Archive for June, 2007

New York Taxi Workers Alliance Tribute to Kevin Fitzpatrick

Written by Admin on Friday, June 29th, 2007 in Uncategorized.

Kevin Michael Fitzpatrick, early morning June 4 th, 2007. Brilliant, bold, uncompromising, tireless, irreverent, loving, lively, loyal, kind, a truest working class intellectual was our beloved comrade Kevin. A veteran of over 30-years

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New York taxi fleet to go all-hybrid

Written by Admin on Friday, June 29th, 2007 in Uncategorized.

Irdeto Signs Major Chinese Company for Mobile Digital Rights Management Contract (SYS-CON Media)Irdeto, the proven expert in content security for digital TV, IPTV and mobile, announced today that it has marked its mobile expansion into

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NEW YORK, June 5 /PRNewswire/ — New York City taxi passengers will soon be sharing a ride with some of NBC’s biggest stars and paying their fares with credit cards, as Creative Mobile Technologies (CMT) and Mobile Knowledge announced

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Taxis Install State-of-the-Art Visa payWave Readers; Passengers Avoid Fumbling for Cash, Pay Faster. SAN FRANCISCO, June 12, 2007–Visa, a global leader in payments, and taxi innovation expert Creative Mobile Technologies (CMT),

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New York taxi fleet to go green by 2012

Written by Admin on Friday, June 29th, 2007 in Uncategorized.

07522132935_hybridtaxis250.jpg New York’s famous yellow taxi fleet will go entirely hybrid within five years, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced on Tuesday. ‘There’s an awful lot of taxicabs on the streets of New York City,’ Bloomberg

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New York taxi fleet to go all-hybrid by 2012

Written by Admin on Friday, June 29th, 2007 in Uncategorized.

news.com.com :. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg dropped by the Today show to talk about cleaning up his city. No, it wasn’t time for a get-tough-on-crime talk. Hizzoner used the morning news-and-lighter-fare show to say that by 2012,

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Price of New York Taxi Medallion Hits All-Time High

Written by Admin on Friday, June 29th, 2007 in Uncategorized.

George Will had an excellent column the other day regarding an immigrant who legally bested the existing rent-seeking taxi owners in Minneapolis. Of not was this concluding statement:. It would be wonderful if every time someone like

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Rally cry for a taxi revolution

Written by Admin on Friday, June 29th, 2007 in Uncategorized.

What if just one city’s taxi fleet could be replaced by more affordable, fuel-efficient models with cleaner emissions? The New York city taxi fleet consists largely of Ford Crown Victorias with thirsty V8 engines primed for a

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Entire New York Taxi Fleet to Go Hybrid

Written by Admin on Friday, June 29th, 2007 in Uncategorized.

Mayor Bloomberg is mandating that the city’s entire taxi fleet be hybrid - massively increasing fuel efficiency and saving the average taxi driver $10000 in fuel costs. This is the kind of no-brainer that Democratic Mayors (and the

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