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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Page 3, 6, and 8 EDITORIAL • INSIDER NEWS By David Pollack Page 4 • REFLECTIONS TAXI ATTORNEY One month after a lone wolf in Las Vegas wounded is one asshole fi ring assault weapons at thousands By Michael Spevack over 500 people and killed 58 from his hotel room innocent people with intent to kill for us to question: Page 9 stocked with thousands of rounds of am- Should we ban guns? Tome, no guns mean munition and 20 rifl es, a lone-wolf terrorist no gun deaths. Hundreds of thousands of • in New York City rented a U-Haul truck vehicles are driven in New York City every PUZZLE and used that vehicle as his weapon. Al- day and yes, they are all steel weapons if Page 9 leged Uber driver Sayfullo Saipov decided used at high speeds. Should we ban ve- • that killing and injuring innocent people hicles? Of course not, but apparently all LET’S NOT MESS WITH THE by truck was somehow his religious duty, it takes is one angry asshole in Manhattan or was he just so angry with American believing that taking another’s life is the STATE CONSTITUTION society that he lost his freaking mind? right thing to do, and any vehicle becomes By Jerry Kramer The Muslim community was fast to deny a weapon. I am sure that either concrete or Page 11 that Mr. Saipov represented the Muslim steel barriers will soon be appearing along • religion and at this time there seems to all bike paths and pedestrian malls. be no other connection to other terrorists, hence the On October 31st I was driving from through COMMISSIONER’S CORNER Lone-Wolf label. Reports state Saipov passed the Uber the Battery Tunnel onto West Street north at ap- By Merra Joshi background check. Why would either of these killers proximately 3:15. I am still emotionally confused and Page 14 decide to destroy the greatest gift in the universe, life? somewhat thankful as I totally missed this horrifi c • What caused these men to intentionally hurt other event on West Street by just minutes. It reminded me human beings? Was it brainwashing, a mental fl aw, of my morning on 9/11. Every day I would take the IATR’S 30TH ANNIVERSARY propaganda, stress, anger or just a mental attitude PATH train from Hoboken to the World Trade Center By Matthew Daus, Esq. that was out of sorts to say the least? at about 9:00AM except on the days of my newspa- Page 15 There are thousands of registered guns in Las per distribution. If it wasn’t for the need to deliver • Vegas as there are thousands of registered vehicles in this very newspaper on that very day, September 11, Manhattan, with relatively few problems. All it takes (Continued on Page 8) A FINE SLIPPERY SLOPE By Larry Fisher DON’T FORGET TO VOTE ON NOVEMBER 7TH. Page 17 • YOU WILL DETERMINE WHO QUOTABLE QUOTES YOUR NEXT MAYOR WILL BE. Page 17 • VOTE FOR YOUR • 4TH ANNUAL VISION ZERO CITY COUNCILMAN, ASSEMBLYPERSON SAFETY HONOR ROLL AND SENATOR! Page 18, 19 and 25 • NYC ECONOMY TAXI DAVE’S Page 29 and 30 • RADIO SHOW BOOK SIGNINGS Page 31 WOR-710AM • 8:00 – 9:00 PM INSIDER DIRECTORY Page 32 EVERY SUNDAY! PAGE 2 • TAXI INSIDER •NOVEMBER 2017 BEST Prices in NYC! Yogi Transmission Shop, Inc. Come to US! Mr. Surjit Singh NYC INTERBORO MGMT. 21-10 39TH Avenue • Astoria, NY 11101 36-02 21st Street, Astoria Tel. (718)392-6320 • (800)609-6320 Business Hours: Mon - Fri. 9 am till 7 pm • 718 392-0520 Sat. 9 am till 2 pm

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FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE OUR AD ON PAGE 33 NOVEMBER 2017 • TAXI INSIDER • PAGE 3 LETTERS JULY 2010 • TAXI INSIDER • PAGE 1 INSIDER Being Thankful and has a plan to retire at age 65. Let us know what you think. Publisher & Dear Taxi Dave, Hakw As the holiday season approaches, I fi nd myself being thankful. It’s been 17 years now I’m driving Editor-in-Chief yellow taxi. I remember my fi rst fare, knowing the Move NY? David Pollack streets of NYC growing up in NYC , I was happy to Dear Taxi Dave, know how to get there, hoping to get there safely was Who’s gonna enforce and stop the Uber cars from the challenge. After the ride was fi nished, I thanked parking/standing on streets that are no standing, no the passenger for paying me. As I drive now I thank parking while they wait for fares? They cause the the passenger for taking yellow taxi, something I congestion. never thought I would have to thank them for. It was Timmy a given, that ONLY Yellow taxis would do the service of transporting Clarifi cation On Liveries people around NYC off the streets, that’s not the case Columnists anymore, so I’m thankful, thankful that they got in Dear Taxi Dave, my car and not Uber.There was a time I thought my Thanks again for another awesome show. job as taxi driver was secure, that feeling has long I called in and mentioned Ydanis Rodriguez said Matthew Daus, Esq. passed . So I have to be grateful this holiday season on the steps something to the effect of the black , that people out there choose yellow taxis, or I’ll be cars really being livery cars. I then said that liver- Larry Fisher in very horrifi c traffi c this holiday season without ies need to go through “City Envrionmental Quality a fare. Maybe even without a job. So let’s all thank Review” but I misspoke. But, the rules to provide Nat Goldbetter the passenger for choosing yellow taxis , for street that existing mass transit and taxis need to be taken hailing must be here to stay. into account. Please see, the actual rules regarding Ira Goldstein, Esq. Taxi Solomon livery provide, specifi cally the criteria for Reviewing New Applications. §59B-08 Licensing – Causes for Denial or Re- Abe Mittleman Situation Beyond Repair vocation Dear Taxi Dave, (d) Livery Base Station–Criteria for Reviewing Michael Spevack, Esq. I insist that the solution to congestion and pollution New Application. In reviewing an application for a is the removal of all bicycle lanes below 72nd street License to operate a Livery Base Station, the Com- Jerry Kremer in Manhattan. We hear the X and current government mission will examine and consider the following offi cials wrongfully claim that we do not want to anger factors: or go to war with bicyclists crowd. The bottom line (1) Any negative impact on Other Transportation Layout & Graphics is as long as they want to play it “politically correct“, Systems, including: the situation will get worst than better. (i) The adequacy of existing mass transit and mass Dragonfl y Graphics LLC Hakw transportation facilities to meet the transportation needs of the public Gypsy Cabs (ii) Any negative impact that the proposed opera- tion might have on those existing services Hi Taxi Dave; Taxi Insider (iii) The extent and quality of service provided Although I no longer drive yellow cab, but my by existing, legally operating For-Hire Vehicles and 11 Edge Water lane heart is still there. Taxicabs I went with my wife to Manhattan yesterday to Haverstraw, NY 10927 (2) Any negative impact on quality of life in the do some shopping. I saw numerous New Jersey cars vicinity of the Base Station, including: with private plates and Uber signs on both sides of Phone: (718) 706-TAXI(8294) (i) Traffi c congestion the windows soliciting passengers. There were a (ii) Sidewalk congestion — lot of police around, but I didn’t see them stopping (iii) Noise. any of those cars. However, I saw more than fi ve I think I don’t need to explain how if companies E-mail:[email protected] yellow cabs pulled over by the police and were like Uber and their ilk came into the fold as liver- given summons. ies, which they appear to be, that things would not I said to my wife, the city is still secretly deter- Copyright © 2017 by TAXI INSIDER. All be the mess they are. mined to destroy the Yellow cab industry, regardless rights reserved. Neither this newspaper nor You may also refer to the attached screenshot, of what they say publicly. any part therof may be reproduced, copied, from “Taxi 07: Roads Forward” but together but the Rather than the police going to stop the il- or transmitted in any form, electronic or TLC in 2007. legal cars, they’re still trying to make the life of mechanical including photocopying, mi- You may also note that commuter vans have similar cabbies miserable, so they give up and go work crofi lming, recording or by any information rules, but Ford Chariot skirts around them (we saw elsewhere. retrieving system without the express written Councilman Daneek Miller at the City Council bring Sincerely, permission of the publishers. The copyright this up on September 25th, remember?). Michael is extended to the design and text created I will also note that there are a slew of “exceptions” for advertisements. This publication will and “exemptions” that apply to black cars and luxury not be responsible for errors in