NEW YORK - As a livery cab driver in the Bronx for more than a decade, Orlando Lantigua knows some of his customers well. In the outer boroughs and low-income New York neighbourhoods — where yellow cabs rarely go and public transportation is sometimes sparse — residents who lack smart phones or credit cards have relied on livery cabs for generations. “We are in a serious crisis,” says Cira Angeles, spokeswoman for the Livery Base Owners Association. Customers of livery cabs are also used to calling a number and speaking with a dispatcher — often a multilingual one. Despite their struggles, livery cabs remain an integral part of Latino neighbourhoods, said Angeles, of the Livery Base Owners Association.

Source: thestar November 30, 2019 12:56 UTC