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Uber and Lyft Ridership May Be Faring Even Worse Than Transit
For all the bad news about transit system, one state’s app-based ride-hailing companies are having an even harder year, with surging prices, moribund ridership, and an expensive legal blunder that sank an $18-million lobbying campaign.
July 22, 2022
The Real Scandal Buried in the Uber Leak
The Uber leak revealed the ruthless quest the company undertook to achieve its car-dependent vision for the future of city transportation — but that vision itself deserves just as much censure as the app-taxi giant's bare-knuckle tactics, advocates say.
July 13, 2022
KOMANOFF: Outer-Borough Gridlock Strengthens the Case for Congestion Pricing
It's another good chance to make the argument that should neutralize non-Manhattan whining. If only our elected officials would lead, not demagogue.
December 28, 2021
Mayor Won’t Change Uber and Lyft Insurance Rules that Shortchange City Crash Victims
Mayor de Blasio will not close a gap in insurance requirements that allows Uber and Lyft taxi drivers to have far less coverage when they are carrying passengers in New York City than anywhere else in the state.
October 29, 2021
KOMANOFF: Yellows and Ubers Deserve Their Own Congestion-Pricing Policy Lane
Charging the for-hires for each passenger-minute in the Manhattan taxi zone is quintessential congestion pricing — and more effective against Manhattan congestion than the MTA’s one-size-fits-all FHV surcharge, our expert says.
October 4, 2021
More Risk, Less Coverage: How Rideshare Insurance Rules Shortchange NYC Crash Victims
If the Uber driver had hit Velma Mitchell two miles farther north, things would be different.
August 30, 2021
What the Prop. 22 Rollback Could Mean In New York State
A California ruling that nullified e-taxi companies' ability to deny their workers basic employment protections is just the first step of a nationwide effort to undo such anti-labor laws.
August 23, 2021
‘Uber’s Fantasy Novel’: State Gig-Worker Bill Would Limit City’s Proposed Deliverista Rights
A state proposal that would allow gig workers, such as the city's delivery riders, to form unions and bargain for wages would also undercut recent City Council efforts to give far more rights to those workers, advocates say.
May 25, 2021
Revel Seeks to Create All-Electric Taxi Fleet — But City Says ‘Not So Fast’
April 28, 2021
A Round and a Roundy: Bill’s Belated Bailout
Sleepy de Blasio is back ... with a taxi driver recovery plan that is late and insufficient.
March 17, 2021
