Let Your Actions speak louder than words
We can argue, debate, rhetorically resist all we want, but at the end of the day “Actions Speak Louder Than Words”. Let’s act!
Instead of protesting the MTA by showing up at these open forums where, you the protester, are at risk to be arrested, why not protest with our collective will? Why not protest with our [...]
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Yassky is a good bet to succeed Matthew Daus as Commissioner of the TLC
Back in 2003, David Yassky took up the campaign to green up the New City Taxi fleet. He proposed presenting legislation that would require a certain percentage of the NYC taxi fleet to use hybrid vehicles by a certain date and for that number to increase over time until the entire fleet had [...]
International Business Machines has a take on the future
I believe it is wise to keep an eye and ear out for what vanguard companies are saying, especially when it comes to matters of the future. IBM has a view of the near future world as being one that will be driven by what we do in urban environments. I tend to agree on [...]
What’s the potential size of Cabcorner’s Market?
This is shamelessly directed at those who are interested in knowing the answer to the question of Cabcorner’s market potential. To investors, skeptics and fans alike, the market potential for all things mobile web is impossible to quantify at this time due to the fact that the population for which this technology is going to [...]
When and where do we draw the line
If only for the kids, when and where do we as New Yorkers take an active stance in showing the MTA that unilateral cost cutting and the servitude to select interests has to stop somewhere. Have you taken a look at your cell phone bill lately? If you live in NYC, you will see an [...]
How the recession continues to weave a web of diminishing service whilst increasing costs
As if the world stock markets’ precipitous fall, beginning in 2008, and the carnage that quickly spread from Wall St. to Main St. wasn’t enough to make one wonder if or how they could have avoided the downdraft, being a New Yorker in this recession has just gotten a little more poignant. [...]
walk21 here we are, ready to add to the collective
Cabcorner is green because it makes use of already existing structures and infrastructures to create a secondary product that not only helps to cut down on pollution and traffic, but in it of itself is something that requires no further production inputs beyond the collective participation of its users. It is an infrastructure that is [...]
2 New Hot Spots!
Exciting news. It is my pleasure to announce that our two newest hot spot affiliated restaurants are in Astoria, Queens! The first is “Bistro Les Minots” (www.bistrolesminots.com) and the second is “Sanford’s” (www.sanfordsnyc.com). Check em out on the web, use them as a meeting point for your shared rides, show them love, they are taking [...]
Zip car, Q3 profit?
The once considered ‘too wacky to work’ concept may soon be the darling of green minded Wall Streeters. It has always been an innovative concept that has required the determination of a few visionaries to keep the dream alive. And even though they have been in operation for about seven years now, Zip car is [...]