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FAIL: Multi-level Parking in NYC

We saw plenty of these multi-level parking structures during our trip to NYC this past week, and even commented on how their space efficiency would work well in our own cities where giant parking garages dominate the landscape. Perhaps we spoke too soon. Autoblog reader Mel spotted this scene just around the corner from the Jacob Javits Center where the 2009 New York Auto Show is being held. The multi-level steel parking structure evidently failed, sending a Lexus GS sliding down on top of a Land Rover and the front end of an also-raised ... Read more →

NYC cabbies threaten September strike over GPS Alex Nunez

With the NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission's October 1 compliance date for installation of GPS-equipped information and payment systems in New York's 13,000 taxis, a driver's advocacy group is ...

NYC Taxi medallion sold for record $600,000 Alex Nunez

var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/business_finance/NYC_Taxi_medallion_sold_for_record_600_000'; Forget the stock market. If you're in the possession of a NYC taxi medallion, you're sitting on a ...

Mayor Mike readies $8 congestion fee for NYC drivers Alex Nunez

New York's mayor, Mike Bloomberg, is ready to steal a page from his London counterpart's handbook and announce plans to hit drivers who bring their cars into Manhattan below 86th street with an $8 ...

New York Auto Show: It's donktacular! RIDES does up a taxi, skyscraper style Eric Bryant

var digg_url = http://www.digg.com/offbeat_news/Don_t_deny_the_donk_a_lifted_NYC_Taxi_on_30_inch_rims/; Say that you're RIDES Magazine and you want to celebrate the 100th anniversary of taxi cab ...

Photos from Audi's parade on Park Avenue 3 years ago on Autoblog

UPDATE: Photos added from Neal M. and dc, play-by-play account from Ahmed UPDATE 2: Video of the Auto Union Type D on the street after the jump This morning New Yorkers on their way to work were greeted with Audi's Park Avenue parade that marked the R8's first official drive on U.S. soil and the ...

Audi planning parade on Park Avenue 3 years ago on Autoblog

We feel lucky having been one of a relatively small group of people to see the Audi R8 in person at the 2006 Paris Motor Show. We won't feel so special after next Wednesday, however, when Audi is planning a parade in the Big Apple that will be lead by the company's new two-seat, mid-engine road ...

Lithium PT Cruiser taxi cabs planned for NYC 3 years ago on Autoblog

It seem like the most suitable laboratory for testing an advanced propulsion system is the engine bay of a New York City taxi cab, just ask Ford. Hybrid Technolgies has announced it is in negotiations with the NYC Taxi and Limousine Commision to get its lithium-ion battery-powered PT Cruisers on ...

Segway rolling around New York Auto Show 3 years ago on Autoblog

If you're tired of walking and really don't want to risk a heart attack in one of the Big Apple's (in)famous taxi cabs--assuming you can hail one--Segway is offering an alternative. Segways, those two-wheel motorized vehicles, will be available for demonstration at the show. The linked article ...

Crazy BABE seeks bangers to mash from Big Apple to New Orleans 3 years ago on Autoblog

National road rallies are nothing new for North American enthusiasts. Brock Yates' Cannonball Run offshoot, the One Lap Of America has been plugging away in earnest for decades now. But for those without big budgets, trans-continental automotive hooliganism has remained somewhat ...






Autoblog Podcast #154: Gobbling up the News

Chris, Sam, and Dan kick out a podcast just in time for the long holiday drive.

 
 

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