advertise- Auction Prices cars, but NOT to liveries (for example, displaying the ment beyond the cost of the space occupied Dear Taxi Dave, passenger bill of rights). by the error. Bylined articles represent the With deep appreciation to your efforts for Best!!! sole opinion of the writer and are not neces- yellow industry, please make sure updating us Gabe sarily in accordance with the views of TAXI via taxi insider or radio show of the Medallions INSIDER. prices auctioned on September 12th/2017. In my Taxi This Publication reserves the right to opinion, the real price should stand around $500K. limit or refuse advertising it deems objec- Dear Taxi Dave, My driving conclusion is from $22000 to $24000 tionable. Too many undercover agents (TLC/Police) out annual percentage Uber charging its drivers. TAXI INSIDER is published monthly at there on the streets watching cabdrivers if they’re For sure, yellow cab medallion is a 20 to 30 years a subscription rate of $48.00 per year. busy with the phone using Waze, or Google map long investment for a person who is 30 years old (Continued on Page 8) PAGE 4 • TAXI INSIDER •NOVEMBER 2017 Insider News Phasing Out of the NYC MetroCard: The Port Authority of New York MTA Begins Testing New Subway Fare System and New Jersey Subway tokens have been out of are adopting modern payment options Six Airlines At LaGuardia Airport commission since 2003, and New York- that allow riders to pay through apps, Changing Terminals In December To ers, visitors, and tourists alike have used bank, or proprietary cards. yellow MetroCards to ride the subway Speaking to am New York, Nick Streamline Passenger Travel ever since. The MetroCard, however, Sifuentes, Executive Director at the Starting December 9, American, ments more effi cient, helping to reduce may soon be a thing of the past as well: Tri-State Transportation Campaign, Delta, JetBlue, Alaska, Frontier and on-the-ground delays. It also will improve the MTA has offi cially begun testing a welcomed the testing and said it will Spirit will relocate to improve the travel the experience for passengers. All of mobile phone payment and scanning be important for the MTA to consider experience, minimize inconvenience and American’s customers, for example, will system. technology that will expand options for reduce delays be dropped off, checked in and picked up at Aimed for the moment at commuters riders. “The MetroCard has been a great Changes will consolidate JetBlue Terminal B; they’ll no longer need to take a riding the train and then transferring to tool, but it’s outlived its usefulness. and Alaska in Terminal A (Marine Air shuttle bus between Terminals B and C for the subway, the new mobile ticketing Cities from London to Los Angeles are Terminal), American in Terminal B, certain fl ights. Delta Shuttle customers in service is actually the expansion of defi nitely, at this point, ahead of the Delta in Terminals C and D and Frontier Terminal C will have access to amenities one already in place for riders on the MTA in terms of fare technology and and Spirit in Terminal D; Goal is to make that include a 7,600-square-foot Delta Sky Metro-North Railroad and the Long it’s good that we’re thinking of how to travel around airport more effi cient for Club, chef-driven restaurants, an expan- Island Rail Road who use the MTA’s catch up.” passengers sive food hall, and upscale retail. eTix app. The MTA is testing out the According to NY1, MTA offi cials American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, The ongoing $8 billion transforma- expansion at specifi c stations where stress that this only a test, and that the JetBlue Airways and three other airlines tion of the 680-acre LaGuardia Airport riders on the Metro-North and LIRR fare payment method may look com- will consolidate their fl ight operations as – nearly 75 percent of it fi nanced by usually transfer with turnstiles now pletely different in the future. part of major relocations of airline carriers private capital – will create an entirely fi tted with new scanners for commuters Subway tokens were used before at LaGuardia Airport beginning Saturday, new airport with a state-of-the-art unifi ed to swipe their phones past, instead of being completely phased out in 2003 December 9, an initiative designed to facility. The redevelopment includes a using their MetroCard. by the MetroCard. streamline passenger travel in conjunction revamped on-airport and access roadway The new mobile ticket is an expan- MTA Board Member Andrew Albert with ongoing construction to transform network, with planning underway for a sion on the current MTA eTix app, agreed with Sifuentes, saying “There the 78-year-old facility into a brand new, new AirTrain LaGuardia connection to pictured here. Photo courtesy of Johnny are a lot of issues with MetroCard — unifi ed airport. provide convenient, direct rail access to Milano, at newsday.com. from the ‘please swipe again here’ Under an agreement reached between the airport. According to MTA spokesman message, the stripe wearing out.” the Port Authority and the airlines this The Port Authority and LaGuardia Kevin Ortiz, turnstiles in Lower Man- The new mobile scanners are slated week, the following changes will take Gateway Partners are advancing a $4 bil- hattan’s Bowling Green and Wall Street to be installed in 14 key stations around effect on Saturday, December 9: lion public-private partnership to replace Stations have already been installed the city before the end of the year, in- American will consolidate its op- the deteriorating and outmoded Terminal with such a scanner for a period of cluding Penn Station, Grand Central, erations - including American Shuttle B that opened in 1964 into a state-of-the- testing. the 14th St-7th Ave. Station, as well as - at Terminal B, ceasing its fl ights at art new Terminal B. The world-class The expansion serves as a pilot for the Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center Terminal C project is designed to move LaGuardia what will eventually be a long phase-out Station. See the scanners in action in a Delta will co-locate its LaGuardia into the future with superior customer of the MetroCard. Considered a novel news report done by NY1. operations in Terminals C and D by amenities, increased passenger capacity innovation in the 1990s, the MetroCard Reprinted with permission from relocating its Delta Shuttle to Chicago and reduced congestion. is now a relic as more transit agencies Untapped Cities.com. and Washington, D.C. from Terminal A Delta has committed $3.4 billion to (Marine Air Terminal) to Terminal C build a new 21st century passenger ter- Industry Notice #17-10 JetBlue and Alaska will move its minal to replace the existing Terminals operations to Terminal A (Marine Air C and D, with a $600 million investment Notice: New York State Now Terminal) from Terminal B from the Port Authority to help cover Requires Taxi And Fhv Drivers Frontier and Spirit also will move costs of the project and related supporting from Terminal B and begin operations infrastructure. To Buckle-Up at Terminal D (Departing passengers, Together, the new terminals will be As of November 1, 2017, the New York State Vehicle &Traffi c Law (VTL) however, must check in at Terminal unifi ed and located closer to the Grand requires all drivers of taxicabs and for-hire vehicles (FHVs) to wear a seatbelt C.) Central Parkway, allowing more airfi eld while driving. The new law also requires that front seat passengers above the LaGuardia is in the midst of a trans- room for taxiing aircraft and gate space age of 16 wear a seatbelt. formation to create a 21st century unifi ed for modern aircraft. The structure will add Please buckle-up to stay safe and remain in compliance with this new State airport, with modern terminal amenities terminal space and a Central Hall, linking law. and gates that can accommodate larger the new Terminal B to Delta’s future new • • • • • aircraft. Consolidation of these six airlines terminal on the airport’s eastern end. SAVE $100 FINE: WEAR YOUR SEAT BELTS. Front seat passengers must will help further streamline operations Travelers are urged to allow extra be wearing seat belts also! and enhance the customer experience at time and use mass transit to travel to the LaGuardia. airport. Updates on traffi c and parking “We want to provide LaGuardia’s can be found by visiting http://laguar- THANK YOU passengers and employees with ample diaairport.com/. time to become aware and prepare for For more about LGA On the Move, GRIDLOCK SAM! these signifi cant changes to existing fl ight please visit the LaGuardia site for more After appearing on THE TAXI DAVE SHOW, Gridlock Sam operations,’’ said Lysa Scully, the Port information: http://laguardiaairport.com/ made sure that the Taxi Driver’s Hotline started working properly Authority’s general manager at LaGuardia lgaonthemove/. Airport. “We are working with our airline For information and real-time updates and traffi c has been much better! Good work Sam. partners to make the terminal consolida- on airport conditions, visit http://laguar- tion changes as convenient as possible for diaairport.com/. HOTLINE NUMBERS: our passengers as they navigate the airport Passengers are encouraged to sign-up during this exciting – but extremely busy for alerts at www.paalerts.com. The LGA (866) 296-2238 – time in LaGuardia’s storied history.” CONTACT: Port Authority of New Consolidation of aircraft operations York and New Jersey JFK - (800) 695-0201 for airlines will help make airfi eld move- 212-435-7777 NOVEMBER 2017 • TAXI INSIDER • PAGE 5

