Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Taxis & Limos

Cab Driver Seriously Injures Cyclist on Upper West Side

By Brad Aaron | May 23, 2013 | 8 Comments

A cyclist was struck and injured by a cab driver at 81st and Broadway this afternoon. A spokesperson said FDNY got the call at 2:20 p.m., and that responders transported a 35-year-old male in serious condition to St. Luke’s Roosevelt. A tipster who alerted us to the crash and took the photo said the victim was […]

Ray Kelly’s NYC: No Charges for Driver Who Dragged Woman Under Cab

By Brad Aaron | Feb 27, 2013 | 13 Comments

A reader has identified the woman wounded by a cab driver in Upper Manhattan Sunday evening as Amy Fass of Washington Heights. The crash occurred in the 34th Precinct, where officers issued two speeding tickets in the last three months of 2012. Fass was crossing 181st at Haven Avenue, near her home, at approximately 6:45 […]

Taxi Drivers Demand Justice for Mir Hossain, Killed by Speeding Driver

By Stephen Miller | Jan 23, 2013 | 6 Comments

Early Sunday morning, Mir Hossain, 35, was standing next to his double-parked cab on East 26th Street between Third and Lexington Avenues when a speeding SUV driver rear-ended his taxi, sending him flying to the pavement and killing him. This afternoon, the New York Taxi Workers Alliance held a memorial at the site of the crash, […]

TLC Attorney Declares That Bikes Aren’t Vehicles

By Ken Coughlin | Aug 23, 2012 | 51 Comments

One morning in May, I was riding my bike up Park Avenue in the East 70s, a stretch that is rife with double-parking at that hour. Seeing a cab and another vehicle stationary ahead of me in the right-hand travel lane, I carefully checked behind and then pulled into the middle lane. As I passed […]

Taxi Driver Rep Bhairavi Desai: Speed Enforcement Is a Government Scam

By Brad Aaron | Jun 20, 2012 | 22 Comments

The Times ran a story yesterday on the supposedly improving outlook for state speed camera legislation. The bills have failed to gain traction in Albany for several years running and have yet to clear either house this session, though the Senate version has picked up a sponsor in Staten Island Republican Andrew Lanza. Speeding-related crashes […]

Street Safety Alert: NYC Cabbies Log More Hours Than Long-Haul Truckers

By Brad Aaron | Mar 13, 2012 | 6 Comments

Every New Yorker who steps off a curb should read the Gotham Gazette story on the health problems associated with driving a city cab. If nothing else it’s an eye-opener, to say the least, in light of the potential impact of cabbie working conditions on street safety. From a physical standpoint, driving is a sedentary […]

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