Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Taxis & Limos

NYPD: “No Criminality” as Cab Driver Runs Over Kids on Bronx Sidewalk

By Brad Aaron | Sep 30, 2015 | 10 Comments

Several people, including a number of children, were seriously injured when a livery cab driver drove onto a sidewalk in the Bronx this morning. At around 7:45 the driver, a man whose name was not released, “lost control” of a Toyota Camry at 229 E. Kingsbridge Road, according to NYPD. A police spokesperson said the driver hit one woman and […]

Why Is There So Much Traffic in NYC? It’s the Free Roads, Stupid

By Stephen Miller | Sep 17, 2015 | 63 Comments

Since the de Blasio administration attempted to cap for-hire cars this summer, the debate over Manhattan traffic has gotten louder, but not more productive. Uber claimed it definitely wasn’t the problem. Some council members wondered if bike lanes were slowing down cars. Amid all the noise, something important got lost. At a hearing about Manhattan traffic this morning convened by Borough President Gale Brewer, a simple […]

Uber Should Pay an MTA Fee Like Yellow Cabs, But the Fee Should Be Smarter

By Stephen Miller | Aug 26, 2015 | 22 Comments

One of the points of debate over Uber’s operations in New York is whether its trips should contribute the same 50-cent surcharge to the MTA that yellow and green taxis do. It’s an easy question to answer in some ways: It doesn’t matter whether a car is yellow, green, or black — if some for-hire vehicles have to […]

For Some, Uber’s Role in Congesting Manhattan Still Hidden in Plain Sight

By Charles Komanoff | Aug 18, 2015 | 23 Comments

Maybe it’s the sleekness. Or the digital disruptiveness. Or something slipped in the water bottle on your seat. Whatever it is, some data mavens are contorting into pretzels to deny the obvious — that Uber is contributing to the slowdown in Manhattan traffic. The latest Don’t Blame Uber entry was a New Yorker post over […]

Why Traffic Congestion Has Rebounded in the CBD

By Charles Komanoff | Jul 29, 2015 | 13 Comments

Traffic congestion in the Manhattan core is rebounding. Travel-speed data culled from taxicab GPS and released last month by City transportation and taxi officials suggest that average motor vehicle travel speeds in the Central Business District fell by 8.5 percent from 2012 to 2014. The slowdown follows years of flat or even rising speeds — a phenomenon that […]

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 […]

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