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  Hailo app begins offering taxi rides in New York City

  By Adrianne Jeffries on May 14, 2013 08:46 pm + 4 comments

  Hailo has become the second startup after Uber to offer taxi hailing through an app in New York Continue reading…

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  Want to turn your car into a taxi? New York City says that's a crime

  By Adrianne Jeffries on May 1, 2013 10:53 am + 90 comments

  Ridesharing apps like SideCar and Lyft match drivers who have an extra spot in the car with Continue reading…

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  Uber taxi-hailing service comes back to New York City

  By Sam Byford on April 30, 2013 09:13 pm + 4 comments

  Just a few days after Uber got the official go-ahead to operate under a New York City pilot program Continue reading…

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  Wi-Fi and cell service comes to 30 more subway stations in New York City

  By Adrianne Jeffries on April 25, 2013 01:04 pm + 12 comments

  After testing service at six lucky subway stations, New York City is now introducing Wi-Fi and cell Continue reading…

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  Google and other huge companies pledge 30 percent emissions cuts in New York City

  By Carl Franzen on April 18, 2013 11:08 am + 6 comments

  New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg just announced a huge boost to his long-term plan to green the Continue reading…

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  How New York is designing the perfect subway car

  By Matt Brian on April 17, 2013 06:58 am + 68 comments

  New York transit authorities have come up with what they believe is the ideal car interior. In the Continue reading…

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  Why Mayor Bloomberg's vision of a drone-filled city doesn't fly

  By Joshua Kopstein on March 28, 2013 08:41 am + 186 comments

  Taking a break from his crusade against sugary soft drinks, NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg took some Continue reading…

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  Mayor Bloomberg says surveillance drones are inevitable in NYC: 'get used to it'

  By David Pierce on March 24, 2013 12:02 pm + 287 comments

  Governmental use of unmanned surveillance drones has inspired a lot of concern about privacy, but Continue reading…

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  NYC plans to use sterilization to cure its rat problem

  By Nathan Ingraham on March 22, 2013 02:52 pm + 53 comments

  New York City's rat problem isn't exactly new, and there have been numerous extermination proposals Continue reading…

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  NYC to install touchscreen subway kiosks with directions, schedules, real-time alerts

  By Chris Welch on March 20, 2013 02:25 pm + 62 comments

  Later this year, New York City will begin installing interactive "On The Go" subway kiosks that will Continue reading…