Council Pulls Anti-Safety Cab Bill After Streetsblog Expose
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Streetsblog gets action — shining a light on a bad bill that ended up getting rewritten and then withdrawn.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Taxi and Limousine Commission
CYCLE OF RAGE: Two Bronx Council Members Oppose Cab Safety
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Why do Fernando Cabrera and Ruben Diaz Sr. want to gut a Taxi and Limousine Commission enforcement tool?
CYCLE OF RAGE: NYPD is Not Doing Enough to Crack Down on Cabbies on their Phones
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Uber and Lyft basically require cabbies to be on their phones all day — so why isn't the NYPD battling this known safety scourge?
Leave It to Lyft? Trust Uber? (But Who’s Gonna Watch the FHV Surcharges?)
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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.
Drivers Who Killed Madison Lyden Have Little to Fear From Cy Vance, Bill de Blasio, and NYPD
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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.
City Council Passes Bill Giving TLC More Power to Modulate Uber Traffic
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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.