"And so we work the same way as before - no meters.
GPS must be telling the real story which is the following: Uptown in the ghetto, where the cops stop and frisk at will there is and has been for decades a no meter taxi street hail culture. Mike bubble boy to the contrary there was no hue and cry for taxis with meters. Ask the TLC if their GPS data bears this out: Green taxis rolling around uptown not putting on their meters.
