Sentences with phrase «many yellow cabs»

It's not that complicated: These drivers are basically fulfilling the role of taxi driver as far as tipping norms are concerned, so add gratuity as though you're in a yellow cab.

The data also shows declining revenues from yellow cab fares — in the first half of 2014, cabbies collected $ 1.06 billion; in the same time period this year, that revenue figure fell to $ 981 million.

No one feels like a baller getting out of a yellow cab.

Unlike Uber, New York's yellow cabs prompt riders who pay with credit cards to leave a tip for their drivers.

Author's note: Blintzes are a New York institution, like the Empire State Building and Yellow Cabs.

I dreamed that Zoe darted out into NYC traffic (worst of all, in front of a yellow cab).

The chapter includes a 50 - cent MTA surcharge, like the yellow cabs pay.

In addition to expanding taxi service to the city's outer boroughs, it would also add 1,500 yellow cab medallion licenses.

The ride - sharing app Uber has recently shifted its focus to the city's other boroughs, leading it to a milestone: More people are using it than the city's fabled yellow cabs.

«This is a kind of unusual week because of the holiday,» Bill Yuhnke of Liberty Yellow Cab said.

Yuhnke admitted the 90 day cushion would benefit him personally, as his company, Liberty Yellow Cab, attempts to get its ride - hailing division off the ground.

Yuhnke said Liberty Yellow Cab was already taking steps to mitigate the effect of the new industry, even before last week.

With the yellow cab industry teetering on the brink of insolvency, New York City is poised to roll out what its top taxi regulator called a «tremendous opportunity»: surge pricing.

E-hail apps and burdensome rules for yellow cabs have made taxi medallions practically worthless, a driver suing NYC and taxi regulators told the Daily News.

Into this breach stepped / was pushed AM Micah Kellner, who offered as a kind of minor Great Compromise his Access - for - All bill which would mandate expanded accessibility for yellow cabs and livery cabs, and would allow for a greatly - reduced 6,000 livery street hail medallions.

-- YELLOW CABS COULD BEGIN SURGE PRICING — POLITICO's Dana Rubinstein: With the yellow cab industry teetering on the brink of insolvency, New York City is poised to roll out what its top taxi regulator called a «tremendous opportunity.»

But while Heastie and Weinstein championed the plan, a spokeswoman from Uber said on Tuesday that it «unfairly burdens» New Yorkers who live outside of Manhattan while also creating an uneven playing field for yellow cabs and e-hail car services.

«We now have yellow cabs and black cars and green cars and every color in the rainbow,» he said.

And he, along with other elected officials, filed a lawsuit against Mayor Bloomberg and the Taxi and Limousine Commission for its pilot e-hail program, in which yellow cabs would employ smartphone technology to pick up fares.

The state budget reached on April 1 includes a plan to levy surcharges on for - hire vehicles south of 96th Street — $ 2.75 on the likes of Uber and Lyft, $ 2.50 on yellow cabs, and 75 cents on ride - sharing options like Uber Pool and Via.

Mr. Blake related his own experiences having difficulty hailing traditional yellow cabs as an African - American, and the struggles his constituents have in looking for gainful work.

The collision between a blue Hyundai TLC and a yellow cab sent the Hyundai barreling out of control, and right into the building.

It is welcome news, however, to yellow cab drivers, who wore yellow cowboy hats in City Council chambers Thursday to show their support for the bill.

On Friday night, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a fiscal year 2019 budget that includes a $ 2.75 surcharge (the cost of a subway ride) on for - hire vehicles, $ 2.50 for yellow cabs and 75 cents for pooled trips below 96th Street in Manhattan..

Yellow cabs will take a larger hit because they operate mostly in Manhattan, while ride - hailing apps are used across the boroughs, he said.

Komanoff predicts that the fee will cause Uber and Lyft usage to decline by 2.7 percent and yellow cab trips to drop by 6.4 percent citywide.

CHELSEA, Manhattan — Several people were injured Thursday evening when a collision with a yellow cab cause another car to jump the curb in Chelsea and crash into a deli.

De Blasio is proposing a 30 - cent surcharge on all taxi rides to make the city's yellow cab and outerborough limousine fleet more wheelchair accessible.

«I believe in the justice system and we will pursue all available remedies,» he said, before hopping into a yellow cab to escape the media.

Mayor de Blasio is proposing a 30 - cent surcharge on all taxi rides to make the city's yellow cab and outerborough limousine fleet more wheelchair accessible.

An hour later, after he had secured Silver in a yellow cab that sped away on Centre Street, Cohen was asked how his client was feeling.

A city study of GPS data shows that 97.5 percent of the more than 13,230 yellow cabs pick up their fares in Manhattan or at the two city airports.

Queens Rep. Joseph Crowley wants de Blasio to step in to help the struggling yellow taxi industry and its lenders, saying new app - based car services like Uber have led to a big drop in value of the yellow cab medallions.

He said the holdup stems from discussions over possible amendments to mandate GPS tracking and other enforcement measures to ensure livery cabs don't encroach on yellow cab turf.

While Mr. Cuomo had commissioned a task force to develop a framework for charging cars that drive into the busiest parts of Manhattan, Friday's budget deal included only the first phase: a $ 2.75 fee on for - hire vehicles and a $ 2.50 fee on yellow cabs below 96th Street.

The former speaker of the State Assembly, Sheldon Silver, left the courthouse in a yellow cab.

The New York Times reported last week that the value of yellow cab medallions is in free - fall nationwide, with prices in New York having slipped as much as 17 % since hitting a million bucks in Spring, 2013.

There is also discussion about adding $ 2.50 on yellow cabs that operate in the zone.

An amendment recently tacked onto the proposal would require livery cabs to pony up the same 50 - cent surcharge to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority that yellow cabs pay, Silver said.

Second, this bill would not truly benefit my residents and certainly would hurt the livery cab industry much more than helping the yellow cab companies.

There was heavy lobbying on both sides of the issue — with yellow cab drivers who were against the legislation surrounding the Capitol with their cabs and livery drivers who spent hours debating legislators in the halls.

In a statement, Cira Angeles, a spokeswoman for Livery Base Owners, Inc., one of the many livery cab associations, called the «delinking of borough licenses from yellow cab medallions is an important first step.»

Yellow cabs have had a hard time keeping up with ride share services like Uber and Lyft, and so the value of medallions is plummeting.

Yellow cabs would be charged a $ 2.50 fee.

In addition, 1,500 yellow cab medallions would be authorized.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers on Friday reached a final agreement that signs off on $ 168.3 billion in state spending for the coming fiscal year in an agreement that includes disparate issues such as reforming the state's sexual harassment policies to placing a fee on ride hailing vehicles and yellow cabs in Manhattan to help fund mass transit.

Uber objected to the cap, saying de Blasio and the City Council were doing the bidding of the yellow cab taxi industry, which has been among the politicians» largest donors.

The yellow cab owners also oppose the plan.

You'll never see a yellow cab accepting hails up there,» said Hamilton DeLossantos, 30, a livery cab driver for the past nine years.

Asked about what would happen to passengers in Harlem, Inwood and Washington Heights, where yellow cabs are rare, Diaz said it will be up to state lawmakers and city council members to finesse the rules.