The Nation | Blog | Editor's Cut | Sweet Victory: NYC Makes Way for Hybrids | Katrina vanden Heuvel: "Frustrated by exorbitant gas prices, Kwame Corsi, a taxi driver from the Bronx, had been waiting years for the chance to drive a hybrid car. In New York, where 93 percent of the city's cabs are Crown Victorias (large Ford models that guzzle a gallon every twelve miles), drivers like Corsi often pay up to $100 dollars a day on fuel. Up until last week, New York City's Taxi and Limousine Commission had refused to grant medallions for hybrid taxis.

Now, thanks to the City Council's unanimous decision to approve the 'Clean Air Taxis Act,' Corsi will get his wish and New Yorkers will literally breathe easier."

(Via The Nation Weblogs.)