{"id":675,"date":"2009-04-01T13:58:03","date_gmt":"2009-04-01T13:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=675"},"modified":"2009-04-01T13:58:03","modified_gmt":"2009-04-01T13:58:03","slug":"signs_of_the_times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=675","title":{"rendered":"Signs Of The Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nypost.com\/seven\/04012009\/postopinion\/opedcolumnists\/why_hybrid_cabs_are_wrong_for_nyc_162247.htm\">New York Post<\/a>, Mayor Bloomberg has a goal of creating a green taxi fleet.&nbsp; The idea&nbsp;is commendable &#8212; but limiting the solution to hybrids and diesels is wrong for New York according to Ron Sherman, president of the Metropolitan Taxicab Board of Trade, which represents about&nbsp;a quarter of the taxicabs in New York City.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>Mr. Sherman points out the the size of the hybrids puts the partition between the driver and the passenger much closer to the passenger&#8217;s face, creating a safety issue.&nbsp; The hybrids are also not designed for the 24\/7 use that a taxicab gets in&nbsp;New York City.<\/p>\n<p>The Metropolitan Taxicab Board of Trade has offered an alternative proposal for the New York City taxis that includes, but is not limited to, hybrids.&nbsp; The Ford Transit Connect is one cab he suggests as an alternative to hybrids.&nbsp; It is larger than the hybrids, fuel efficient and safe.&nbsp; Hopefully, his suggestions will be listened to.&nbsp; Being sensitive to pollution is good, but we need to look at the total picture before we take actions that may have unintended consequences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the New York Post, Mayor Bloomberg has a goal of creating a green taxi fleet.&nbsp; The idea&nbsp;is commendable &#8212; but limiting the solution to hybrids and diesels is wrong for New York according to Ron Sherman, president of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=675\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}