The DC Comic Watchmen is coming to the big screen, and the NYC sets were recently revealed! They aren't tearing apart town or stopping traffic like Cloverfield or I Am Legend, instead they're filming the alternate universe New York, mostly circa 1985, in Vancouver. Director Zack Snyder said:After a couple months of shooting at various locations and on stages, last week we finally made the transition to our New York City backlot. Since the New......

A federal U.S. district judge decided not to block the City of New York from requiring the installation of GPS and credit card equipment in taxis. The Taxi Workers Alliance went to the courts after a strike by its members earlier this month had a less than dramatic impact and failed to sway public and political opinions. Some drivers are opposed to the installation of the equipment because they say GPS tracking invades their privacy......

The taxi strike is over and rates are back to normal, but many people may have discovered that ride-sharing in a cab is a great way to save money. Fortunately, there are a few online services that can facilitate sharing a cab and splitting the fare to the airport or around town with fellow New Yorkers. Consider it yellow-carpooling. Last year we wrote about hitchsters.com, the online service that formalizes ride shares by matching users......

Earlier this week we wrote about Taxi '07, the weeklong celebration commemorating the 100th birthday of the taxi. In addition to taxi-themed movies, the Empire State Building illuminated taxi yellow, and future taxis at the New York International Auto Show, the Taxi and Limousine Commission is unveiling new door-side graphics that will become standard on all NYC yellow cabs. "Our taxicabs will be getting a makeover with graphics that communicate passenger information in a better......

Two guys beat up a taxi driver early Monday morning because he was being honest: The driver told the men he didn't know how to get to their Bronx location. Gilbert Ruiz opened up the front passenger door and "slugged the cabby in the mouth" and then threw the cabby's bag on the street. When driver Frederick Dsouza went to get his bag, Christopher Lopez "pounded him to the ground," and then Lopez and Ruiz......