the back of taxi receipts, if the Taxi and Limousine Commission approves the proposal on...
View ArticleBrakes Applied to Taxi Receipt Ads
The city's Taxi and Limousine Commission has delayed a decision about whether to approve advertisements on taxi receipts.At a hearing on the issue Thursday, VeriFone, one of the taxi technology...
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