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Experts: Exempting Yellow Taxis From Congestion Pricing Won’t Help Cabbies
“The proposed solution does not match the problem,” said one expert.
May 22, 2019
The Reported App is Reducing Repeatedly Reckless Taxi Driving
A new study by the four-year-old smartphone tool shows that 96 percent of drivers who get a complaint don't get a second one.
January 29, 2019
Council Pulls Anti-Safety Cab Bill After Streetsblog Expose
Streetsblog gets action — shining a light on a bad bill that ended up getting rewritten and then withdrawn.
December 10, 2018
CYCLE OF RAGE: Two Bronx Council Members Oppose Cab Safety
Why do Fernando Cabrera and Ruben Diaz Sr. want to gut a Taxi and Limousine Commission enforcement tool?
December 10, 2018
CYCLE OF RAGE: NYPD is Not Doing Enough to Crack Down on Cabbies on their Phones
Uber and Lyft basically require cabbies to be on their phones all day — so why isn't the NYPD battling this known safety scourge?
November 19, 2018
Leave It to Lyft? Trust Uber? (But Who’s Gonna Watch the FHV Surcharges?)
Streetsblog's resident taxi maven highlights a huge flaw in the city and state's plan to charge surcharges on yellows, Ubers, black cars and green cars that enter Manhattan below 96th St.
October 18, 2018
Drivers Who Killed Madison Lyden Have Little to Fear From Cy Vance, Bill de Blasio, and NYPD
A woman is dead because of the actions of two drivers, and the agencies responsible for driver safety are doing next to nothing in response.
August 17, 2018
City Council Passes Bill Giving TLC More Power to Modulate Uber Traffic
Mayor de Blasio says he'll sign the bills. Eyes will now be on the TLC to see how effectively the agency puts its new tools to use.
August 8, 2018
It’s Not an Uber Cap — It’s a Course Correction for an Industry That’s Dangerously Out of Whack
The City Council is on the verge of passing bills that will help workers in the for-hire car industry and cut down on excess traffic.
August 8, 2018
No Uber-Lyft Cap Needed Because New York Can Price Its Way Out of Congestion and Despair
Congestion pricing is a much better plan than capping Uber and Lyft, which provide a valuable service outside of Manhattan.
July 31, 2018
