Gothamist: Taxis To Tech Out

jason

Sun, 17 Dec 2006 16:17:56 -0500

if i can see NYCTV's Kelly Choi in the back of the cab, the windows are bound to get steamed up!

Toby

Fri, 15 Dec 2006 19:50:23 -0500

NBC and WABC will be providing video for two of the three services providing video. Apparently this isn't a monopoly, which is a good thing.

matty

Fri, 15 Dec 2006 19:15:29 -0500

gum, not gun. Though I am sure a gun was probably pulled on those things more than once for being so stupidly frustrating to use.

matty

Fri, 15 Dec 2006 19:14:36 -0500

they tried the touh-screen thing in chicago a few years ago and everysingle one was busted if I remember correctly. People would kick and punch them and put gun on them. And the idea of touching those things makes me sick. Maybe these will be different though.

Johnie

Fri, 15 Dec 2006 17:29:21 -0500

I'd like to see Mastercard's pay pass accepted in cabs. Or maybe that's too dangerous when I'm drunk...

Brightliner

Fri, 15 Dec 2006 17:24:49 -0500

Don't worry, we're going to swipeless systems anyway. I think that as long as they have GPS installed, you should get receipt with a full map of the route the cab took, just so you can check if the drive took the long way.

ryan

Fri, 15 Dec 2006 16:20:54 -0500

Not to be the pessimist, BUT... a) how soon do folks REALLY think it'll happen? b) didn't the credit-card acceptance idea pretty much fail? Not as an idea, but as in "every cab I've been in, EVER, has a credit card swiper that's perpetually broken." c) who's footing the bill for the upgrades?

Russ K

Fri, 15 Dec 2006 15:14:30 -0500

The new Taxi TV gizmos are supposedly powered by NYCTV - the City run TV station that also runs channel 25 and has shows on NBC. If you are not familiar with station check it out at www.nyc.gov/tv Cool!

andy

Fri, 15 Dec 2006 15:05:04 -0500

why don't they divert some of that cash towards air fresheners

anomalous

Fri, 15 Dec 2006 14:56:30 -0500

If you dislike Gothamist so much why do you come back day after day and leave comments?

Bob A Booey

Fri, 15 Dec 2006 14:38:40 -0500

I hope these taxis will have internet service so I can log on to Gothamist and get all my graffiti, Shake Shack, and Asians being insulted news.

an Adirondacker

Fri, 15 Dec 2006 14:31:28 -0500

You think they'll add anti-bike-killer technology? Or better yet- replace the driver altogether with a computer?

PleaseShutUp

Fri, 15 Dec 2006 14:27:39 -0500

I'm all for it as long as I can really turn them off. Those Taxi TVs used to make me car sick.