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Photo by David Pollack Photo by David Pollack TAXI INSIDER ENDORSES MAYOR DEBLASIO FOR RE-ELECTION PAGE 6 • TAXI INSIDER •NOVEMBER 2017 Empty Talk Dear Taxi Dave, It has become apparent that X-Commissioner Ric- cio attending your show for the sake of publicity. I do LETTERS not believe he has any “nail or teeth” to bite the app companies and as a result, helping yellow industry. I am disappointed that you didn’t push him (Continued from Page 3) to the wall demanding answer whether or not for navigation, and unfortunately cabdrivers are at specially to the hapless individual medallion owners, he had brought the “$15000 licensing fee.....” great risk even using taxi taxi APPS. How cabdrivers the traffi c congestion aggravated by all those extra to any government official’s attention or not. could protect themselves if the COP pull them over, automobiles on the NY streets, no contribution to the Very sorry that Melrose doesn’t intend to sup- because cabbies getting tickets if the police see the MTA as the yellow cab industry has to do, Uber has port the radio show. Thanks for everything you cell phone on the dashboard. become is the gypsy cabs of the 60’s. do for us. Stephen B. Virgilio Carballo Hakw Illegal Street Hails Radio Show Radio show Dear Taxi Dave, Dear Taxi Dave, Dear Taxi Dave, Illegal sedans with passenger plates con- I just started listening to your radio show, you I listened to your show, it’s been a while, per- tinue to work the bus routes pick- bring up good points about why drivers don’t sonally I liked it better when u were doing the ing up passengers along with buses & vans. want to drive accessible vehicles but coming from show solo. They are robbing the MTA of bus fares. experience i hate how noisy they are. the fact that You have a short 1 hour segment and there’s The TNC companies Uber & Lyft should be paying TLC wants to make half the taxis full of vans that no time for ridiculous jokes and clowning around. the .50 MTA fee per ride. rattle over every groove in the road makes no sense. Your show is important to the taxi industry and Thank You, lets also get rid of the ad screens or at least have a needs serious discussion, I like the important guest Ira Turner button to turn it dark at night, people hate it shining people like that Arizona guy. And counsel people, in their face. lets start advertising curb and lacus they are crucial to hear. With that said,, I’m not in apps, i see rideshare ads everywhere meanwhile we favor yet of this permit for second vehicle on one State law only advertise inside cabs. i thought these would medallion. Because I need to know expenses and if Dear Taxi Dave, be good points to bring up, unless you have in the profitable. Also DOV, will he pay insurance, how I heard state wants to pass law for taxi/livery to past...i only just started listening last month. hope will TLC regulate it? Do we need more vehicles wear seat belts. Why is state making laws for NYC you find the advertising to stay on air. on the road? It’s like 3 Duane Reade stores on a taxis? TLC not regulate NYC taxis anymore? Akanaan block. Solomon Taxi Solomon PS I got a joke for u,, at T4 JFK a passenger Plight Of The Cabbie GPS next in line is told by dispatch to go to Nissan Dear Taxi Dave, NV200 And passenger says” I don’t want this taxi, Dear Taxi Dave, Every yellow taxi should have the same type of I want a regular taxi” I really feel sorry for individual yellow cab taxi meter and GPS system, and before 2020 all of medallion owners. I have no such feelings toward the taxis should be hybrid or electric powered! Every the taxi fl eets or leasing companies. The fl eets had taxi cab should be CLEAN all the time, and get rid Better drivers been on the gravy train since leasing was introduced. of the PARTITION, then riders will choose and take Dear Taxi Dave, Leasing brought in the middle man, the leasing yellow cabs and they’ll forget about UBER and other So I’m sitting having a cuppa coffee on an out- companies, so the medallion owner and the leasing car services, specially in Manhattan. side bench and a nice young man goes out of the company have to make money off the back of the Stephen B. coffee shop , trying to get a cab and I tell to him drivers. The regulators had it right the fi rst time, thank you very much. But he doesn’t look, then I they labeled “ it horse hiring and made it illegal.” repeat myself thank you very much and he looks I don’t know if it would be illegal for the yellow Airport Ammenity and he comes over , I say thank you for taking a taxi industry to sponsor your radio program, if it Dear Taxi Dave, taxi because I’m a taxi owner so I appreciate it and isn’t, they should. You are doing more for them An attendant to make sure that the toilets are 100% he says to me he hates Uber and I say the same, that they are doing for themselves. I had a fender sanitary 100% of the time. then he says cab drivers make better drivers , way bender with another yellow cab and they sued each Abmitt better and I say again thank you very much other, I couldn’t believe it, so much for unity in Michael Simon the industry. Looking forward to your radio show this Sunday. Thanks Dear Taxi Dave, Virgilio Carballo What It Feels Like I should have asked your guest what he thought Dear Taxi Dave, about Uber’s predatory pricing model, you know, This is what it feels like to be a medallion Incompetent where the investors in apps like Uber are actually owner. Government paying for most of the ride with their venture capital It’s like someone breaking into your home , money, with no other purpose other than to crush the tying you up and then stealing everything. Dear Taxi Dave, competition.... Medallion Owner I just hope the Porthole Authority doesn’t for- I don’t think its fair. And as far as the TLC goes, get to build a taxi stand in Laguardia airport after their role as regulator extends to that of economic the construction is complete in the same way they regulator - I’m scratching my head and wondering Yellow Cab Business forgot to build one at Freedom Tower. Incompetent .. how are they are allowing this go on?? Being Hacked government! Gabriel S. Hakw Dear Taxi Dave, PS LACUS OR NOT, we can never compete with UBER is stealing the yellow cab Idenity in Man- the UBER type companies being backed by venture hattan. It’s like having someone steal your identity UBER capital subsidizing rides - and take your money. Dear Taxi Dave, These companies are just trying to capture market Frank C I wonder if our law makers are aware of the head- share in hopes of having the most marketshare for lines stories about Uber. September 11, 2017 NY Times when they release their self driving cars. “As Uber Ascends, debt Demolishes Taxi Drivers” Yankee Stadium September 23, 2017 NY Times “Uber lamenting Cost Dear Taxi Dave, Taxi and Car Can you tell taxi drivers to go to Yankee Stadium of Bad Reputation, Loses London License” September Dear Taxi Dave, 27, 2017 NY Times “ In Second Setback in a Week, to get fares when the game is over. They should The city should limit the number of cars entering listen to the radio and try to be there for the end of Uber Exit Quebec rather Than Face New Rules”. into Manhattan, it should be minimum 2 or more Will New York law makers let Uber break the NY the game. people in the car! Abe rules? So far they have, to the detriment of everyone, Stephen B (Continued on Page 8) NOVEMBER 2017 • TAXI INSIDER • PAGE 7

