Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Taxis & Limos

Leave It to Lyft? Trust Uber? (But Who’s Gonna Watch the FHV Surcharges?)

By Charles Komanoff | Oct 18, 2018 | 6 Comments

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.

The supposedly anti-car company Lyft seems to be very pro-automobile in this new subway ad. Photo: David Meyer

Lyft Says Cars Are the Cozy Way Around Town

By Gersh Kuntzman | Oct 16, 2018 | 9 Comments

That's a disappointing message to get when the city (and Streetsblog!) is trying to reduce driving.

The woman on the left had a little too much to say.

Today’s Edition of “S#!t We Put Up With Every F@&%ing Day”

By Gersh Kuntzman | Aug 29, 2018 | 39 Comments

Seriously, what is this woman thinking?

City Council Passes Bill Giving TLC More Power to Modulate Uber Traffic

By Brad Aaron | Aug 8, 2018 | 2 Comments

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.

It’s Not an Uber Cap — It’s a Course Correction for an Industry That’s Dangerously Out of Whack

By Ben Fried | Aug 8, 2018 | 20 Comments

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.

Buses and bikes, not Lyft and Uber, are the only way to move massive numbers of people during the L shutdown. Image: NYC DOT

The Uber-Lyft Cap Has Nothing to Do With the L Train Shutdown

By David Meyer | Aug 2, 2018 | 4 Comments

Lyft is using fear of the L train shutdown to score points against the City Council's proposed cap on ride-hailing fleets.

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