Ashwini Chhabra
The curse of the New York City taxi medallion
Thirteen months ago, Mayor Michael Bloomberg took a taxi to the Bronx to declare victory in his bid to populate the outer boroughs with a new caste of cab called the borough taxi. More
(8)If taxi apps make winners of people with smartphones, who will the losers be?
Smartphone taxi apps are poised to flood the market, perhaps forever changing how taxi drivers find passengers, and how passengers find rides. But what about people who are either too poor, or too Luddite, for smartphones? More
New York City finally embraces taxi apps, come what may
Sloughing off industry concerns, New York City's taxi commission announced today that it plans to take steps to allow taxi-hailing apps in the city. More
Smartphone taxi hails are a real thing, but not in app-proof New York
Taxi Magic is a smartphone app that helps people find available taxis and which, last month, facilitated 1.2 million rides across the country. None of those rides took place in New York City. None of those rides took place in New York City. More
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