City Taxi Agency Approves Use of Six Hybrid Models, from the New York Times. What has taken the city so long? Concerns for leg room.

Before they met yesterday morning, the commissioners tested several of the vehicles, getting in the rear and front passenger seats and even behind the steering wheels. Peter Schenkman, assistant commissioner for safety and emissions, said they found the Toyota Highlander and Toyota Prius “surprisingly roomy,” while the Honda Accord seemed “not as roomy as one would expect.” The Honda Civic, he said, “does feel very confined.”