- Where Do Taxis Come From?
Have you ever wondered how the car your taxi driver turned up in became a taxi? Perhaps you are looking for a car commonly used as a taxi and wondering is it worth considering an ex-taxi? Well these vehicles are chosen based on specific characteristics which will suit their intended purpose as well as possible. They are also kept in reasonably good condition and despite the mileage, are...
- Where Do Taxis Come From?
Have you ever wondered how the car your taxi driver turned up in became a taxi? Perhaps you are looking for a car commonly used as a taxi and wondering is it worth considering an ex-taxi? Well these vehicles are chosen based on specific characteristics which will suit their intended purpose as well as possible. They are also kept in reasonably good condition and despite the mileage, are...
- Why a Taxi Driver Will Always Be Better Than a Sat-Nav
A taxi driver will always be a better alternative to a sat-nav system no matter how sophisticated or sleekly designed it is. These are just a few reasons why this is the case. So next time you think about getting in your car and switching on the sat-nav consider if a taxi is a better choice....
- Amelia Lester: Riverpark, in Kips Bay.
paragraph class="noindent">There’s no disputing that Riverpark, Tom Colicchio’s newest restaurant, is in an odd location. First you need to convince your taxi-driver that the address, east of First Avenue, actually exists. Then you’ll enjoy an extended tour of Kips Bay, a . . ....
- Taxi Servicing Requirements
For taxi drivers looking for a vehicle to use for their trade the choice of vehicle may be varied but there are regulations which all vehicles used as taxis need to adhere to. The taxi industry serves the public's transport needs in the same way that the train and bus providers do and as such are subject to official standards. ...
- Taxi and Auto Tariffs in India Set to Increase
Those plying by taxi and autos in India will have to spare some more bucks. This is because the taxi and auto fares have increased. The Transport Minister has given his nod for the raise....
- Elif Batuman: Life among Istanbul’s soccer fanatics.
One cold, wet morning in December, I headed into Istanbul to watch the Beşiktaş soccer team play a match against Bursaspor, a team from the city of Bursa, the original Ottoman capital.
“You’re going to hear all kinds of swearing,” the taxi-driver . . . (Subscription required.)...
- David Wagoner: “On the Road to Damascus.”
I got out of the taxi and stood on it once,
still on the Lebanese side of the border,
which was more or less straight ahead and still
just out of sight. The driver who’d taken me
as far as Baalbek and the ruins of Rome’s . . . (Subscription required.)...
- What to Look Out For When Buying a Used Taxi
In these difficult economic times, more and more cabbies will contemplate the idea of buying a used taxi, rather than opt for buying new. Here are a few things you might want to think about if you do....
- Ian Frazier: Clayton Patterson and Occupy Wall Street’s lineage.
On the Lower East Side on a recent Sunday afternoon, at the corner of East Houston Street and Second Avenue, trash and plastic bags were cartwheeling in the wind and a policeman in a bright-green vest was directing traffic around construction and a Cat power shovel was backing up . . . (Subscription required.)...
- 5 Ways in Which an Executive Taxi is Different to Your Standard Taxi
You have probably heard the term Executive Taxi's before, but wondered how they might differ from your everyday black cabs and standard taxis. Exec Taxi's are taxis with added luxury. ...
- Lizzie Widdicombe: Occupy Wall Street, a culture of its own.
Visiting the site of Occupy Wall Street last week—a month after the protest began, and shortly before Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s threatened and aborted cleanup—was a bit like visiting a civilization at its peak: Paris in the twenties, Rome in the second century, or, at . . ....
- Advertising on Taxis
Taxis have become a popular canvas for advertisers to use in their ad campaigns throughout the UK's towns and cities. Using taxis cabs as an advertising medium can provide an excellent way to reach a large demographic of people. There is potential advertising space on the in and outside of a taxi cab. It can also provide an extra income stream for the owner of the taxi....
- Reeves Wiedeman: Max Cohen’s taxi race around Manhattan.
How long does it take to drive around Manhattan? About twenty-six minutes, if traffic’s light and you ignore the posted speed limit. Earlier this year, a group of street racers drove from the Staten Island Ferry up the F.D.R. and back down the West Side Highway to . . . (Subscription required.)...
