New York City will soon be requiring that all taxi cabs be outfitted with GPS tracking systems, and the cabbies don’t like that one bit. The city currently has more than 13,000 cabs that would fall under the new regulation. Starting October first of this year, the taxis must all have the GPS system, as they come up for inspection. The system would include both the GPS tracking equipment, plus touch screen monitors that would allow taxi passengers to pay by credit card, check on current news stories, and even look up destination information, such as restaurants, shopping and entertainment … Continue reading →