Taxis & Limos
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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
Lyft Decides to Do Something About Its Cab Customers Who Door Its Bike Customers
The company that operates a massive taxi system and the nation's busiest bike share system realizes that it needs to do more to protect its most vulnerable customers.
April 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
Op-Ed: Postpone the Taxi Congestion Surcharge
A national expert says the added fee on cabbies is premature before full congestion pricing.
December 4, 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
Lyft Says Cars Are the Cozy Way Around Town
That's a disappointing message to get when the city (and Streetsblog!) is trying to reduce driving.
October 16, 2018
Today’s Edition of “S#!t We Put Up With Every F@&%ing Day”
Seriously, what is this woman thinking?
August 29, 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
The Uber-Lyft Cap Has Nothing to Do With the L Train Shutdown
Lyft is using fear of the L train shutdown to score points against the City Council's proposed cap on ride-hailing fleets.
August 2, 2018
