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Metro.us▶ taxis

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Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

Bloomberg threatens taxi czar

Mayor Michael Bloomberg reportedly threatened the head of a taxi management company at a Knicks game last week.

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Boston Mayor Thomas Menino is launching a full-scale review of the city's taxi industry. (Google Images)

Menino launches Boston taxi investigation

Boston Mayor Thomas Menino is launching a top-to-bottom review of the city’s taxi system, after a series of investigative reports in the Boston Globe.

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Tagged Boston, Boston Globe, mayor thomas menino, taxis | 1 Reply
(Credit: Getty)

3 arrested in fake taxi parts scam

Three people were arrested Tuesday in a three-year federal probe that exposed a scam that placed counterfeit auto parts on [...]

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The new Nissan cab has more knee room than any taxi in New York’s history.

All hail the new New York City cab

Mayor Michael Bloomberg unveiled New York’s new taxi model yesterday,
choosing the Nissan prototype.

Posted in Local, Money
Tagged taxis

Cab costs climb for river ride

Your ride from Cambridge just got a bit more expensive.  

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Tagged taxis
Need a ride to the outer boroughs? Good luck.

Taxi sting nets lazy hacks

Mayor Mike Bloomberg and the Taxi and Limousine Commission launched a
secret cabbie sting and found few cabs that would agree to take
passengers to the outer boroughs.

Posted in Local, Money
Tagged taxis
This cabbie would take us, but others refused Metro’s requests for a ride to the Bronx.

Outer-fare taxi scares

Cabbies refusing to go to the outer boroughs has gotten so extreme that
it’s left one man with a fractured skull after police said a taxi driver
ran him over in a dispute.

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Tagged taxis
Trying to catch a cab to Brooklyn? Good luck.

Hail no! Cabbies refuse boroughs

Cabbies who refuse to travel outside Manhattan should think twice.

Posted in Local, Money
Tagged taxis
Abdul Mohammed won the Taxi of Tomorrow free rides for a year contest from the Taxi and Limousine Commission.

What’s on your taxicab wish list?

Abdul Mohammed is happy to win free taxi rides for a year — especially
since he pays between $60 and $90 to take a taxi or livery car home to
the Bronx after a night of clubbing.

Posted in Local, Money
Tagged taxis
How many times have you hailed a ride in the past month?

Survey probes city taxi use

As NYC gears up to make it legal for livery cars to pick up passengers
off the street, the Taxi and Limousine Commission is asking New Yorkers
to fill out a survey about their habits in taking livery cars and taxis.

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