Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Taxi and Limousine Commission

Streetsblog Files TLC Complaint Over Reported West Village Fatality

By Brad Aaron | May 9, 2012 | 9 Comments

Streetsblog has filed a complaint with the Taxi and Limousine Commission over a crash that reportedly killed a pedestrian in the West Village. On May 2 at about 9:54 p.m., a 70-year-old woman walking her dog was crossing Jane Street near Hudson Street when she was hit by the driver of a yellow cab, according […]

State of the City’s Transportation: Livery Cabs and Ferries

By Noah Kazis | Jan 19, 2011 | 2 Comments

Mayor Bloomberg delivered his tenth State of the City address this afternoon, laying out what he believed to be the city’s accomplishments, challenges, and priorities for the future. And if the speech is any indication, taxis and ferries are at the top of his transportation agenda. Bloomberg’s plan to create a new class of taxi […]

How the Taxi of Tomorrow Can Make Cycling Safer

By Ben Fried | Dec 2, 2010 | 15 Comments

More than 13,000 yellow cabs ply NYC streets, carrying more than 600,000 passengers each day. That’s a lot of chances for a familiar risk to city cyclists — car doors opening in traffic. The city’s Taxi of Tomorrow competition promises to select a single design for the entire yellow cab fleet. In the process, the […]

Can Cab-Sharing Reduce Traffic on NYC Streets?

By Noah Kazis | Jul 15, 2010 | 6 Comments

With Albany lawmakers unwilling to properly fund the MTA, transportation planners are looking to plug the gaps that have opened up in the transit network and expand New Yorkers’ travel options using existing resources. That’s certainly a big part of the thinking behind the Bloomberg Administration’s recent decision to expand private van service where bus […]

Questions Linger About Bloomberg’s New Livery Van Service

By Noah Kazis | Jun 24, 2010 | 7 Comments

Commuter vans, like this one in Sunset Park, could become a more common sight on New York’s streets. Image: The Brooklyn Ink. On Tuesday, Mayor Bloomberg announced a new pilot program to provide livery van service for transit-starved neighborhoods in Brooklyn and Queens, a proposal stemming from his 2009 campaign transit platform. The push to […]

Does a Taxi Driver Need to Hurt Someone Before the TLC Takes Action?

By Ken Coughlin | Jan 19, 2010 | 18 Comments

The first thing I noticed was a blur of yellow to my left, and a split second later a bump on my arm and something brushing my leg. I had just crossed Fifth Avenue, heading east on 72nd Street on my bike. I was riding, as is my custom, as close to the parked cars […]

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