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District cab drivers will be forced to start accepting credit cards soon, according to a new decree from the D.C. Taxicab Commission. But the change won't come in time for Obama's second inauguration.
Following recent legal snags in the Washington, D.C. and Cambridge, MA markets, Uber, the alternative-to-cabs car service app, is now facing the ire of New York City's Taxi and Limousine Commission.
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The alternative car service, Uber, has gotten a cease and desist letter from the city of Cambridge just a month after Washington, D.C. tried to legislate the company out of its city.
Sure, New York City taxicab fares will go up 17% now that the the city approved a fair hike Thursday, but that will only affect those not savvy enough to get around it: So, tourists, plan to bring extra money when you visit the city.
On Friday Uber, the car service app that Washington, DC almost pushed out of the city, will offer an ice cream truck version of its service, which not only sounds dreamy but has us dreaming about other things we would like to Uber.
Riding in a New York City taxi cab may occasionally feel like highway robbery, but try not to get mad at the cabbie: he's getting robbed, too.
In the lead-up to Thursday's meeting about New York City's proposed five-borough taxi plan, Pete Donohue has written a rather stress-inducing piece in the New York Daily News. Its headline: "Let livery drivers carry guns: trade group."
Three college friends are driving around the world in a London Black Cab they've named Hannah. But it's not the first time someone's taken a cab a surprisingly non-cab-like distance.
Maybe gold is the more appropriate color for New York's famous yellow cabs.
Plus: Wedding etiquette when a guest is stabbed
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