Sentences with phrase «by yellow taxis»

«Reducing the number of Ubers would only hurt the millions of riders outside of Manhattan who have long been ignored by yellow taxis and who don't have access to reliable public transit,» Anfang said.

From Bayside to Brownsville, Uber helps all New Yorkers move around their communities, especially in areas long ignored by yellow taxis and where access to public transit is limited.

But the city's proposal has sparked skepticism — stoked by Uber — because it resembles one put forth by the yellow taxi industry, and because anything the de Blasio administration does that helps yellow taxis (no matter how earnestly intentioned) requires the following footnote: the industry donated prolifically to his mayoral campaign even as he parroted their rhetoric on everything from borough taxis to the Taxi of Tomorrow.

Not exact matches

A proposed congestion pricing plan by the New York Assembly would charge yellow taxis differently than for - hire services like Uber and Lyft.

Council Speaker Corey Johnson (D - Manhattan) named Diaz chair of the new committee this month, giving the outspoken 74 - year - old minister subpoena power and oversight of yellow and green taxis, Ubers and other car - service vehicles regulated by the Taxi & Limousine Commission.

At noon, advocates rally to call on NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio and the city council to require all for - hire vehicle operators, including Uber and Lyft, to meet the same 50 percent wheelchair - accessible mandate yellow taxis must meet by 2020, City Hall, Manhattan.

The mayor was pummeled by the apps, particularly Uber, which ran ads highlighting the service's popularity with lower - income, minority New Yorkers who were trying to earn some extra money as drivers or were just happy to finally get a cab in a part of town where yellow taxis wouldn't venture.

De Blasio's all - over-the-place communications strategy was complicated by some pre-existing, and unflattering, facts about his transactional relationship with Uber - imperiled yellow - taxi owners: They gave him a lot of money, and he (at least initially) adopted their policy positions.

«When yellow and green cab drivers get paid by cash, they have to move around to complete the transaction,» said New York Taxi Workers Alliance Executive Director Bhairavi Desai.

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Yellow taxis gleamed as they sped by, while the red H&M sign across the street glowed invitingly.

From Sultanahmet square, the heart of the city, many of the main monuments can be reached on foot or by a network of trams, buses and the bright yellow taxis, whose drivers usually have a modicum of English.

The kits are influenced by the architectural features on the respective cities, with the New York bag inspired by the city's grid - like streets, avenues and iconic yellow taxis, and the Melbourne kits reflecting the city's 19th century buildings, the Yarra river and the coastline.

They're linked, also, by a taxicab - yellow hue (he made them not long before embarking on his more geometric «Taxi Cab» paintings).

Because of rules that Mayor Bloomberg recommended and the Taxi & Limousine Commission voted on, our greenhouse gas emissions are going to be reduced by three quarters of a percent by changes to our yellow taxis and black car and limousines alone.

As part of this effort, last May the mayor announced that the city's 13,000 yellow taxis would have to meet stricter mileage standards by October.