Experts: Exempting Yellow Taxis From Congestion Pricing Won’t Help Cabbies By Julianne Cuba | May 22, 2019 | 32 Comments “The proposed solution does not match the problem,” said one expert.
The Reported App is Reducing Repeatedly Reckless Taxi Driving By Ben Verde | Jan 29, 2019 | 14 Comments A new study by the four-year-old smartphone tool shows that 96 percent of drivers who get a complaint don't get a second one.
Council Pulls Anti-Safety Cab Bill After Streetsblog Expose By Gersh Kuntzman | Dec 10, 2018 | 6 Comments Streetsblog gets action — shining a light on a bad bill that ended up getting rewritten and then withdrawn.
CYCLE OF RAGE: Two Bronx Council Members Oppose Cab Safety By Gersh Kuntzman | Dec 10, 2018 | 1 Comment Why do Fernando Cabrera and Ruben Diaz Sr. want to gut a Taxi and Limousine Commission enforcement tool?
CYCLE OF RAGE: NYPD is Not Doing Enough to Crack Down on Cabbies on their Phones By Gersh Kuntzman | Nov 19, 2018 | 4 Comments Uber and Lyft basically require cabbies to be on their phones all day — so why isn't the NYPD battling this known safety scourge?
Leave It to Lyft? Trust Uber? (But Who’s Gonna Watch the FHV Surcharges?) By Charles Komanoff | Oct 18, 2018 | 7 Comments Streetsblog's resident taxi maven highlights a huge flaw in the city and state's plan to charge surcharges on yellows, Ubers, black cars and green cars that enter Manhattan below 96th St.