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Thursday’s Headlines: Fleet Week Edition
The entire taxi fleet — including Ubers and Lyfts, plus yellows — will have to be electric or handicapped accessible by 2030. Plus other news.
October 19, 2023
Tuesday’s Headlines: Taxi Driver Edition
It was a pretty slow Monday, but we have news from the Traffic Mobility Review Board meeting!
October 3, 2023
The AV Revolution Probably Won’t Revolutionize Parking in Dense Cities
Replacing human drivers with self-driving taxis might not actually remove many space-wasting parking lots from dense American cities, according to a new study that throws doubt onto one of the core arguments in favor of the autonomous vehicle revolution.
March 22, 2023
Uber: We Do Support Congestion Pricing, But With One Caveat
We received the following opinion piece after publishing a story about Uber's effort to encourage its customers to "say no” to congestion pricing. We present it because we believe in spirited debate.
September 12, 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
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
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
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
