Blocked by a federal judge from imposing stricter fuel standards on taxis, Mayor Bloomberg took a new route yesterday to persuade cab fleets to go green.
In an industry dependent on tips, the mayor dangled significant financial incentives before fleet owners reluctant to make the switch to cleaner hybrids.
The mayor said the Taxi and Limousine Commission would change the maximum lease rates that medallion owners could charge drivers, increasing the fee by $3 for each 12-hour shift for hybrids and decreasing it $12 for gas-hogging Ford Crown Victorias.
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After a federal court ruling stalled a city initiative to make most new taxis hybrid vehicles, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said on Friday that he would seek another way, announcing new financial incentives aimed at pushing taxi owners to buy the more environmentally friendly gas-and-electric cars.
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After a judge blocked Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s administration from requiring all new taxicabs to be hybrids, New York City is looking for other ways to get more fuel-efficient cabs on the streets.
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In one more indication of the economy’s downward slope, traffic on the bridges and tunnels into Manhattan dropped precipitously last month — a decline that officials said appeared to be tied to job losses.
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