Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Uber

Deliveristas rally at City Hall Park for a package of City Hall bills that would regulate delivery apps. Photo: Dave Colon

‘Uber’s Fantasy Novel’: State Gig-Worker Bill Would Limit City’s Proposed Deliverista Rights

By Dave Colon | May 25, 2021 | No Comments

A state proposal that would allow gig workers, such as the city's delivery riders, to form unions and bargain for wages would also undercut recent City Council efforts to give far more rights to those workers, advocates say.

A Revel Tesla — is this really happening? Photo: Revel

Revel Seeks to Create All-Electric Taxi Fleet — But City Says ‘Not So Fast’

By Julianne Cuba | Apr 28, 2021 | No Comments

Revel wants to take things to the next level — but the city says no.

A Round and a Roundy: Bill’s Belated Bailout

By Streetsblog | Mar 17, 2021 | No Comments

Sleepy de Blasio is back ... with a taxi driver recovery plan that is late and insufficient.

KOMANOFF: De Blasio’s Medallion ‘Bailout’ Plan Ignores True Cause Of Taxi Driver Distress

By Charles Komanoff | Mar 10, 2021 | No Comments

It is going to be up to the next mayor to follow up with explicit policies addressing the unjust competition between yellow cab drivers and those of Uber and Lyft — policies such as those our columnist outlines here.

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Study: Taking An App Taxi More than Doubles Your Roadway Impact

By Kea Wilson | Jan 24, 2021 | No Comments

The average Uber or Lyft customer is responsible for adding more than twice as many car miles to his city's roads as he was before he started using app-taxis to get around.

REPORT: Council Seeks Per-Minute ‘Empty Charge’ for Uber, Lyft

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jan 12, 2021 | No Comments

The proposal comes after a judge threw out a Taxi and Limousine Commission proposal to reduce the percentage of time that app-based cabs could be cruising from 41 percent to 31 percent. The report argues that a fee will work better.

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