Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Taxi and Limousine Commission

Unlicensed, Hit-and-Run Drivers Kill First NYC Pedestrian Victims of 2015

By Brad Aaron | Jan 5, 2015 | 6 Comments

Motorists struck four pedestrians in two crashes in Manhattan and the Bronx over the weekend, killing two victims. One driver in the Bronx was charged with leaving the scene and reckless driving, while another remains at large. The Manhattan motorist, operating a vehicle with TLC plates, was ticketed for driving without a license, though NYPD […]

TLC Still Has No Plan to Require NYC Road Tests for Taxi and Livery Drivers

By Stephen Miller | Dec 18, 2014 | 5 Comments

The Taxi and Limousine Commission will close a loophole that allows livery drivers to operate with less training than yellow cab drivers, but the agency still has no plans to require road tests on actual New York City streets for any of the drivers it licenses. The TLC has the power to license and train […]

Dana Lerner: Cy Vance Botched the Token Case Against My Son’s Killer

By Brad Aaron | Dec 5, 2014 | 30 Comments

The cab driver who killed Cooper Stock is scheduled to be back in court in two months, thanks to what Stock’s mother Dana Lerner termed “inept” handling of the case by Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance’s office. Meanwhile, Koffi Komlani’s apparent defense — that weather was to blame for the crash — is the same […]

Vision Zero Year One: An Early Assessment

By Jon Orcutt | Nov 12, 2014 | 5 Comments

New York’s transportation reform and traffic safety movement notched huge wins when mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio adopted Vision Zero as part of his platform in 2013, and again this year when the new mayor put the policy into action within days of taking office. Vision Zero created a policy rubric for the de Blasio […]

Surviving a Walk in NYC Should Not Depend on Luck

By Brad Aaron | Oct 9, 2014 | 35 Comments

The Taxi and Limousine Commission says it doesn’t know anything about a cabbie who drove onto a Midtown sidewalk, hit a pedestrian, and crashed into a building earlier this week. Other than to deflect blame from the driver, NYPD has refused to release information about the crash. It happened Monday morning. From the Post: “He […]

NYC Cab Drivers Don’t Have to Take an NYC Road Test [Updated]

By Brad Aaron | Sep 19, 2014 | 15 Comments

You can watch the entirety of Thursday’s hearing on Taxi and Limousine Commission Vision Zero rule changes here. Cue to the 41:15 mark in the second video, embedded above, to see TLC board members wonder aloud whether reckless driving is protected by the Constitution, and if it’s really that bad to run over and kill […]

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