Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Taxis & Limos

BREAKING: Uber Sues City Over Cruising Empty Cap

By Julianne Cuba | Sep 20, 2019 | 10 Comments

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.

A common sight for cyclists. Photo: Vivian Lipson

IT’S NOT YOUR IMAGINATION: Uber and Lyft Drivers Almost Always Park in Bike Lanes

By Vivian Lipson | Aug 5, 2019 | 69 Comments

Just how bad are Uber and Lyft drivers when it comes to blocking bike lanes? Just horrible.

Congestion is a major problem in Manhattan — but the City Council's proposed cap on Uber and Lyft and other app-based taxi companies won't fix it, our expert says.

KOMANOFF: Not So Fast — New Uber/Lyft Rules Will Speed Traffic Less Than City Thinks

By Charles Komanoff | Jun 13, 2019 | 6 Comments

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.

City to App-Cab Giants: Cut Empty Cruising or Pay the Price

By Julianne Cuba | Jun 12, 2019 | 5 Comments

If they don't, "there will be very severe penalties," said Deputy Mayor for Operations Laura Anglin.

The city is being sued to block a protected bike lane on Central Park West — where Madison Lyden was killed last year. Photo: David Meyer

CPW Gets Protected Bike Lane (Yay!) And Loses 400 Parking Spaces (Yay!)

By Eve Kessler | Jun 12, 2019 | 48 Comments

It’s a pretty sizable win in the ongoing war against cars.

Ubers and yellows — always competing. Photo: Max Pixel

Komanoff: Times Exposé Understated the Damage to Yellow Cab Industry by Uber and Lyft

By Gersh Kuntzman | May 30, 2019 | 48 Comments

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. In the Times series (part 1 and part 2), writer Brian Rosenthal reported, “since Uber entered […]

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