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Wednesday, September 5, 2007

Taxi strike

There is a threat from New York City cabs to strike tomorrow Wednesday. They refuse the installation of a GPS which would track their movements. I guess they won't be able to slack anymore. The worst part is that in 2004 there was a rate hike of 26% for them to pay for the GPS (and another device so they could accept credit cards). And now when it's the moment to install the devices, they are crying foul.

In any case, I believe most people will be delighted with this strike (as it happens in many cities, Barcelona among them), since traffic is going to improve tremendously without the yellow monsters filling up the roads. Let them strike, good riddance. Here in Harlem we don't see many of them anyway.