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Thursday May 24, 2007 2:11 pm

New York Cabbies Get Touchy About Touch-Screens

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Posted by Lolita Beckwith Categories: GPS, Transportation

NYC Cab Touch ScreenLast week, New York’s Taxi and Limousine Commission approved a plan to install touch-screens in all 13,000 city cabs. The monitors not only let riders pay via credit card, but include GPS technology and info about bars and restaurants. However, many drivers oppose the plan, due to the cost of the screens, credit card fees, and time lost if the monitor needs repair. Some cabbies are even concerned about the GPS tracking their routes (the Taxi Commission states that only pickup and drop-off locations will be recorded). The vehicles will be upgraded starting October 1.


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I can’t really blame the cab drivers who oppose this – the interchange fees that the credit card companies charge can be really high.  Some of the short distance fairs that are charged on cards are not going to be worth it for them.  www.unfaircreditcardfees.com has some really good info on this if you haven’t heard of it before, I do some work with them and it’s really informative.  I just hope that they don’t hike up fairs to make up the difference.


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