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Joseph Rodriguez’s ‘Taxi’ portraits capture the special bond between strangers in an unforgiving city
The cabbie-turned-photographer's new book is a heartfelt tribute to the glory days of NYC's iconic yellow cab
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After 7 taxi driver suicides, New York waives $20 million in fees
The move is to alleviate financial pressures as the rise of apps like Uber and Lyft leave yellow cab drivers with decreasing livelihoods.
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Uber’s self-driving car purposefully ignored the pedestrian it fatally struck
The company's flawed programming extends beyond the self-driving program and into deep-set racial bias, as well, drivers claim.
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