Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Taxis & Limos

Black Cars to Go Green

By Brad Aaron | | 18 Comments
Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced Wednesday that the hybrid changeover for yellow cabs will be extended to cover the city’s 10,000 black cars. Under a proposed rule change, the Taxi and Limousine Commission would require new licensed black cars to meet a 25 m.p.g. standard for city driving in 2009 and 30 m.p.g. in 2010 — […]

The Brodsky Alternative, Take Two: $6.50 to Enter a Cab

By Brad Aaron | | 58 Comments
His license plate rationing scheme beloved by none, this afternoon Assemblyman Richard Brodsky offered his second congestion pricing alternative: raising the $2.50 taxi "drop charge" to $6.50, increasing fines for illegal parking and blocking the box, and further cutting the number of parking placards issued to government employees. Brodsky says the taxi fare hike alone […]

Driver-Nannies Keep Kids and Parents Safe From Transit

By Brad Aaron | | 33 Comments
  Here’s one for the anti-pricing populists.  Scared of or repulsed by public transportation, too impatient to wait for a cab, and burdened with excess cash, more well-to-do parents are enlisting driver-cum-nannies to ferry the kids to school and soccer practice, according to a recent article in the Observer. Say hello to the "Dranny." Jill […]

New Congestion Pricing Plan, Same Jeffrey Dinowitz

By Brad Aaron | | 10 Comments
The recommendation of a modified congestion pricing plan put forth last week by the Traffic Congestion Mitigation Commission has elicited another editorial from Bronx Assembly Member Jeffrey Dinowitz. Tellingly, the piece, from this week’s Riverdale Press, starts off with talking points that fellow Assembly Member Richard Brodsky and "Keep NYC Congestion Tax Free" spokesman Walter […]
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