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  • September 2008

    • Boston Cabbies Torqued Ovah Hybrid Cah Mandate

      Wired  |  Sep 4, 08 1:35 PM CDT

      Boston Cabbies Torqued Ovah Hybrid Cah Mandate

      (Newser) - Boston’s cab drivers are furious over a new rule requiring all taxis to be hybrids by 2015, Wired reports. With rising gas prices already pressing the industry, cabbies are loathe to trade their $6,000 used Crown Vics for new $24,000 Priuses. Many also argue that the hybrids aren’t tough enough to do the job. But an unsympathetic city isn’t budging. More »

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      environment  • energy  • Boston  • hybrid car  • taxi  • taxi driver

    • London's Stodgy Cabs Get Overhaul

      New York Times  |  Sep 2, 08 6:36 AM CDT

      London's Stodgy Cabs Get Overhaul

      (Newser) - London's black cabs, with their jump seats and garrulous drivers, are one of the emblems of the city. But they're also gas-guzzling polluters, reports the New York Times , so this month the eco-conscious British capital is introducing a new taxi to its streets: a minivan designed by Mercedes that bears little resemblance to the classic black cab. More »

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      Great Britain  • London  • Mercedes Benz  • taxi  • Daimler  • taxi cab

  • July 2008

    • NYC's Taxi Fleets in Race for Hybrids

      USA Today  |  Jul 20, 08 6:10 AM CDT

      NYC's Taxi Fleets in Race for Hybrids

      (Newser) - The Big Apple's unprecedented plan to turn its famous yellow cabs green could run into an old-fashioned supply-and-demand problem this fall, USA Today reports. Starting in October, the city is requiring that any new replacement cabs be hybrids. But the transition may be difficult because gas prices have triggered a fever-pitch demand for the fuel-efficient cars. "Consumers have been on waiting lists for months, and even they can't get one," said one analyst. More »

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      New York City  • environment  • gas  • hybrid car  • green  • green transportation  • taxi  • fuel consumption

    • 'Cupid's Cabbie' Rings Up First Engagement

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 5, 08 11:40 AM CDT

      'Cupid's Cabbie' Rings Up First Engagement

      (Newser) - A New York City couple will soon be walking down the aisle thanks to a taxi driver who moonlights as a matchmaker, the Wall Street Journal reports. Ahmed Ibrahim, who offers his services for free, has been trying to match up the singles who jump in his cab ever since the day in 2004 when a tearful young female passenger asked him to find her a new beau. More »

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      New York City  • love  • dating  • taxi  • taxi driver  • matchmaking

  • April 2008

    • Is Cell Chatter Killing the Cab Ride?

      Washington Post  |  Apr 13, 08 6:18 PM CDT

      Is Cell Chatter Killing the Cab Ride?

      (Newser) - Where cabbies and riders once chatted, they now gab on cellphones—and it's getting under people's skin. "Sometimes passengers, they don't even stop talking to tell me where to go," one cabbie said. But one rider blames the drivers, who often speak in other tongues: "I always assume they're talking about me," she said. How much love has really been lost? Quite a bit, the Washington Post reports. More »

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      New York City  • Washington DC  • transportation  • taxi  • taxi driver  • taxi cab

  • September 2007

    • NYC Cabbies Begin Strike

      Bloomberg  |  Sep 5, 07 1:40 PM CDT

      NYC Cabbies Begin Strike

      (Newser) - A 2-day strike by New York taxi drivers protesting an order to install new technology began today, with the union claiming up to 95% participation by the city's estimated 20,000 cabbies, to the mayor's prestrike estimate of 30%. The city instituted an emergency fare structure to encourage cab sharing and beefed up mass transit to and from LaGuardia and JFK. More »

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      New York City  • technology  • strike  • labor unions  • transit  • taxi  • cabdrivers

    • Female Cabbie Takes Readers for Ride in New Blog Book

      Reuters  |  Sep 4, 07 4:21 AM CDT

      Female Cabbie Takes Readers for Ride in New Blog Book

      (Newser) - A meager 1% of New York City cabbies are women, and now one of them is publishing a book about her strange adventures prowling the streets atop a cushion behind the wheel of her taxi. Melissa Plaut, 32, started hacking three years ago and began tracking the miles in a blog. Now Random House has taken it hardcover. More »

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      New York City  • book  • Jon Stewart  • taxi  • cabbie

  • May 2007

    • Cabs Go Green in New York

      NBC 4 New York  |  May 22, 07 3:42 PM CDT

      Cabs Go Green in New York

      (Newser) - Every New York City taxi cab will be an eco-friendly hybrid in five years, Mike Bloomberg declared today. And by next year all new taxis will have to meet mileage and emissions standards. Cabs will turn green as part of the mayor's wider sustainability plan for the city, which is shooting for a 30% reduction in carbon emissions by 2030. More »

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      New York City  • environment  • carbon emissions  • Michael Bloomberg  • gas  • hybrid car  • taxi

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