Sentences with phrase «yellow cabs»

After a backlash from city officials and the taxi industry, the administration is considering creating another class of yellow cab that would be limited to outer - borough pick ups instead.

Here is a technical problem, discussed in Yellow Cab Company Ltd. v. Passenger Transportation Board, 2014 BCCA 329.

The new state budget creates a $ 2.75 - per - trip fee on for - hire cars and $ 2.50 - per - trip for yellow cab trips, but nothing on passenger vehicles or trucks.

Sen. Martin Golden (R - Brooklyn), a Bloomberg ally who sponsored the bill, now wants to change it because of yellow cab industry opposition.

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.»

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.

In this case, that clothing comes in a variety of colors, including a limited - edition «Sonic Yellow,» a weird pastel that can only be described as Yellow Cab with cream added.

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.

A New York yellow cab driver faced with the prospect of losing his house due to competition from ride - hail apps such as Uber and the devaluation of his taxi medallion killed himself Friday.

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

Yellow cabs looked true.

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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.

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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.

Eligible purchases include MatroCard fees and NYC Yellow cab fares.

It's unclear whether Uber stands to benefit at all from the brief yellow cab strike at one of the nation's busiest airports.

As seen below, Benedict Cumberbatch, Benedict Wong, and Robert Downey, Jr. were spotted assembling on a downtown on - location Atlanta set designed to look like the rubble of a New York City street, right down to the iconic New York yellow cab.

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.

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 budget ended up including the first phase: a surcharge on for - hire vehicles and yellow cabs below 96th Street starting in January 2019.

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.

A HUGE pair of hands to toss these Sunday drivers / NYC yellow cabs out of the way when I'm going somewhere and running a little late.

The 1080p video I shot of Manhattan traffic was smooth and vibrant, with yellow cabs popping against the neutral buildings in the background.

The taxi industry has also said it shouldn't be hit with a new fee because yellow cabs for years have charged 50 - cent per trip on every fare that has sent $ 600 million to the MTA.

But as protesters chanted and waved colorful signs defending their jobs and slamming the mayor, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., who had been asked by the administration to broker a deal between the warring sides, released a new plan that would create a new class of outer - borough medallion, independent of the plan to license more yellow cabs.

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The 1080p video I shot of Manhattan streets looked smooth, colorful and clear, with passing cars appearing sharp and yellow cabs showing accurate colors.

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

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.

Yuhnke said he's confident customers will continue to come to Liberty Yellow Cab once the novelty of ride - hailing wears off.

Mr. Freidman and other holders of Taxi and Limousine Commission - issued yellow cab medallions have seen the value of the once - coveted permits plunge as Uber and Lyft have expanded.

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.

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.

Speaking specifically about yellow cabs, but making a point that applies to any cabs — green or yellow — that are regulated by the TLC, Mr. Roberts concluded, «[We] also pay $ 1,000 per medallion per year for the joy of being able to use city roads.

He strained to show that he was not favoring Uber over yellow cabs, though he said cabs never came up to his Washington Heights neighborhood when he was growing up in the 1960s and 70s.

«We were here before Starbucks and before Old Navy, before yellow cabs came up here,» said Tywanna Ellerbe who said they are already facing a rent increase for the installation of a new boiler.

There's still time to fine - tune any toll scheme on this point: Allow yellow cabs, say, 10 free trips a day into the congestion zone in return for the «crude congestion pricing fee» they've already paid.

You have to be razor - sharp at every moment, because before you know it a lion — read yellow cab — runs you over while you were just about to observe the most beautiful creatures of nature wearing the latest Dior trainers.

-LCB- GQ -RCB- Rita Ora sits on the hood of a custom DKNY yellow cab in Times Square for the brand's latest ad campaign.

Nearby, chatting with the valets, I saw a guy wearing a leather vest, tie - dye tee - shirt, studded fingerless driving gloves and a jaunty Yellow Cab cap.

So when I called Monterey Yellow Cab, even they were confused.

The maker of the «Taxi of Tomorrow» uses the same NV200 shell, which was chosen to cart customers in Yellow Cab form around America's Gotham City.

Undoubtedly its most visible role to date will begin in late 2013 when the Nissan NV200 becomes the foundation for New York City's new designated yellow cab, serving an estimated 600,000 passengers a day.

Nissan has revealed their version of the future yellow cab.

Scott Beauchamp is President and Co-Owner of Indianapolis Yellow Cab.

Each journey seems to be an event; whether it's clinging onto the boat taxis to and from the island (our chosen accommodation was the Isle de N'gor surf camp), jumping into one of the many yellow cabs (available in the full range of condition: from «brand new and sparkling to «probably should be in a landfill site») or squeezing far too many hot, sweaty people and battered surfboards into the camp's hot, battered van.