Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Taxis & Limos

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 | 2 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 | 4 Comments

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

The "ghost bike" made for Madison Lyden, killed in August 2018 on Central Park West. Photo: David Meyer

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

By Eve Kessler | Jun 12, 2019 | 47 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 […]

This Google street view shows the cab stand and the Mobil station at issue in the lawsuit by the family of dead pedestrian Sherena Hundalani. Photo: Google

Family of Dead Queens Pedestrian To Sue City Over Fatal Taxi Driver Crash

By Gersh Kuntzman | May 23, 2019 | 13 Comments

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.

Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez rallied at City Hall Tuesday to call on Gov. Cuomo to exempt yellow taxis from congestion pricing fees. Photo: Julianne Cuba

Experts: Exempting Yellow Taxis From Congestion Pricing Won’t Help Cabbies

By Julianne Cuba | May 22, 2019 | 31 Comments

“The proposed solution does not match the problem,” said one expert.

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