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Media Room In the News 2007 Strikes NPR: Taxi Drivers Strike Over Credit Card, GPS Rules
| NPR: Taxi Drivers Strike Over Credit Card, GPS Rules |
| Wednesday, 05 September 2007 19:07 | |
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Taxi strikes slowed travel this morning in New York and Philadelphia. Drivers in both cities are upset with new rules that require cabs to have global positioning systems and touch-screen monitors that allow passengers to pay by credit card.
Some cabbies say they don't want their movements to be tracked. In Philly, cabbies who have used the system say it is not reliable and sometimes causes them to lose contact with their dispatchers. Listen to the whole story here.
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