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These vehicles Dear TaxiDave, have the potential to reduce crashes and improve This is what it feels like to be a medallion roadway efficiency significantly by automating owner. the responsibilities of the driver. Still, automated It’s like someone breaking into your home , tying vehicles are expected to crash occasionally, even you up and then stealing everything. when all sensors, vehicle control components, and Medallion Owner algorithms function perfectly. If a human driver is unable to take control in time, a computer will be responsible for precrash behavior. Unlike other Taxi WCA automated vehicles, such as aircraft, in which Dear Taxi Dave, every collision is catastrophic, and unlike guided We have too many WCA cabs already in NYC, track systems, which can avoid collisions only in and riders who aren’t handicapped with wheelchair one dimension, automated roadway vehicles can shouldn’t use WCA cabs. The WCA cabs should predict various crash trajectory alternatives and be for those people who are using wheelchair, select a path with the lowest damage or likelihood not for transporting more than 4 passengers or of collision. In some situations, the preferred overload with furnitures and heavy luggages like path may be ambiguous. The study reported here cargo taxi!!! investigated automated vehicle crashing and All WCA cabs in NYC should be painted to concluded the following: (a) automated vehicles ORANGE color not yellow!!! would almost certainly crash, (b) an automated Stephen B. vehicle’s decisions that preceded certain crashes had a moral component, and (c) there was no JFK Lot obvious way to encode complex human morals Dear Taxi Dave, effectively in software. The paper presents a I wanted to let you know JFK phone information three-phase approach to develop ethical crashing is back to being the static king, once again. It’s algorithms; the approach consists of a rational impossible to understand anything. LaGuardia’s Dear Taxi Dave, approach, an artificial intelligence approach, and information line isn’t anything to write home here is no fl ight landed another 40 minutes at jfk a natural language requirement. The phases are about either. terminal 7 dispatch holding taxi. Same time 4,5,8 theoretical and should be implemented as the Regards, terminal busy at Sunday 1:30pm. technology becomes available. shkjmc Erhan Refl ections Uber With Private Plates (Continued from Page 1) Enforcement Is 2001, I would have been on the PATH train into A Disgrace Manhattan that was found pancaked under all the Dear Taxi Dave, rubble from the World Trade collapse, and one of I just got propositioned at least by 10 diffferent the last things to be discovered. people for a ride too manhattan enforcement is a October 31st, is a day of sadness for those disgrace st at LaGardia. families effected by death and injury, but it effects Mitchell C. all of us. We all want to live together in a fair so- ciety. We all need to love and open our hearts to all. “Do unto others as you would have them do Technology For Yellows unto you.” And for those who choose to destroy Dear Taxi Dave, human life, may your actions result in the true I disagree with Gino - the technology is open meaning of the golden rule. source, AND the City had a request for proposals for a yellow cab app in 2012 - and then cancelled it 13,587 vs. 100,000 Here is the press release for the RFP: Recently a friend of mine said, “How do expect “While fare payment is the primary focus, to compete when there are only 13,587 yellow cabs the TLC is also interested in other functions such and 100,000 of them?” Simple mathematics shows as locating lost property, alerting passengers to FHVs have over 7 times the number of yellow cabs, available taxis, allowing passengers to find other mostly working in Manhattan. This is reason alone passengers for ridesharing, and providing customer to support the Intro being discussed whereas each service to passengers. The app would be developed medallion will be able to attain a second vehicle. and implemented at no cost to the City, and would After all, 27,000 vs 100,000 looks a little better. My be free of charge to passengers. However, there understanding is that a mortgaged medallion will Dear Taxi Dave, is potential for financial returns for the developer then be able to spread their debt between two work- Saw this driver looking for fares with a paper Uber through the collection of credit card processing ing taxis allowing for cheaper leasing rates. Lower sign on his dashboard. 32nd and 7th, Wednesday, fees and advertising.” leasing rates means that the yellows taxis should get October 11th, 3:05PM http://www.nyc.gov/html/tlc/downloads/pdf/ some of those 2,000 drivers who would be registering Moe industry_notice_12_07.pdf FHVs each month (without an environmental impact Here is the press release CANCELLING the study) according to the TLC. RFP: Think of it, double the number of yellow cabs, “Because the e-hail rules will enable app de- many of them using the newest technology where velopers to offer riders fare payment products, the drivers can reserve a taxi near their homes and RFP will no longer be necessary.” work part-time (LACUS). The public will also http://www.nyc.gov/html/tlc/downloads/pdf/ benefi t with more yellow available service during press_release_10_29_12.pdf rush hours. Additionally, there will be more ac- Gabe cessible service. Don’t forget about the fi nancial incentives of driving a yellow accessible taxi either. NOVEMBER 2017 • TAXI INSIDER • PAGE 9 The Taxi Attorney November Taxi Driver Puzzle Hello everybody, I hope that you are with these debt collection law fi rms and working hard and making good money. knock down the amounts owed or make Do you know the stories behind each word? This month I want to talk payment plans that avoid You would if you listened to Taxi Dave’s Radio about eight topics. the dire consequences of Show, Sunday’s at 8:00 PM on WOR710. Brought First, I am pleased to unpaid old TLC fi nes. Call offer a lease of a green me at 212.754.1011 if you to you by Melrose Credit Union. You will also cab for $250 per week wish to speak to me about understand the puzzle better if you read our through one of my col- this issue for a free initial articles. leagues. Also, this col- consultation. league is looking to pur- Fifth, remember to C O S S A S R E N W O N O chase green cab permits bring me your DMV and I M R U S L A N S $ 3 S I solely with vehicles. Call TLC tickets. It is impor- me at 212.754.1011 if you tant to fi ght all your DMV A 1 E B A R R H C R U G L are interested in either of (issued by NYPD) and T 2 U R P A O A E N A E L these opportunities. TLC tickets. Be careful. Moreover, there is a lot Don’t skimp on the lawyer I A C S P E G R P D M T A of talk about what to do if you own a only to lose your license later. Please O L L A N E S O T I S S D medallion and a lending institution has fi ght every yellow or pink ticket you contacted you about foreclosure or other receive from NYPD and every TLC N D C I N O R T C E L E E loan type issues. I am happy to discuss ticket you receive. If you are uncer- this situation with you in private at my tain whether to use an attorney for a S I E R A F B R U C N C M offi ce in Rego Park, Queens (97-77 particular ticket, please come see me P S N T H L Y V I A O O I Queens Blvd., Suite 1120, Rego Park, and I will tell you, no charge, if the NY 11375 212.754.1011). I have ticket has points and you do or do not A M O A F M I L L I S N X helped numerous owners with this need an attorney or representative for T C H A L D R I V E R D A issue and I welcome the opportunity a particular summons. to talk to you about your situation. Sixth, please take the defensive driver L A C U S E L C I H E V T Sometimes bankruptcy is an option. course every 18 months. Do not wait three R M N E W Y O R K C I T Y Other times there are other remedies years to take the DDC class that takes available. The brief initial consultation points off your NYS driver’s license. Y H Y B R I D V N V 2 0 0 is free for cabbies. Please take the course every 18 months N C T M O D A P P E A L E Second, if you are arrested and you so if TLC sends you a letter to suspend possess a TLC license, it is imperative or revoke your Hack or TLC license you Find the following words/accronyms in the puzzle above that you hire the best criminal attorney will have taken the class before you get that you can afford. This is so because such TLC letter. Now TLC is allowing • $3 SURCHARGE • VIA • ARRO APP • TLC will hold your license until the you to take a course which takes 3 points • MEDALLIONS GET SECOND VEHICLES • criminal case is fi nished and the TLC off your DMV record according to TLC will take it permanently from you if calculations after you get a letter from • HALF MILLION CURB FARES MONTHLY • the criminal matters is NOT resolved TLC saying you have a suspension or • ELECTRONIC DISPATCH • APPEAL • to the TLC’s satisfaction. I work with a revocation coming to you. Also, if you very high quality criminal attorney who get found guilty of a DMV summons • 21 MORE BUS LANES • NV200 • can, in many cases, speed up criminal it may be best to take a DDC course matters and obtains excellent results, AFTER the guilty fi nding at TVB or in • LACUS DRIVERS • CURB APP • so please call me at 212.754.1011 if other NYS traffi c court. Moreover, there • CAMRY HYBRID • MTA NEPOTISM • you get arrested. is a persistent violator course available to Third, please be careful not to talk reduce TLC points which are now being • NYCTMODA • LACUS APP • on your cell phone in your taxi or even combined with DMV points and can re- • NEW YORK CITY TAXI MEDALLION OWNERS have any electronic device touch you sult in your losing your TLC license very when the car is in operation. At DMV quickly if you speed or talk on your cell ASSOCIATION• court in the City, it is extremely diffi cult phone while driving. Basically, any mov- to get a cell phone/electronic device ing violation now puts you in jeopardy. you receive a customer complaint. I and I can obtain zero points for you. ticket dismissed. Judges are hesitant Call me at 212.754.1011 if you want to will gladly advise you whether you But, please call me at 212.754.1011 to to dismiss such tickets because they discuss your DMV or TLC tickets. Also, should take a settlement TLC offers or discuss this with me and don’t wait for are so serious. If you are found guilty please note that I will do my best to fi ght whether you should go to court to fi ght the day before court to call me. Thank by a judge of an electronic device or for you to keep your license and job at a summons. Be careful. you for reading this article. Call me at cell phone ticket then you will receive a fair and reasonable price. I have been Eighth, if you receive a pink sum- 212.754.1011 for all your legal needs. a whopping 5 points on your DMV doing this business for over 20 years mons, please call me at 212.754.1011 Until next month, be well license. Be careful. Cell phone and now and really know what I am doing. to discuss it. Sometimes it makes sense Mr. Spevack thanks you for reading electronic device tickets also carry Please call me at 212.754.1011 or 866. to use a lawyer to help you fi ght a this article which is for entertainment points at TLC. It is vital that you con- LAW.MIKE to discuss your DMV or pink summons, which is sometimes a purposes only and does not constitute tact me at 212.754.1011 if you receive TLC problem. criminal summons with ramifi cations legal advice. For legal advice, contact such a ticket at TLC. I can save you Seventh, it is the busy season and beyond DMV points, and sometimes Mr. Spevack.http://www.traffi cticket- the points in a plea bargain with TLC hopefully yellow drivers are making you can simply pay such a summons nyc.com . in many instances. more money this month and next month without any negative consequences. See his advertisement on page 20 Fourth, the City is enforcing old TLC then during previous months this year. My fee is reasonable to go to court of this issue. judgments/unpaid old TLC tickets in Please remember that you, the driver, are for you for pink summonses, and you This article does not refl ect the many cases by using law fi rms to seek the best ambassador for this Industry. most often do not need to go to court opinion of the publisher. the old unpaid penalties. That means Be courteous, talk to your passengers that if you don’t pay old summonses politely and never adopt a casual friend Listen to Podcasts of even if you no longer have a hack or attitude with them. Remember to follow TLC license, you may be sued by NYC all reasonable requests of your passen- The Taxi Dave Show and have a judgement entered against gers, etc. If you do receive a customer you. With a judgment, the City can complaint in the mail, contact me at and Read Taxi Insider garnish your wages, seize your bank 212.754.1011 and I will be glad to help account, tow your car, put a lien against you with a free initial consultation. The on-line @ your house, etc. It is bad news. For- TLC can really slam you even if you tunately, I have been able to negotiate are a long time driver, so be careful if NYCTAXINEWS.COM PAGE 10 • TAXI INSIDER •NOVEMBER 2017

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A major issue, — but not everyone knows that taxi services like Uber, there are also can be totally remodeled which has escaped voters’ drivers now enjoy the same techno- important differences — namely, the within that time frame, I attention until now, is the logical capabilities as companies like fact that we can get the benefits of have some swampland to vote to decide whether Uber. Easily accessible e-hail apps technology without actually working sell you in Louisiana. The New York state should for yellow taxis, such as Arro and for a multi-billion-dollar corporation groups that oppose the have a new constitutional Curb, have changed the game and en- with a terrible labor record. The real- idea are a mixture of every convention. abled taxi drivers like myself to keep ity is that we have heard new horror flavor of politics, includ- The last convention making more money while enjoying stories almost every week about Uber ing the Conservative Party, was held in 1967, and its work product all the benefits of tech without the drivers being shortchanged on their Planned Parenthood, the National was voted down by large numbers. In problems associated with Uber and earnings or not having the opportunity Rife Association, the American Civil 1977, another convention vote failed. its anti-driver policies. to make enough money in the first Liberties Union and numerous envi- Around the country since 2010, voters As a father of two young children, I place. I certainly don’t want to drive ronmental groups. in 11 states have rejected convening am extremely focused on maintaining for Uber, and why would I? I want to The union movement has spent rewrites of their constitutions. It is a steady income to provide for them keep my earnings so I can continue lots of money to oppose a convention, my strongest hope that this measure and their future. As a taxi driver, that supporting my family. for good reasons. Pensions for active will be soundly defeated on Elec- means maximizing my earnings on a Additionally, taxi drivers are and retired members are protected tion Day. daily basis by expanding my ability gaining an edge over Uber on the by current law, so union leaders are Over the past four months, I have to quickly pick up more passengers. technology front because, on our looking out for their members by traveled around the state speaking to The use of e-hail apps, combined with apps, there is no surge pricing on opposing a convention. Its support- numerous groups, and I’ve taken part the ongoing supply of standard street rainy days or periods of increased ers have criticized the involvement in nine debates. No one has offered hails, enables me to do just that. traffic. In the long term, this means of unions, as if their money comes to pay me, nor would I have accepted It is not an exaggeration to say that we will likely take on even more from some suspicious source, which any money. I strongly believe that a that using Arro and Curb had an im- riders who become fed up with surge is a cheap shot. constitutional convention would be a mediate impact on my earnings as a pricing and look for a more reliably The supporters of a convention tru- waste of taxpayer money, and would driver. The reality is that combining priced option. ly believe that there is no chance that be nothing more than a carbon copy of app-based hails and street hails es- The bottom line is that, despite it would be hijacked by groups with a regular legislative session. A 2019 sentially allowed me to double my what you might have heard, taxi carloads of out-of-state money. But convention, if approved this year, opportunities to find passengers. drivers have it better than ever these thanks to the U.S. Supreme Court’s would mean double pay for the elected Additionally, new “ride-sharing” days because new technology is 2010 ruling, in the Citizens United officials who attend and double pay programs offered through e-hail apps bringing us the best of both worlds. case, that the government cannot re- for the lobbyists who would love to enabled me to pick up multiple pas- We can increase our earnings with strict independent political expendi- get on the gravy train. sengers at once, further increasing new riders through e-hail apps, and tures, there are unlimited funds being As a member of the State As- my daily earnings. we can do it without facing the threat spent around the country to interfere sembly in 1967, I took the time to These E-hail apps are so easy for of a company like Uber that doesn’t with state laws. The proponents of a watch the convention at work. It drivers and passengers to use because support its drivers. So, if you’re like convention can’t guarantee us that it was dominated by elected officials they are very similar to what many riders me, and you need a steady income, would be free of outside interference, from every level of government. It have already used for services