Taxis & Limos
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REPORT: Council Seeks Per-Minute ‘Empty Charge’ for Uber, Lyft
The proposal comes after a judge threw out a Taxi and Limousine Commission proposal to reduce the percentage of time that app-based cabs could be cruising from 41 percent to 31 percent. The report argues that a fee will work better.
January 12, 2021
OPINION: Anti-Racism Ads Can’t Hide the Ugly Reality Behind Uber
The company denies protections to its low-income, Black and brown drivers — says a candidate who drove for it. Here's why Albany must rein it in.
September 16, 2020
City Should Charge For Cruising Empty, Instead of Capping It
"A charge on idle time is bound to be more effective," said Charles Komanoff.
January 13, 2020
BREAKING: Uber Sues City Over Cruising Empty Cap
The city's proposed cap on cruising times for app-based cabs is "arbitrary" and illegal because it supersedes the state's traffic-reduction regulations, and was concocted secretly without taking into consideration other factors, a new lawsuit by Uber argues.
September 20, 2019
IT’S NOT YOUR IMAGINATION: Uber and Lyft Drivers Almost Always Park in Bike Lanes
Just how bad are Uber and Lyft drivers when it comes to blocking bike lanes? Just horrible.
August 5, 2019
KOMANOFF: Not So Fast — New Uber/Lyft Rules Will Speed Traffic Less Than City Thinks
Our taxicab Tennyson, our deadline Dylan, Charles Komanoff predicts that the mayor's Uber/Lyft plan won't really solve the congestion problem. There's math involved, so you might want to open that calculator app.
June 13, 2019
City to App-Cab Giants: Cut Empty Cruising or Pay the Price
If they don't, "there will be very severe penalties," said Deputy Mayor for Operations Laura Anglin.
June 12, 2019
CPW Gets Protected Bike Lane (Yay!) And Loses 400 Parking Spaces (Yay!)
It’s a pretty sizable win in the ongoing war against cars.
June 12, 2019
Komanoff: Times Exposé Understated the Damage to Yellow Cab Industry by Uber and Lyft
The New York Times's exhaustive series about the horrifying financial plight of yellow taxicab drivers may actually have understated the fiscal crisis — and, in doing so, let Uber and Lyft off the hook, a cab industry expert told Streetsblog.
May 30, 2019
Family of Dead Queens Pedestrian To Sue City Over Fatal Taxi Driver Crash
It's a bid to hold someone accountable for the death of Sherena Hundalani, 26, who was run over by a cab driver on a sidewalk.
May 23, 2019
