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2 months agoQuite an interesting read on how a few Occupiers were able to project a bat-signal during the march on Brooklyn Bridge
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Notes: 95 / 3 months ago from lannylieu-deactivated20111029 (originally from raniaaaa-deactivated20111020-de)
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Notes: 7 / 5 months ago from orangieporangiepuddingpie
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Notes: 4 / 5 months ago
Brooklyn hot hatch.
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Notes: 15 / 9 months ago from strleThis is the new New York City taxi
The city of New York will choose Nissan as the supplier for the next generation of taxi cabs, giving the Japanese automaker an exclusive 10-year contract for the city’s fleet of 13,200 yellow people haulers.
Great choice if you ask me. This particular van is fugly, but anything is better than the Crown Victoria. Personally, I actually love Crown Vics, but they are just terrible as taxis.
With V8 rear-wheel-drive, they are pretty much good on highways and nowhere else. Lore has it that Crown Vic taxis came to being when cab companies bought decommissioned police cruisers for their enhanced reliability and durability. But V8 is way too much power and fuel consumption for city use, and the RWD makes handling quite sloppy. The huge size of Vics makes them even worse for city driving.
Also, sedans are terrible by design (this obviously coming from a wagon fan). Body-on-frame American sedans are particularly bad. Long hood + long trunk = waste of space. Even Ford is pushing their Transit Connect van for taxi duty.
With a van:
- Increased vertical height + smaller footwells = Shorter hood
- Shorter hood = Less length + better visibility around buildings
- Increased vertical height = Upright seating + easier passenger ingress/egress = Better comfort = Smaller vehicle size
- Lack of trunk = Single compartment for passengers and luggage = Flexible space usage + simpler boarding/exit procedure + larger luggage can fit
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Notes: 17 / 10 months ago from designingcorey
Columbus Circle 2011.
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Notes: 8 / 10 months ago from lilikoigirl
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Notes: 12 / 11 months ago from oliphillips
One Hundred Years of Photography From National Archives: New York City
More here.
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Notes: 557 / 11 months ago from jakeriff (originally from fuckyeahnightlife)
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Notes: 4 / 1 year ago from cyberanto
(Source: Flickr / chrisschoenbohm)
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