It's quite common for passengers to ask me for how long I've been driving a cab. After I tell them it's 31 years and wait for th...

I got a lesson during the course of a single shift last week that is something any guest on a talk show must learn when he's trying to ...

A not-well-known fact about New York City taxicabs is that they are allowed by city rules to be on the road for only three years before bein...

I believe that in America the edifices that have the most meaning to the greatest numbers of people - more so than any other public structu...

One of the few, although truly great, perks of driving a cab in New York City is this: you are cruising down an avenue in search of your ne...

The taxidriver/improv event was a fun evening, as advertised. I was interviewed onstage by the fellow who organized it, Timothy Cooper, and ...

Here's an announcement on very little notice, I know. On this coming Saturday night, Aug. 30th, at 10:30 pm, I will be appearing with th...

To the experienced eye of a veteran cabbie, the mere appearance of certain people in the back seat translates immediately into misery. You k...

If you've been reading this blog for awhile you know that I'm big on the karma vs. coincidence thing. I'm not an extremist - I d...

Somewhere along the line, many years ago, for some reason I decided that the taxi industry in New York City was "mine". There was ...

Baseball is king in New York City and has been for over a hundred years. So when the Mets fired their manager, Willie Randolph, this week ...

Being that I am perceived by so many to be the last English-speaking, American white guy to be driving a cab in New York City, I have often...

Taxi drivers become pretty much immune to the unintended insults of passengers. Someone from out of town gives you a twenty-cent tip on a $5...