Talk:Taxicabs of New York City
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[edit] New York City
I have merged out the separate article to eliminate a huge overlap. The entire US article is within recommended size limits so there is no need to splinter the information. 'Semi-formal' is not suitable to the article and has been moved back. TerriersFan 17:53, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Reverting changes
The taxicabs of the United States article was too unwieldy with such a significant portion of the article actually about NYC taxis and not taxis in the US in general. Meanwhile, NYC taxis have an interesting and unique story all their own, and their scale alone (NYC's population is larger than Switzerland's, after all, and Central Park is bigger than Monaco; the city has far more taxis than any other US city) should merit special consideration. More to the point, the New York taxi, the "yellow cab," is a fixture in American popular culture and stands apart from taxis in the rest of the country. It is also a major component of the city's transportation system and is bound up with the city's labor and social history. For these reasons the NYC taxicab article has been separated back out again from the US taxi article, in the hopes that enterprising editors will come along and give it its proper due. (Note that this has more to do with the Transportation in New York City story than with the Taxis in US story; as such, worries about splintering should not get overblown.)
The semi-formal section does seem barely suitable; but an article about taxis in a city is ultimately about vehicles for hire, which includes livery services as well as official licensed cars. As it stands now the semi-formal section could use some editing for greater relevancy and better sourcing, but its existence in the article seems worth considering. As the article is a work in progress I've put it back in for the moment.Momos 05:26, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
- Around here we edit by concnsus - argue yout case on the main page and leave things be until you get concensus. TerriersFan 18:05, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Cab fires
I have moved the following text here:
"On September 20, 2007, a Ford Crown Victoria taxicab standing in front of a comedy club on 42nd Street burst into flames. This had been the second time in one week that a cab in service had caught fire. No one was injured at the scene. The fire is attributed to the GPS systems, credit card machines, LCD displays, and other extra equipment the TLC is mandating being installed into the cabs, pulling too much power from the alternator causing it to overheat and catch fire."
This is contentious and as such should stay out unless closely sourced. TerriersFan 15:11, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Removed incorrect statement re: illegal to avoid neighborhoods.
I have removed the following incorrect statement from the 1960's section: "... and cabbies often illegally avoided neighborhoods of racial minorities." This is NOT accurate. There is nothing illegal about a cab driver avoiding a particular neighborhood when seeking passengers. Cabbies are independent contractors and may seek out passengers in any of the five boros, by cruising for street hails or waiting at a taxi stand. There is no requirement that cabbies somehow seek out passengers from every neighborhood, nor could such a requirement be implemented.
What is illegal, of course, is refusing to take a passenger to a certain NYC neighborhood, or, refusing an orderly fare. But as independent contractors, cabbies are free to seek out their fares wherever they please, and for a number of mostly economic reasons, core Manhattan plus the airports remain the primary places for cab drivers to seek out customers. SONORAMA (talk) 15:34, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
