Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Taxis & Limos

Questions Linger About Bloomberg’s New Livery Van Service

By Noah Kazis | Jun 24, 2010 | 7 Comments

Commuter vans, like this one in Sunset Park, could become a more common sight on New York’s streets. Image: The Brooklyn Ink. On Tuesday, Mayor Bloomberg announced a new pilot program to provide livery van service for transit-starved neighborhoods in Brooklyn and Queens, a proposal stemming from his 2009 campaign transit platform. The push to […]

What Can Taxi Data Tell Us About NYC Streets?

By Noah Kazis | Apr 7, 2010 | 11 Comments

The average density of taxi pick-ups at 1 a.m. on Saturdays in 2009. The most rides originated from the Meatpacking District and the Lower East Side. Image: NYT. When New York City installed GPS units in its taxi fleet in 2007, it began an ambitious initiative to gather information about how traffic functions. Over the […]

Does a Taxi Driver Need to Hurt Someone Before the TLC Takes Action?

By Ken Coughlin | Jan 19, 2010 | 18 Comments

The first thing I noticed was a blur of yellow to my left, and a split second later a bump on my arm and something brushing my leg. I had just crossed Fifth Avenue, heading east on 72nd Street on my bike. I was riding, as is my custom, as close to the parked cars […]

Taxi Surcharges and Congestion Pricing — They Go Great Together

By Charles Komanoff | Nov 12, 2009 | 15 Comments

The surcharge on NYC medallion taxi fares that took effect this month is a bit like a bases-loaded groundout that scores a run but kills a big inning: It does some good, but a ringing base hit could have done a lot more. Congestion pricing paired with a significant taxi surcharge would speed cab trips […]

Daily News on Distracted Cab Drivers: What’s the Big Deal?

By Brad Aaron | Oct 19, 2009 | 7 Comments

In an apparent quest to see which local daily can issue the most ridiculously auto-centric assessment of the problems plaguing the public realm, the "New York" Post has some competition. In August, 8-year-old Axel Pablo was killed by a cab driver in Harlem. Witnesses say the cabbie was on his cell phone. Though police cleared […]

How Do You Handle Dangerous-Driving Cabbies?

By Brad Aaron | Sep 21, 2009 | 16 Comments

A reader sent in this photo of the weekend collision between a yellow cab and a horse carriage on 60th Street at Fifth Avenue. NY1 reports: Central Park erupted into a scene of chaos early Saturday afternoon after witnesses say a taxi heading west from 60th Street toward Fifth Avenue hit an empty horse and […]

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