{"id":1900,"date":"2006-12-15T10:42:19","date_gmt":"2006-12-15T18:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2006\/12\/cool_but_after_the_latest_fare_hike_well_expect_to_find_complimentary_bottled_water_next.html"},"modified":"2008-01-29T18:35:14","modified_gmt":"2008-01-29T23:35:14","slug":"after_the_lates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2006\/12\/after_the_lates.html","title":{"rendered":"Cool, But After The Latest Fare Hike We&#8217;ll Expect To Find Complimentary Bottled Water Next"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Upgrades mandated after the last taxi fare hike (meaning, the one that took effect on May 1, 2004, not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2006\/12\/hurry_up_and_wa.html\">the latest fare hike<\/a>) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/local\/story\/480233p-404061c.html\">will finally be rolled out<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>The cab of the future is here &#8212; a place where passengers can watch television, get the weather forecast and pay by credit card.<\/p>\n<p>The Taxi and Limousine Commission showcased the model cabs yesterday, with real ones hitting the streets as soon as Monday. Among the new features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Digital television monitors with touch-screen controls. Some offer segments from network news; other articles on news, entertainment and sports also are offered in text. Passengers can research restaurants, clubs and other activities &#8212; or just turn the darn things off.<\/li>\n<li>Debit and credit card readers allow passengers pay with plastic. The fare &#8212; which tells riders how much of it went to tolls or surcharges &#8212; is displayed on the interactive screen. Riders can even choose to have tip percentages calculated for them. No signatures or codes are required for fares under $25.<\/li>\n<li>The monitors all have an electronic map featuring the cab&#8217;s location from start to finish for each trip. Riders can see if the taxi is taking an unnecessarily circuitous route; the TLC also can track taxis if, for example, a passenger left a belonging inside a cab.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Upgrades mandated after the last taxi fare hike (meaning, the one that took effect on May 1, 2004, not the latest fare hike) will finally be rolled out: The cab of the future is here &#8212; a place where passengers can watch television, get the weather forecast and pay by credit card. The Taxi and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-consumer_issues"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1900\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}