The media, much like your average shark, just absolutely loves blood.  And I fault neither predator for their preference.  Yet it is important to contextualize the reports concerning the first day of the TLC’s new “cab share” program.
The New York Times noted that few people took advantage of the service on its inaugural day.  DNA [...]

I have a penchant for calling a spade a spade, and a visionary a visionary.  And outgoing TLC commissioner Matt Daus is indisputably both, able to “move the earth” and “see into the future.”
Taxi commission announces start of ‘group rides’
Sir, we commend you, and look forward to building on your legacy.  You introduced the concept [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

Today, the New York Times reported that the New York City government will soon be launching an official cab-sharing program, executed through a variety of different methods.  Read more about it in the New York Post HERE and on the CBS affiliate HERE.  Or from the Daily News HERE.  Or on amNewYork HERE.  Check out [...]

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Tonight, at 12:01 a.m. May 16th, our team is finally launching CabCorner.com!
It’s been ten months since McKinney first approached me with his idea, and in that time we’ve worked hard to bring to life our website.  With your help, support, and publicity, we can build the audience necessary to power our vision.
Cabcorner.com is designed to [...]

Whoa whoa whoa…. let’s hope this doesn’t go too far.  This elitist piece of legislation could seriously hamper the evolution of our business model, which in turn would hamper the evolution of environmentally-conscious cab-sharing platforms.
NYC Considering Blocking Chatty Cabbies’ Phones
Frankly, I love that cabbies can be engaged in their own world, so that they’re less [...]

Jon:
The New York Times Magazine features a comprehensive look at the ZipCar phenomenon in today’s issue.  I was struck by the way in which its target audience perfectly aligns with ours:
Zipcar, which has been doubling its ranks annually for much of its existence, sees many more prospective converts, an environmentally aware, cost-conscious, Internet-bred generation of [...]

And I thought our boy Jon was tearing it up.  Apparently, CabCorner.com is just one of the many revolutions coming to the New York City traffic-scape.
Hey Sankho, make sure you’re taking the NEW Times Square into account when mapping rides down B-way!

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Alone once again, he paid his tab. Like so many Valentine’s Days in the past, he would return to an empty apartment, kept spotless just in case. The flowers he’d purchased the day before would be only slightly wilted on the windowsill, yet would nonetheless serve as the painful reminder that Valentine’s Day would again [...]