like Uber it’s the perfect time to think about so why bother? generated some good ideas, but it was and Lyft. Many people like using the driving a yellow taxi with e-hail app New York last voted on whether to manipulated into one proposition that service because they can pay on a stored technology. have a convention in 1997. The idea failed. There’s no reason to believe credit card and do not need cash, and Clifton St Juste is a 31-year-old was soundly defeated because of the that another convention now would it is important to gain access to these Haitian-American yellow taxi driver expense and the public’s desire to leave have a different result. riders — who might have otherwise not who has been very successful getting well enough alone. The estimated cost The current Constitution runs to taken a taxi — for the fi rst time. More passengers through the traditional of a convention is $50 million to $100 200 pages. It protects our parks, our importantly, the technology expands street-hail and e-hail apps for taxis million, and could go higher. jobs, our housing and our quality our access to riders because now it is Arro and Curb. The cost notwithstanding, I would of life in hundreds of ways. There easier than ever for us to pick them up Reprinted with permission from strongly support it if I thought it are two legal procedures to amend anywhere in the city. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. could be a meaningful event with it. The State Legislature can do it, great results, but that just isn’t the or we can elect delegates. Over the case. That’s why I’ve traveled around past 100 years, the Legislature has the state urging a “no” vote. It’s the amended the Constitution more than wrong time in history to turn our state 200 times, in many significant ways. upside down. This year, thanks to the Legislature, Jerry Kremer was a state assem- voters will also be asked whether blyman for 23 years, and chaired the elected officials who commit crimes Assembly’s Ways and Means Com- related to their public office should mittee for 12 years. He now heads lose their pensions. 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McLaughlin voted against dustry has, for generations, played a driving my yellow taxi, I feel strongly We have elections for 3 Yonkers the Public Safety Fee on June 1, 2017 crucial role in providing good jobs supported by others in the industry City Council Seats next month. An- when the Yonkers City Council adopted for immigrants in communities across who care about me and my success. thony Merante, Anthony Pagano and the 2017-2018 budget. the five boroughs. I should know — I I’m proud to know that I am part of Matthew Orefi ce in the 6th District. So folks, with the elections taking love my job as a taxi driver because an industry — a family — when I John Rubbo and Maeve Scott in the place next month, both resolutions have it gives me a path to the middle class. drive my taxi. 4th Council District. Corazon Pineda a good chance of passage. So I thought There is no doubt that our industry Let’s be real — there is a new story Issac in the 2nd District is pretty much I would prepare the resolutions so that has been changing and growing even all the time about how companies running without opposition. And Liam on January 1, 2018, day 1 of their terms more in recent years, with new tech- like Uber are failing their drivers by McLaughlin and Michael Khader run- those elected would have the resolutions nology and ideas at the forefront. That underpaying them or not supporting ning for City Council President. ready to act on: is why I am still proud to be part of a them when it really matters. That So I asked the candidates running for Resolution #1: yellow taxi industry that is constantly is not the kind of industry I want City Council and City Council President WHEREAS, Yonkers has a Red evolving to meet new challenges to be part of — and it is why I still 2 simple questions: Light Camera Program at intersections while staying true to what really feel so strongly about being part of -If you are elected will you support throughout the city, and matters — supporting the immigrant a yellow taxi family. That is part of legislation requiring the city to post WHEREAS, Signs at the approach drivers who make it all possible. why our industry is still home to so signs at the approach to intersections to intersections with Red Light Cameras The reality is that, despite what you many immigrants from across the with Red Light Cameras alerting motor- alerting motorists to their existence have might hear from big corporations like world. Around 90 percent of yellow ists to their existence? proven to be just as effective in stopping Uber, driving a taxi provides many taxi drivers are immigrants, repre- -If you are elected for the 2018-2019 drivers from running red lights as the great opportunities today as it did for senting more than 160 countries of budget will you support the elimination cameras themselves, many others who have settled in this origin. It is incredible to be part of of the ‘Public Safety Fee’ of $15 added NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RE- country from all parts of the world such a diverse industry that actually onto Red Light Camera tickets said fee SOLVED that the Yonkers City Council for a better life. Today’s yellow taxi recognizes the power of immigrant added by the Yonkers City Council in requests the Mayor and city administra- drivers have more options than ever workers and voices. For me and for the 2017-2018 budget for the adminis- tion within 30 days of the passage of this before – including easy-to-use e-hail many others driving a yellow taxi is tration of the Red Light Camera ticket resolution to post signs at the approach apps like Arro, Curb and Via, which a ticket out of poverty. After arriving Program? to intersections with Red Light Cameras allow us to pick up more passengers in America, I worked several dead end I told the candidates right upfront alerting motorists to their existence. throughout all corners of the city. Pop- jobs below minimum wage, like so that I wanted yes or no answers. And (Note that signs at the gateways to ular new programs are also allowing many other immigrants, but I stayed I got them! Yonkers are not suffi cient. These signs taxi drivers to get into “ridesharing,” focused because I want to provide In terms of question 1 all of the must be at the approach to intersections which enables us to pick up multiple a better future for my family. As a candidates with the exception of Ms. with Red Light Cameras.) passengers at once. Simply put, we taxi driver, I am making that vision Pineda Issac who did not respond To Resolution #2: can do anything that Uber and Lyft a reality. my requests said they would support WHEREAS, for the 2017-2018 can do — and because we are part of For me, driving a yellow taxi legislation requiring the city to post Budget the Yonkers City Council ad- a truly iconic New York City industry, means staying in the middle class and signs at the approach to intersections opted a $15 Public Safety Fee for the and because the vast majority of us finding new opportunities for success with Red Light Camera alerting motor- administration of the Red Light Camera are full time professional drivers, in this incredible, unpredictable city ists to their existence. These signs have Program, and we can do it better, and we can do we call home. It means being part of proven to be as effective as the Red WHEREAS, this City Council feels it safer. Just as importantly, the taxi an evolving, growing industry that is Light Cameras themselves in reducing that this fee is an added burden on al- industry looks out for us in ways led by the hearts, the minds and the cars going through red lights. ready overtaxed Yonkers residents and that multi-billion-dollar corporations hard work of immigrants. Go right over the border to Mount those who visit our city, Vernon and you have these signs. Want NOW THEREFORE BE IT RE- week for my support of Proposition #2, 2018 elections we can come up with a a bigger city? Hop over to the City of SOLVED that this City Council perma- stripping politicians of their pensions solution to this problem. Brotherly Love, Philadelphia which has nently eliminates the $15 Public Safety when they are convicted of wrongdoing. Reach Eric Schoen at thistoo- these signs right as you enter the city Fee in the 2018-2019 Budget. See how You thought I was referring to Proposi- [email protected] and follow him over the Ben Franklin Bridge on Vine easy this process can be. Don’t worry. tion 1 about a proposed New York State on Twitter @ericyonkers. Catch the Street. Nothing complicated here. We will stay in top of this! Constitutional Convention. Regarding Westchester Rising Radio Show fea- For the second question, I