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T.A.: City, State Parking Drive Would Torpedo Taxi Initiative
The increase in CO2 caused by over 20,000 parking spaces sought by the city would "effectively take away
more than one-third of the gains" promised by Mayor Bloomberg's hybrid cab plan.
June 5, 2007
Hail the Yassky Cab: All NYC Taxis to be Hybrid by 2012
The Today Show cast, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a Yahoo! executive and Council Member David Yassky stand with a gas-electric hybrid Ford Escape SUV taxi this morning.
May 22, 2007
Pedi Politics
On Monday, April 23, the day after Earth Day and the Mayor's Long-Term Sustainability speech, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn plans to hold a decisive vote on Intro. 331-A, a law limiting and restricting pedicabs. Mayor Bloomberg vetoed the bill but rather than going back and trying to improve the legislation by, say, simply increasing the cap on the number of pedicab licenses, Quinn has been twisting Council members arms to override the Mayor's veto.
April 17, 2007
Pedicab Limits: Let the Free Market Decide
This NY Sun editorial weighs in on the proposed pedicab restrictions:
April 13, 2007
Quinn’s Pedicab Problem: Personal or Political?
City
Council Speaker Christine Quinn is reportedly pressuring -- some might
say coercing -- council members into backing her effort to override of Mayor Bloomberg's veto of stringent pedicab restrictions. Tony Avella of Queens talked to the Sun about Quinn's anti-pedicab campaign among council members.
April 12, 2007
Curbside Space Wars
Private cars blocking service vehicles on W. 86th St. between Columbus and Amsterdam
November 28, 2006