Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Taxis & Limos

The Real Reason Uber Traffic Matters in NYC

By Ben Fried | Jul 23, 2015 | 16 Comments

For a moment yesterday, it seemed like the big clash between the taxi medallion industry and app-based car services, framed in terms of Uber’s effect on snarled Manhattan traffic, might veer into unexpectedly brilliant territory. There was Deputy Mayor Anthony Shorris in the Daily News, telling the MTA that City Hall would consider the Move NY traffic […]

Uber’s Own Numbers Show It’s Making Traffic Worse

By Stephen Miller | Jul 22, 2015 | 32 Comments

Uber blasted out an Excel spreadsheet to reporters this morning, accompanied by a story and editorial in the Daily News, with data providing a snapshot of how many Uber vehicles are on Manhattan streets south of 59th Street, New York’s central business district. While Uber claims the data shows its vehicles aren’t responsible for congestion in the city core, […]

Uber Makes the Case for NYC Cyclists to Download Lyft

By Ben Fried | Jul 21, 2015 | 64 Comments

It’s hard to make livable streets advocates take the same side of an issue as the taxi medallion industry, but Uber’s general manager in New York, Josh Mohrer, is giving it his best shot. In a Q&A with Kevin Roose about Uber’s clash with City Hall, Mohrer completely flubbed his chance to make a pitch for […]

NYC’s Taxi Regulations Are Obsolete. How Should They Change?

By Stephen Miller | Jul 15, 2015 | 26 Comments

The de Blasio administration’s proposed slowdown in new for-hire vehicle licenses for a one-year study period could be the opening move in a major rewrite of the rules governing the city’s taxi and livery industry. The current system is an anachronism, and a big overhaul could harmonize the city’s growing array of medallion taxis, green cabs, and Uber-type services in a way that lessens the […]

DOT Drops Sheepshead Bay Plaza Plan After Oppo From Deutsch, CB 15

By Stephen Miller | Jul 9, 2015 | 14 Comments

More space for people near the Sheepshead Bay subway station? Council Member Chaim Deutsch and Community Board 15 aren’t interested. A proposal from DOT to add pedestrian space near the Sheepshead Bay express stop [PDF] was panned last month by Deutsch and the CB 15 transportation committee (that would be these guys). The project now appears to have been dropped by […]

Uber and Manhattan Gridlock Are Rising Together

By Charles Komanoff | Jul 8, 2015 | 10 Comments

How responsible is Uber for the 9 percent drop in Manhattan travel speeds that New York City transportation officials reported last month? The answer appears to be: quite a lot. If — and it’s a big if — the surge in use of Uber and other app-based car services is not offset by a decline in use of […]

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