City Room: New Technology Divides Cab Drivers
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The city has required that all of the city's 13,000 yellow cabs install new technology, including G.P.S. devices and credit-card readers. Some drivers are unhappy about it.
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A survey shows that more workers are relying on technology to do their job while on the move.
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Sharp designs and colors fight the impression made by older devices.
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Many travelers by now are accustomed to getting maps and driving directions on the Internet. A new offering from Yahoo Inc. will now provide real-time traffic conditions as well.
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Tech companies and automakers converge on Detroit in search of new ways to entertain American motorists.
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At dusk on New Year's Eve, Erika Gunderson got into a taxi in New York City and entered a digital-age mystery. Sitting on the back seat was a nice Canon digital camera. Gunderson asked the driver which previous passenger might have left it, but the cabbie didn't seem to care. So Gunderson brought it home and showed it to her fiance, Brian Ascher. They decided that the only right thing to do was to find the owner.
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New technology from Nissan could help drivers worried about missing a red light or being hit by cars darting out from hidden alleys.
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By Sanjay Bhatt, Seattle Times  Dec. 13--Bar owners and public-health researchers are making it easier to nab a cab in Seattle -- and discourage drunken people from driving.   A taxi stand began operating Nov. 30 in Fremont across from the Red Door Ale House.
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Let's say a 25-year-old man in San Francisco is shopping online for a hybrid car. Suddenly, a display ad for the Toyota Prius appears on the Web site he's viewing. The ad appears in colors known for grabbing the attention of men his age. The ad lists San Francisco prices and directs him to his...
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Exploring PDA 'transmission technologies', apparently
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Two new services with chauffeurs aim to reconcile the growing awareness of drunk-driving's consequences with after-work socializing by those in the entertainment industry in Los Angeles.
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Inhabiting the real world may seem like a mobile, social experience to most people. But for the digitally dependent, riding a crowded bus can be more isolating than sitting in a room alone with a computer.
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New national standards for driver's licenses worry some privacy advocates.
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A group of cabbies sued city regulators Wednesday in an attempt to block a new requirement that all taxis be outfitted with global positioning systems and software that will record where they drive.
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Researchers are developing technology for ambulances to improve communications and perhaps more importantly, place virtual doctors inside in transit.
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Location-based services are trying to revamp the Web experience to be less cumbersome on mobile devices.
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Once associated with Asia, pedal-driven rickshaws have sprung up in increasing numbers on London's streets over recent years, delighting many tourists but rousing anger in one powerful lobby group -- the city's famously opinionated taxi drivers.