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Bill Lindauer is a born and bred New Yorker. He grew up in the Bronx and attended Stuyvesant High School and Northeastern University in Boston. Lindauer began driving a cab in the 1970s after working in editing and reporting. Lindauer retired in 2010…

Brian Levitt, a native New Yorker, shares his perspectives as a relative newcomer to the taxi industry. After being a taxi driver for two years, Brian's interview sheds light on the process of becoming a taxi driver today, his relationship with…

Beresford Simmons grew up in Kingston, Jamaica, where he was first influenced and inspired by reggae music. He moved to the US in 1968 and began working as a cab driver part time in 1974 or 1975 while also working for Keystone electronics. He began…

Gil Avineri (1981- ) was born in Colombia to Colombian and Israeli parents. He grew up in Los Angeles, Houston, and Miami and has traveled across the United States and Europe, as well as visited South American and Israel. Avineri attended Florida…