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The E-Ports are expected to begin appearing in cabs by January 2002, officials said.
The increase comes after the Taxi and Limousine Commission's decision to raise the rates for yellow cabs by 26percentt.
Along with scalping tickets, Mr. Fortner also hustled cabs by escorting unsuspecting tourists to taxis and taking their fare money in advance.
And if fares go up, it could further increase the availability of cabs, by enticing more drivers to enter the business.
The service, owned by the Connecticut-based company Metro Taxi, allows riders to order one of New York's 233 wheelchair-accessible cabs by placing a call, sending a text, using a smartphone app or going online to accessibledispatch.com.
As for what riders will get in return, the commission hopes to have the credit card equipment installed in all cabs by November 2005, an optimistic schedule that even Mr. Daus acknowledged yesterday was "aggressive".
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"If I operate, I'm back in the cab, by myself," she said.
"If it doesn't happen at Memory, you're going home in a cab by yourself," he said.
Once, he said, he reached Mr. Cohen in a Manhattan cab by cell phone and asked a complex question.
Mr. Richardson, 28, said he had tried to slow the cab by grabbing the railings lining the path.
He eventually became an overhead crane driver, choosing to access his cab by a rope rather than a ladder.
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