From the monthly archives:
The year 2008 has once again been a transformative one for the TLC, as well as for all of our regulated industries. While the economic downturn has resulted in challenges to all of the TLC’s regulated industries, your combined efforts have continued to serve the riding public well, and have helped to keep your industries [...]
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It’s getting harder to hack it in New York. It used to be when times were tough and you needed cash in a hurry, you dusted off your hack license and got behind the wheel of a yellow cab. Not so fast, now. With thousands of New Yorkers newly laid off there are more drivers [...]
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When a small city, like Calabasas, Calif., does something innovative, like banning outdoor smoking, that’s interesting. But when a big city like New York tries something new, it’s probably time to sit up and take notice. Which is what makes an announcement scheduled for Wednesday so interesting. The city’s Department of Transportation has contracted with [...]
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A Wall Street driver and the trickle-down of misfortune. Pervaiz Waraich is cruising lower Manhattan, stuck in the worst dry spell of his seventeen years as a yellow-cab driver. After starting his twelve-hour shift an hour early, at 4 p.m., he has grossed just $22 in 90 prime-time minutes. He’s seen pedestrians on the streets, [...]
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When new hybrids from Ford and Honda roll into showrooms this spring, drivers will find flashy dashboards that turn hypermiling into a videogame. Ford and Honda’s next-gen instrument clusters feature trees (a vine in Ford’s case) that grow more lush as drivers learn to hypermile — the fine art of maximizing fuel economy. Leaves grow like crabgrass [...]
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Three New York State motor vehicle clerks and a middleman have been charged with fixing 1,475 traffic tickets for taxi and truck drivers facing suspensions of their licenses, the state inspector general announced on Tuesday. The scheme, which operated for two years out of the Department of Motor Vehicles offices on Rector Street in downtown [...]
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A recent MBA graduate who can’t find work has posted his resume in the yellow taxi he’s been driving around New York City to help pay his bills. James Williamson earned his master’s degree in business administration at Philadelphia’s La Salle University. Then he spent four months on interviews while looking for work troubleshooting electronics, [...]
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New Opportunities to Gather Data TLC has been approached by manufacturers and taxicab owners who are interested in testing data collection devices such as cameras (drivecam) and “black box”recorders. To properly evaluate these suggestions, TLC needs to learn more about capabilities, functionality, and costs.
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