- Scrappage and the Economy
The scrappage initiative was introduced in April of this year by the business secretary, Alistair Darling, with the intent of injecting some cash into the vehicle industry to stimulate sales and ease the effects of the recession. It also has the benefit of taking older vehicles off the road which will lead to more fuel efficiency. The used taxi industry especially has benefited from the...
- Lizzie Widdicombe: Van Cleef & Arpels diamonds on display.
Paris, France, sometime in the nineteen-fifties. A woman walks into Van Cleef & Arpels and falls in love with a diamond necklace. It’s expensive—say, four hundred thousand francs. “Listen,” she tells the jeweller, “tomorrow I’m going to come with my . . ....
- Chris Crowley: Computer, iPad, suitcase left in trunk of taxi.
Thursday, go to big meeting with publisher, sell new book. Rejoice! On Monday, meet hip downtown agent, talk about money. Talk about self. Full of self, actually. Not first time. Meet wife for celebratory lunch, beverages; grab taxi for midtown. Throw rolling suitcase (containing computer, notes, etc.) in trunk. Feel . . . (Subscription required.)...
- Lizzie Widdicombe: How top chefs fly with their knives.
Here’s a travel story that will send you back: Some years ago, Eric Ripert, the executive chef and co-owner of Le Bernardin, was returning to New York from Washington, D.C., where he’d cooked for a charity event. He put his carry-on bag through the . . ....
- Lizzie Widdicombe: Taylor Swift makes primness lucrative.
One afternoon this spring, the twenty-one-year-old country pop star Taylor Swift was in the back seat of a black Escalade going up Madison Avenue, on her way to the annual Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum. Swift is known for sparkly, beaded dresses that make her . . . (Subscription required.)...
- Lizzie Widdicombe: You’ve Got Mail
Moral-reasoning pop quiz: There’s a film coming out—a thinly disguised portrayal of a media mogul—and word is that if it’s released it will hurt the mogul’s reputation. Powerful people intervene: they call a meeting and offer the movie studio . . ....
- Taxi Accidents
No one wants to be involved in an accident; and you know that if you were behind the wheel of the car then you would have done everything possible to prevent the collision. It is harder to accept an accident if you were not driving the car, as you always question what you would have done to prevent the accident that the driver did not....
- Leo Carey: Monument Lane on Greenwhich Avenue
paragraph class="noindent">Lined with ho-hum cafés, shops, and remnants of St. Vincent’s hospital, Greenwich Avenue always seems more dishevelled than the ultra-gentrified precincts to its west. But before the Revolutionary War, when most of the area was still fields, part of the street . . ....
- Lizzie Widdicombe: Roberta’s, in Brooklyn.
paragraph class="noindent">This gourmet pizza place, located amid a desolate-looking stretch of warehouses in Bushwick, is often described as a D.I.Y. enterprise. The label is slightly ambiguous—aren’t a lot of other restaurant entrepreneurs doing it themselves, too? Carlo Mirarchi, the chef at Roberta’ . . ....
- A – Z of Summer Driving
Socialising takes on a new format during the summer months. BBQ's and social events invariable involve the consumption of alcohol. Make arrangements via a Designated Driver, family member, or Taxi so as the temptation to drive, even a short distance, is removed. Drinking and driving don't mix....
- Lizzie Widdicombe: Defending the accused after a giant Mob bust.
It’s a common refrain, among the city’s armchair criminologists, that the Mob is dead in New York. So last Thursday’s giant federal Mob bust—a hundred and twenty-seven people, encompassing seven crime families—elicited a special fascination. It seemed almost nostalgic . . ....
- Lizzie Widdicombe: Defending the accused after a giant Mob bust.
It’s a common refrain, among the city’s armchair criminologists, that the Mob is dead in New York. So last Thursday’s giant federal Mob bust—a hundred and twenty-seven people, encompassing seven crime families—elicited a special fascination. It seemed almost nostalgic . . ....
- Hail Cover Protectors Can Secure Your Vehicle
A hail cover protector is a device that protects your property from hail damage. The best hail cover protectors can be purchased online....
- Lizzie Widdicombe: Mitt Romney’s psychic reading.
Mitt Romney’s victories in Wisconsin, Maryland, and D.C. last week lent the primaries a new statistical fervor. Pundits who’d been talking about mood and narrative switched to hard numbers—delegates, probabilities. Useful, but it was enough to make the mind crave a more metaphysical reading . . . (Subscription required.)...
