Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Taxis & Limos

Trade Group Representing Yellow Cab Owners Endorses 20 MPH Bill [Updated]

By Brad Aaron | Nov 1, 2013 | 15 Comments

A major taxi medallion owners’ group has come out in favor of the bill to lower speed limits to 20 miles per hour on residential streets citywide. The Metropolitan Taxicab Board of Trade represents the owners of 5,200 of the city’s 13,000 yellow cab medallions. It has also raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for […]

At City Council Hearing, Impassioned Appeals for Lower Speed Limits

By Brad Aaron | Oct 31, 2013 | 21 Comments

City Council reps and members of the public spoke unanimously today in support of a bill to lower speed limits to a life-saving 20 miles per hour in neighborhoods citywide. But if the council adopts the measure, it will do so over the objection of DOT, which said the proposal would create conflicts with state […]

The Weekly Carnage

By Summer Greenstein | Oct 25, 2013 | 3 Comments

The Weekly Carnage is a Friday round-up of motor vehicle violence across the five boroughs. For more on the origins and purpose of this column, please read About the Weekly Carnage. Fatal Crashes (7 Killed Since Oct. 11; 170 This Year; 13 Drivers Charged*) Schuylerville: Angel Figueroa, 74, Hit by Three Drivers on E. Tremont Avenue; One […]

With No Charges From Cy Vance or NYPD, Curb-Jumping Cabbie Driving Again

By Brad Aaron | Oct 2, 2013 | 23 Comments

Six weeks after cab driver Mohammed Himon drove onto a Midtown sidewalk and hit tourist Sian Green, severing her leg, Green is back home in England. Meanwhile, Himon is again driving a taxi, as no charges have been filed against him by NYPD or Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance. The August 20 crash attracted international […]

Cab Driver Who Severed Woman’s Leg: I’m the Victim

By Brad Aaron | Aug 23, 2013 | 139 Comments

The Taxi and Limousine Commission tells us Mohammed Himon pleaded guilty to a suspension summons and surrendered his hack license this afternoon. “His suspension has technically begun,” a spokesperson said. So while Himon won’t be behind the wheel of a cab for at least 30 days, you might see him on your television. Himon — who drove […]

Cabbie Blames Cyclist He Hit and Bike Lanes for Midtown Curb-Jump Crash

By Brad Aaron | Aug 22, 2013 | 87 Comments

The Post is doing its best to assign partial blame to the cyclist who was struck by cab driver Mohammed Himon in Tuesday morning’s crash on Sixth Avenue, but the paper got Himon to confess that he intentionally stepped on the gas before mounting the curb and hitting Sian Green, the 23-year-old tourist who lost part […]

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