Lets paint our cabs yellow!
By Anthony Longo 21 06 2007
Over a dinner meeting with Goldman Properties Exec Albert Price we chatted about the new Boston. We were talking about his new thriving neighborhood under development - Boston Wharf over in the Seaport District. Its so interesting watching a developer like Goldman Properties build a neighborhood from the street up adding retail, restaurant and other pedestrian oriented activities to the neighborhood.
Then it popped into my head. What do you imagine when you think about busy street life, urban activity, live, work play neighborhoods, great nightlife, etc. etc. Yellow Cabs, right Well in Boston we have those dirty old white cab’s with the brownish stripe down the side ugly and they are the short doors, so they are a pain in the you know what to get in and out of them!
Mr. Menino, if you want to improve the quality of life in Boston’s street scene & community. We need to get the extended (NY City Style) Crown Vic’s and paint them Yellow When I see a swarm of Yellow Cabs I think and feel the excitement.
Anyone with me on this one
Take it step further! Make them hybrid taxis and paint them green. I’ve been trapped in the exhaust of a line of cabs a few too many times and could see Boston be a eco-leader.
Great job on the site, Tony. This is a treasure trove of good info on Boston.
Hey Dan, I think that is what New York is doing!
What about green? Create a Boston Cab Green– maybe Celtic green. Maybe each city should have their own unique cab color– This way when you wake up & you dont know which town you’re in, you can tell from the color of the cabs.