didn’t get Briefs: proposition 1, I am voting against it. If turing Dan Murphy and Eric Schoen all yes answers. In the darkness of the -Article in the Journal News about the cast of characters in Albany can’t Thursdays at 10:00 a.m. on WVOX 1460 budget night the City Council in June ways to improve the football program reform government, what makes you on the A.M. dial or on the internet at passed a $15 Public Safety Fee to pay in the Yonkers Public Schools. What the believe that a group of people supported wvox.com and click on listen live. for costs of the administration of the writer failed to realize is that so many by the same cast of character is going Red Light Camera Program. Don’t Yonkers students have to work or take to make government any better? want costs for the administration of care of family members and that is why -Many of you emailed regarding the the program. Get rid of the program! they don’t sign up for football. Yonkers lack of debates for candidates running It’s that simple. schools had great football programs and for offi ce in Yonkers. You were dis- In the Sixth District Candidates won many championships in the 1960’s turbed at the statement of the President Orefi ce and Pagano both said they and 1970’s but now students and their of the the League of Woman Voters would support the elimination of the families have to weigh getting beat up of Westchester who said the group $15 surcharge. Candidate Merante said on the football fi eld versus earning $10- had been seeking a more centralized he would not support the elimination $15 an hour sitting behind a computer location because they felt the Yonkers of the surcharge. In the 4th Council in a comfortable offi ce learning skills location made it diffi cult for people in District Candidate Scott said she would that will help them upon graduation as other parts of the county to attend. 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(Continued on Page 24) PAGE 14 • TAXI INSIDER •NOVEMBER 2017 Commissioner’s Corner By Meera Joshi mobility. “Accessible Dispatch trips provide good income, and I find myself feel- ing more relaxed and less worried about my finances,” said Mr. Alvarez. “Passengers love that I am a smooth driver, and that I am very conscious of safety. I feel good doing this work, and when you do good, it comes back to you.” For the first time, the TLC cel- ebrated the customer service achieve- Commissioner Meera Joshi and honoree William Abebrese during our fourth annual ments of drivers during the ceremony. Safety Honor Roll. Green taxi driver Domingo Fernandez was honored for helping a passenger quickly recover property she left on HONOR ROLL a bus. Last month, the TLC had the great “When she found it, I felt happy privilege of honoring the City’s saf- helping her, like I had accomplished est drivers and businesses during our something,” he said. “I could see the Fourth Annual Safety Honor Roll expression of happiness on her face. Ceremony. The event is one of our To me, customer service means that favorite days of the year at TLC, and the passenger is confident and com- our staff greatly enjoy celebrating the fortable. They are able to trust that safety accomplishments of drivers, we will do a good job.” car services, and taxi fleets. The 420 drivers honored in Oc- This year was no exception. The tober completed almost 2 million drivers honored include William trips in 2016 alone, the equivalent of Abebrese, a very hard-working driver about 25 trips to the moon. Almost who safely took passengers on almost 140 drivers had been honored on past Commissioner Tom Sorrentino at the fourth annual Safety Honor Roll, with 19,000 trips in three years. Mr. Abe- TLC Safety Honor Rolls. Commissioner Meera Joshi and customer service honoree Domingo Fernandez. brese is a Bronx resident who drives We are so appreciative of their meeting. SENTENCING IN for Via, as well as in the taxi sector. contributions to safety, accessibility, SUPPORTING DRUNK DRIVING CRASH During the ceremony, he shared some and customer service. Congratula- RELIEF EFFORTS A drunk driver who killed an Uber of the secrets for his success-- and tions to all honorees on your hard So many of those licensed by the driver was sentenced to 2-6 years they included showing extra caution, work and vigilance -- you have made TLC, as well as staff members, have in prison. The victim, 43-year-old driving within the speed limit, taking the City’s streets safer for all!2 important ties to parts of the United Roohul Ameen, was a father of four time for rest, and loving what you do. WELCOMING A States and the Caribbean devastated who originally immigrated to the U.S. “I do this not just for my safety, but NEW COMMISSIONER by recent hurricanes Irma, Jose, and from Pakistan and lived in Bay Shore, for the safety of the customer and I am pleased to introduce to you Maria. It has been very difficult to according to media reports. We hope the public,” he said in a speech at the a new TLC Commissioner, Tom Sor- view the devastation of places like the sentencing brings justice to this October 11 ceremony. rentino. Commissioner Sorrentino Puerto Rico, which has historically case, as well as a measure of relief to Other honorees included Ali is a certified public accountant and had very strong ties with New York, Mr. Ameen’s grieving family. Abubakar, a wheelchair-accessible partner in the accounting firm of from Hurricane Maria. The City of DUSK AND DARKNESS taxi driver who was celebrated for PFK O’Connor Davies LLP. He was New York stands with hurricane-af- Early Sunday, November 6, we both an outstanding safety record born and raised in Brooklyn, and fected areas like Puerto Rico, Florida, will move our clocks back one hour. and his significant contribution to has served his community and faith Texas, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, The end of daylight saving time gives the Accessible Dispatch Program. through many different charitable, and relief efforts in these areas are us more light during the morning, Between 2015 and 2017, he brought civic, community, and business- paramount to the City. Some ways but also an earlier sunset and darker passengers safely to their destination related activities and organizations. the City has contributed to relief ef- evenings. During dusk and evening, on 11,042 trips. We greatly look forward to his next forts including the volunteer work it is extremely important to drive The TLC was also pleased to rec- chapter in public service as a TLC of City employees at agencies like cautiously, since it becomes more ognize the safety record of Domini- Commissioner. Welcome, Commis- the NYPD and FDNY, as well as difficult to see pedestrians. As light cana Radio Dispatch, a Corona-based sioner Sorrentino! assistance in gathering critically- diminishes, our eyes find it harder to car service with about eighty drivers. FHV ACCESSIBILITY needed items like diapers and first properly focus. Our depth percep- Its manager Felix Suero made many HEARING aid supplies at firehouses and EMS tion, peripheral vision, and color important points in his remarks about Our recent public hearing on the stations. New Yorkers experienced vision suffer at a time when many traffic safety. He spoke about how TLC’s proposed For-Hire Vehicle ac- the devastation of Hurricane Sandy New Yorkers are heading home from his base’s safety record is a reflection cessibility rules was a great success. firsthand five years ago, and we care work and school. of their drivers’ desire to make their Dozens of people testified over the deeply about those affected by the Traffic crashes have historically community a better and safer place. six-plus hours of the hearing. The hurricanes this fall. We will be with risen from September through Janu- “Our affiliated drivers love the day’s true significance was shown in you in the days to come during the ary, months when the days are shorter. community they work in, and many the fact that the 75 people and orga- recovery efforts. You can greatly help make our City’s of our customers know the drivers nizations who testified represented TRAGEDY IN QUEENS streets safer by being particularly by their first name,” said Mr. Suero. a wide spectrum of stakeholders, When we think of TLC licensees, vigilant while driving during dusk and “We are focused on providing safe and from drivers, disability advocates and more often than not we think of the evenings. This will ensure that you excellent service every day. Our driv- FHV industry leaders, to members of role that TLC licensees play behind can get safely home to your families, ers are true professionals, who both the riding public. This cross-section the wheel. But TLC licensees also as well as the pedestrians, cyclists, improve street safety and maintain yielded a wealth of perspectives that