Taylor Swift as Joni Mitchell: Could the country crooner pull it off?

The congenial twanger is attached to play the icon behind emotional hits like "California" and "Big Yellow Taxi" in an upcoming biopic

Taxi Rides Are Getting Smarter by the App

The most ambitious projects are smartphone apps that book and pay for taxi cabs directly.

New York taxis go green

A sight which shocked New Yorkers appeared on the streets of the Big Apple this week -- green taxis.

Nissan Vans Bump Detroit Autos For New York Taxi Cabs

NEW YORK (dpa) - What would New York City be without its big yellow taxis? They are as much a part of the city as the Statue of Liberty or the Empire State Building. More than 13,000 cabs patrol the streets of the metropolis, and until the 1980s, they were dominated by the large, rounded Checker Cabs.After production ceased and their manufacturer went bankrupt, luxurious Chevrolet Caprices took ...

Hands off the trees

Will this be another case of unthinking planners paving paradise—to paraphrase singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell’s 1970 hit “Big Yellow Taxi”—to put up a parking lot? More than 300 trees in Cebu City’s north district will be affected if the Environment Department gives Fifth Avenue Development Corp. clearance to complete the provincial government’s Ciudad development project. Rep. [...]

NYC Gets A New Cab, And It's 'Apple Green'

Watch out yellow! The Big Apple's got a new color in town.