Taxis & Limos
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Cabbies Call Parking Fines Too Harsh, Demand More Dedicated Curb Space
The TLC hopes to target repeat offenders and make streets safer by increasing penalties for for-hire vehicle parking violations.
March 13, 2025
Hey, Taxi! Stop Blocking the Bike Lane … Or Risk Escalating Fines
The current fines for violations don't even carry points on a driver's license. That will change.
February 28, 2025
Opinion: Weakening Injury Insurance Coverage for Cabbies Will Harm Victims of Road Violence
A victim of road violence talks about her experience with insufficient liability insurance coverage.
February 12, 2025
Council Bill Would Shift Taxi Driver Crash Costs onto Victims: Experts
Lower insurance for cabbies could mean higher costs for crash victims.
October 9, 2024
KOMANOFF: Mayor Adams Touts a Clean-Air Win that Hasn’t Happened
Here's what the TLC ― and the mayor ― overlooked when they decided to let thousands more Ubers and Lyfts onto our teeming, weary streets.
March 7, 2024
Komanoff: The Congestion Toll Solution That Could Have Been
Rest in Peace, 15-9-3. Let’s hope whatever toll rabbit the panel pulls out of the hat this month breeds contentment, not contempt.
November 16, 2023
Judge Blocks City From Its Plan to Issue Unlimited EV Uber/Lyft Licenses
The ruling comes mere days after the alliance representing cab drivers sued the city over its plan for an unlimited number of new licenses for electric app-based cabs.
November 9, 2023
Limitless E-Ubers and E-Lyfts Will Hurt Traffic, Air, People: Suit
The plan to allow an unlimited number of electric for-hire vehicles will have disastrous consequences for congestion, pollution and traffic violence, according to transportation economist Charles Komanoff.
November 6, 2023
KOMANOFF: Adams’s ‘Green Rides’ Initiative is Bad Transportation AND Climate Policy
Mayor Adams has made a bad decision to waive the de Blasio-era cap on the number of ride-hail vehicles allowed in New York City, so long as the extra cars are electric.
October 20, 2023
Thursday’s Headlines: Fleet Week Edition
The entire taxi fleet — including Ubers and Lyfts, plus yellows — will have to be electric or handicapped accessible by 2030. Plus other news.
October 19, 2023
