I had just finished a conversation with a local reporter comparing the events in Ferguson, Missouri with the disproportionate arrests of black people in Shreveport, Louisiana, for nonviolent offenses, ...

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One of the great uncles of the reality TV genre, Taxicab Confessions, has its 11th season premiere tomorrow night on HBO. The NY Times had an Arts & Leisure feature about the show last weekend, noting ...

NEW YORK—It all started with a tweet. "It's #metricmonday again! Today's #infographic shows data on yellow taxis on the road by day and time. #nyctaxi," tweeted the Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) ...

Since 1995, brothers Joe and Harry Gantz have produced eleven installments of their ongoing HBO documentary series, Taxicab Confessions. The show is exactly what it sounds like: backseat confessions, ...

Charleston, S.C. (WCIV) Local cab drivers are spinning their wheels over limousine services cutting in on business and what they are calling a blatant disregard for established city rules and ...

“Daddio” chronicles a cab ride from JFK airport in Queens to 44th Street between 9th and 10th avenues in Manhattan; it’s a 17-mile journey. Under normal circumstances, there’s hardly enough time to ...

Last weekend was spent in the city in order to attend a birthday party for a friend of a friend that would involve a late night and a few adult beverages. It seemed to be a good idea not to drive back ...

Dusty, busy, loud and exhilarating is the view from my Cairene sidewalk. I hear loud honking and watch with continuing astonishment at how eight cars can fit next to each other on a three-lane highway ...

Don’t set foot in a cab, people! In many of them, the little promo screen will show Lance Bass‘s ex boy toy, Pedro Andrade, telling you which local pubs are worth checking out (though somehow he ...