Taxi drivers bothered by racy ads on top of their rides are about to have another thing to worry about. The Taxi and Limousine Commission today votes on whether or not advertisements should be allowed on taxi receipts [PDF]. We have a very strong feeling it'll pass. more ›

A tipster sent in this video that he took on New Year's night, January 1st, around midnight. The scene takes place on Elizabeth and Kenmare in Manhattan, and the guy who recorded it tells us that the "entitled hipsters got pissed at the 'off duty' light" and kicked off the cab driver's right side mirror after having some words with him. more ›

A 21-year-old woman returning home to Harlem early Monday morning after drinking in Midtown says she got more than a ride from her cabbie. She says he pulled over near West 138th Street and Riverside Drive, climbed into the backseat with her and raped her. According to the Post's sources, when the woman begged him to stop he "simply snarled 'Come on, baby.'" more ›

The NY Times ran across an obscure NYC rule that prohibits anyone hailing a taxi cab for someone "not in his or her social company." Which is why Juan Bannister, a homeless man who got a cab for someone at 7th Avenue in Midtown (and received a $1.50 tip), got into trouble with the law. Wow, if only cops would be that hard on drivers who blow stop signs or fail to yield to pedestrians! more ›

The new surveys that greet you on Taxi TV aren't the only changes that have recently been introduced to the annoying backseat boob tubes. Four years after the TVs started being standard in cabs, The Times is reporting that the two major Taxi TV vendors have recently, and quietly, started to lower the initial volume on them. And that's not all! more ›

New Yorkers may not like those Taxi TVs in the back of every cab, but the backseat boob tubes are here to stay—so at least the TLC is finally going to make some use out of them? Yesterday the Taxi and Limousine Commission began adding mini-surveys to the mix of GPS, local and news and annoying videos that greet fares when they enter one of the city's 13,237 cabs. Is your driver talking on his cellphone? Are you riding a cab for business or pleasure? How much money do you make? Is this TV broken and impossible to turn off? The TLC wants to know! more ›

The city of New York has announced that a new Taxi TV star is in the making! But does the city of New York know that everyone turns off the televisions immediately upon getting in to one of its yellow chariots? That said, if you want to "be the New Yorker that welcomes everyone inside a New York City taxi cab," or at the least the voice that makes them reach for the off button, then you just have to submit a 30 second audition video. more ›

Cabbies, be careful! A cab driver claims that a passenger attacked him over a $7 fare argument, chomping down on the driver's ear so hard that 11 stitches were needed to close the wound. On top of that, when the driver called the cops, they allegedly told him he would be arrested if he filed a complaint. more ›

Which is the better investment: gold or a taxi medallion? Despite Glenn Beck's protestations on behalf of Big Gold, it really is a taxi medallion—the cost of an NYC taxicab license has increased more than 1,000 percent since 1980, and can now safely be called a better investment than gold. Someone better tell Master P to change his song to "Taxi Cabs In They Mouth." more ›

Coming To America, the original Eddie Murphy-plays-multiple-characters film, is one of our favorite movies ever—so when we saw this NY Times story about a taxi fleet owner who just happens to be an African Chief, we had to scream "Good morning, my neighbors!" out our office window immediately. “Here we are very busy — but at least I don’t have my people around me here, because I am more free,” said Isaac Osei, also known as Nana Gyensare V, a chief of the Akwamu people, who oversees the residents of five towns across the Eastern Region. more ›

Around 3 a.m. this morning a Land Rover SUV carrying seven people flew off the FDR around 23rd street in Kips Bay, landed on the passenger side of a taxi 15 feet below, and rolled off onto its wheels. The cab was only carrying its driver. Altogether, eight people were injured, including two critically. more ›

Yesterday evening, a 10-year-old boy was struck by a cab on LaSalle Street in Morningside Heights. A witness, Sabrina Johnson, told WCBS 2, "He was not driving fast at all. It’s like the little kid ran into the car and the impact spinned him around and pinned in the fetal position underneath the car." more ›

A teenage girl was arrested for engaging in the time-honored tradition of attempting to ditch out on her cab fare and secretly stashing a bottle of booze in her purse. And this was no crosstown ride—think more like across state lines. more ›

This year Mayor Bloomberg has spent much time trying to make it easier to get a cab to take you out of Manhattan (or find a cab in the outer boroughs) but maybe first he ought to make it easier to catch a cab while black? Because if black City Councilman James Sanders's recent experiences are any indication those scare videos the TLC made in March ain't doing the trick. "It is horrible," Bloomberg said on his WOR radio show this morning. more ›

The US Attorney's office has jumped into the fight over the Taxi of Tomorrow by opening an investigation into whether the lack of wheelchair-accessible taxicabs in New York City amounts to a violation of parts of the Americans With Disabilities Act. Though one of the initial goals of the Taxi of Tomorrow program was "universal accessibility for persons with disabilities" the TLC eventually settled on a Nissan model that is not wheelchair accessible (versus the Karsan design, which is), a development which irritated many. more ›

For today's installment of Ridiculous Cab Stories, we present the six "elite" cabbies who tool around in customized Lexuses. What makes this entry different from previous contenders like the $51,000 Mercedes-Benz cab and the luxury motorcycle taxi service is that the Lexuses (Lexi?) are already on the streets, being driven by a motley crew of cabbies who are all drawn to the cars for its aura of prestige. But how long will they last? more ›

As if we needed one more reason to hate those television screens in cabs: they're now airing spoilers! According to Reality Blurred, last night's Celebrity Apprentice ended with just two final contestants, but those final two had already been revealed in New York City's fleet of yellow cabs! (If you DVR'd the show and haven't watched it yet, consider this your spoiler alert for what's below.) more ›

Tired of worrying about the MTA fare hike that looms for 2013? Would you be interested in trading in your concerns for some fresh worries about a possible Taxi fare hike? Because with gas prices past $4-per-gallon the New York Taxi Workers Alliance is planning to ask the TLC next week for a 15 percent raise in fares. And the TLC's chairman, David Yassky, is not rejecting the idea out of hand. more ›

You know what the city needs more of? Fancy cabs! if you're not into the idea of a luxury motorcycle taxi service, try cruising town in high style in one of the city's newly-approved Mercedes-Benz taxis instead. Well, if you can find one. more ›

One elderly woman was killed and five others were injured when a cab crashed into a building in the Bronx this afternoon. A 61-year-old, who has yet to be identified, was shopping in the Cee and Cee Department Store when the careening cab crashed through a glass pane and hit her. The car was about halfway across the intersection when everyone started screaming, ‘Oh my God! Oh my god!' I turned and saw the car slam into the store,” said witness Juan Gonzalez Sanchez. more ›

Are taxis too slow for you? Are limos too much of a hassle? Are buses too crowded, and subways too dirty? Is the idea of riding a bike tantamount to slicing off a finger? Then we have just the perfect transportation for you: Motorcycle Taxis. more ›

We're used to hearing stories about cops getting drunk and doing something dumb and/or aggressive, but it seems more rare to hear about FDNY officers getting in trouble. But a cab driver alleges that he was beaten and robbed by four wasted FDNY officers on St. Patricks Day. more ›

The cab driver who refused to take customers to the Bronx and then got arrested after allegedly driving his cab into them was arraigned on assault charges yesterday. And it turns out that Mohammed Azam has a history of being a bad taxi driver— and he was just trying to avoid paying a $30 fee. more ›