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NYC Taxi Cabs Offer High-Tech Hardware
The alliance held a rally in March to protest the new systems, and Lindauer said this month that the group was exploring legal and political avenues for trying to block the plan.
But some drivers embrace the technology, which came free for those who offered their cabs as proving grounds.
  This undated image supplied by TaxiTech, shows an example of the company's e-Taxi technology for a touch-screen monitor. New York City's Taxi & Limousine Commission has approved four touch-screen systems and may soon require all cabs to offer one of them so customers can use them to pay by credit card and view news stories, restaurant reviews and an electronic map of their cab's progress. (AP Photo/TaxiTech) (AP) 
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Cesar Norena, a 17-year taxi driver testing a system made by Englewood, N.J.-based TaxiTech, says passengers have made liberal use of its features, and he believes the credit-card option will boost business.
"People really like it," he said, "and as a driver, I really like it, too."
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