Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Taxi and Limousine Commission

TLC Won’t Say If Any Cab Drivers Have Lost Licenses Under Cooper’s Law

By Brad Aaron | Feb 25, 2016 | 1 Comment

Streetsblog has filed a freedom of information request for data on how many times the Taxi and Limousine Commission has permanently revoked TLC licenses of cab drivers for injuring and killing people since the adoption of Cooper’s Law. The request follows several unsuccessful attempts to obtain the data from the TLC. Cooper’s Law gives the […]

Drivers Killed 3 Seniors This Weekend, Bringing 10-Day Death Toll to 11

By Brad Aaron | Nov 9, 2015 | 1 Comment

The wave of traffic violence that began with the deaths of three people on Halloween continued over the weekend, when motorists killed three pedestrians in Manhattan and Queens. Drivers have killed at least 11 people walking in the city in the last 10 days. The three most recent victims were all seniors. At approximately 12:45 a.m. Sunday, Salifu […]

NYPD Isn’t Enforcing Mayor de Blasio’s Key Vision Zero Law

By Brad Aaron | Oct 27, 2015 | 30 Comments

Within months of taking office, Mayor Bill de Blasio signed into law several bills intended to add teeth to his Vision Zero street safety initiative. In the year since taking effect, however, the most important of those laws was barely used by NYPD. The Right of Way Law, also known as Section 19-190, made it a […]

23,000 Cars on NYC Streets and No One Is Tracking Uber’s Safety Record

By Brad Aaron | Oct 22, 2015 | 11 Comments

With more than 23,000 affiliated vehicles, Uber accounts for 66 percent of all “black cars” in NYC. Crain’s recently reported that Uber nearly doubled its NYC fleet in the past year. Even as Uber adds several hundred cars a month, no one seems to be keeping track of how many traffic collisions involve Uber drivers, making it impossible to assess the company’s […]

TLC: Driver Who Hit Children on Bronx Sidewalk Works for Uber [Updated]

By Brad Aaron | Sep 30, 2015 | 79 Comments

Warning: Graphic video Updates below The livery cab driver who sped onto a sidewalk and injured a woman and several children this morning in the Bronx was driving a vehicle affiliated with an Uber base, according to the Taxi and Limousine Commission. TLC spokesperson Allan Fromberg said the cab operates from Uber’s Schmecken hub. Fromberg said […]

Mayor’s Report Card: Traffic Deaths Falling, But Policy a Mixed Bag

By Stephen Miller | Sep 18, 2015 | 2 Comments

Each year, the City Charter requires the mayor to issue a report showing whether city agencies are meeting their goals. This year’s report card is a mixed bag for street safety, DOT, and NYPD. While fatalities are down, the direction of the enforcement and street design policies behind Vision Zero is less clear. The document, called the Mayor’s […]

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