New York Taxis Will Go Hybrid 322
Jason Siegel writes "The New York Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) has approved the Clean Air Taxicabs Pilot Program Act, paving way for a hybrid car to be approved for NY taxi service by this fall. Soon, a large portion of New York's yellow cars will also be "green." According to the Coalition Advocating for Smart Transportation (CAST) poll, seven out of ten of the state's citizens support a switch to hybrids." New York might also reduce car pollution by loosening the rules for running a taxi, in order to reduce the need for private cars.
*cough cough* (Score:5, Funny)
English? (Score:5, Funny)
environment (Score:3, Funny)
Re:A step in the right direction (Score:3, Funny)
Re:English? (Score:5, Funny)
"Green" Taxis (Score:4, Funny)
Good pictures here: http://www.manganese.com/presentations/2004_inter
I guess NY is just catching up with the rest of the world now???
Re:A step in the right direction (Score:3, Funny)
AKA (All Kidding Aside) abbreviations can have more than one meaning. If it did those folks at the American Kennel Association, Alpha Kappa Alpha, American Kitefliers Association, would need to find other ways of shortening their names.
Also, AKA is a lot simplier to type than "Away From Keyboard". IMHO, a good test of intellegence is the ability to understand the context of the message when you don't understand every word. For example memes initially grow not because they are listed somewhere or even used exactly as previously defined, but becuase people 'get' the context.
I am sorry you didn't get it.
Re:Why not go diesel? (Score:1, Funny)
http://www.brightsurf.com/news/oct_02/AGU_news_10
A bunch of new research shows they're much worse for greenhouse effects than normal gasoline cars.
19 million (Score:2, Funny)
According to the census bureau [census.gov], it's 19,190,115 people. So, yeah, over 8 million.
Re:A step in the right direction (Score:2, Funny)
This is America. We have a god given right to use expensive polluting gasoline and I'll be damned if anyones gonna stop me!
That was the last thing NY needed (Score:3, Funny)
Talk about silent but deadly!