walk, cycle, and take public trans- drivers, and passengers that share deep ties to the community.” were as informative as they were portation as well. Sadly, one of our the street. Please consider sharing Wheelchair-accessible taxi driver compelling. I know I speak for my licensees, Jose Gomez, 71, lost his life this message with your colleagues as Luis Alvarez also spoke about how fellow commissioners when I say in a hit and run crash when he was well-- working together, we can make doing Accessible Dispatch trips that we truly appreciate the frank struck by a car and killed in Jackson a significant difference in preventing helped give him financial security, and thoughtful testimony, and we Heights, Queens. We mourn the traffic crashes. and how he enjoyed giving passen- anticipate voting on these important passing of Mr. Gomez in these very As always, drive like your family gers who use wheelchairs greater measures at our November public tragic circumstances. lives here! NOVEMBER 2017 • TAXI INSIDER • PAGE 15 Administration (FMCSA), Daphne with a METROLift paratransit client IATR’s 30th Anniversary Austin, Jefferson. Administrator Jefferson on board when Hurricane Harvey hit Texas Conference Round-Up: spoke about the FMCSA’s system Houston. She drove the cab to high of electronic regulatory compliance, ground and stayed in the cab with Onward to Philadelphia in 2018, and automated vehicles and federal safety her passenger, surrounded by high Planning Our Next 30 Years! programs. The conference also in- water during the storm for approxi- By Matthew W. Daus, Esq. cluded reports on local Vision Zero mately 18 hours. She then delivered safety programs in Austin and San her passenger home safely through The 30th Anniversary Conference of Austin, technology figured promi- Antonio, Texas, as well as a new flooded streets, without flooding of the International Association of nently in the program, which included report on driver safety and fatali- the vehicle. Transportation Regulators (IATR) leading experts in automated and ties issued by the National Institute The IATR’s Regulator of the Year in Austin was one of “weirdest” – in connected vehicle technology, smart for Occupational Safety and Health Award went to Ernest Chrappah and a good way. While our members meter technology, alternative fuel (NIOSH). the District of Columbia Department prepared to travel, Texas and technology, smartphone Last but not least, the IATR held of For Hire Vehicles, for his reorga- Florida were both hit hard apps, big transportation data a results-oriented all-day workshop nization and rebranding of the for- by Hurricanes Harvey and and safety related technol- devoted to Accessible Transportation mer D.C. Taxi Commission, as well Irma. After some hesita- ogy (i.e., black boxes). Solutions. The day started with an as developing a new ecosystem of tion to assess the damage, Regulators presented new overview of U.S. and Canadian laws ridesourcing, taxis, and limousines. the IATR decided to move developments in the fol- involving ground transport accessi- He has helped to change the face of forward with the confer- lowing topics: universal bility, a review and survey of several the industry in D.C. with innovations ence and participated in a apps (Chicago), electric displayed wheelchair accessible ve- such as creating the first-ever electric volunteer donation drive to vehicle mandates (London), hicles by regulators, the adoption of taxi program in D.C. with 150 all- help the hurricane victims. public private taxi/tourism point-to-point for-hire service (taxi electric vehicles and 2 fast charging Our thoughts and prayers are rebranding partnerships and sedan) integration via broker stations that increased awareness of with the families of those affected and with electric vehicles and data plat- contracts as part of public paratransit climate change, generated fuel cost who lost their lives, and our thanks forms (Montreal), the introduction of systems (DC and Boston), and sev- savings, and reduced C02 emissions go out to all of those public servants smart meters and app based meters eral blackboard sessions to discuss by more than 1,064,896 pounds. He who assisted in the recovery and relief (National Conference on Weights and changes to the IATR’s model regula- is also honored for expanding eco- efforts, several of whom were IATR Measures) and app data platforms tions for accessible transportation. nomic opportunities by implementing members. (District of Columbia and NYC). The At our dinner event, the IATR grant programs that provided over The theme of our Austin con- IATR also announced the winner of announced Ramonia McCarty as the $1 million to entrepreneurs to start ference, consistent with the city’s its second Hack-A-Thon, Team Boiler IATR’s International Driver of the or grow for-hire transportation busi- slogan of “Keeping Austin Weird,” Hackers from Purdue University, Year. Ramonia has been providing nesses, provide wheelchair accessible was “Keeping Regulation Weird?!” whose students worked on a project transportation services for METRO- service, and reduce transportation Well, weird it certainly was. Just involving automated electric taxis. Lift customers for 5 years and was inequities. Director Chrappah also as the conference opened and I was The second-place team, known as nominated by Yellow Cab Houston, led the creation of the first ever taxi preparing a speech about IATR Team Crash Alert from NY Institute due to her incredible efforts last shuttle-based microtransit service regulators moving on to rise above of Technology (NYIT), delivered a month during Hurricane Harvey, as for underserved areas of the city and the antics of disruptive smartphone presentation about accident detection well as her exemplary service and nighttime economy workers. app companies, I tore up my notes through smartphones, and beat out safety record. Ramonia was stranded (Continued on Page 24) as some regulators are not ready to many other competitors. Attendees turn the page on public safety. On also held brainstorming sessions to the eve of the conference, London’s plan an Accessible Data Challenge for TfL (Transport for London), an- 2017-2018 (like a hack-a-thon, but NYS DMV Point System nounced its decision not to renew longer) where students and research- Uber’s license as the company was ers around the world will be asked to Speeding (mph over posted limit) not deemed “fit and proper.” That solve problems involving wheelchair 1to10...3points same day, right after Montreal’s accessible service demand using speech, Uber announced it was pull- IATR’s transportation data platform 11 to 20 . . 4 points ing out of Quebec, Canada, objecting or “data commons.” to requirements that Uber drivers be Multi-modal unity and shared 21 to 30 . . 6 points trained and subject to more stringent mobility were on full display via 31 to 40 . . 8 points criminal background checks. That discussion topics, coinciding with same day, NYC’s Taxi & Limousine the launch of IATR’s Multi-Modal More than 40 . . 11 points Commission (TLC) prompted discus- Integration Committee. Welcoming sion in the media about revisiting comments to start the conference Reckless Driving ....5points the issue of a for-hire vehicle cap on were delivered by Austin Transpor- Failure to stop for a School Bus .5points Uber vehicles following a call with tation Department Director Robert the TfL. IATR welcomed the drama, Spillar, where he discussed his Following too closely (tailgating) 4 points as regulators may now be rethinking agency’s local, integrated vision their approach to TNCs. for taxicabs, transportation network Inadequate Brakes ..4points This was a turning point and companies, car sharing, bike sharing (while driving employer's vehicle)2 points transitional year for the IATR, as it and microtransit. Art Guzzetti, a embarks on its next 30 years in a new keynote speaker from the American Failing to Yield Right-Of-Way...3points and even “weirder” regulatory world. Public Transportation Association With so many new IATR regulators (APTA), which represents transit Violation Involving Traffic Signal, entering public service over the last authorities, pledged to collaborate Stop Sign, or Yield Sign ...3points few years, we held our first-ever with the IATR on public paratransit Boot Camp training. This basic and Mobility As A Service (MAAS). Railroad Crossing Violation3 points full-day training module included an This spirit of cooperation was echoed introduction to regulation, regulatory by the American Association of Motor Improper Passing or Lane Use ..3points management, rulemaking and legisla- Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA), Leaving scene of an incident involving property tive processes, best practices, ethics whose representative Casey Garber, “Call Sunny& Save Money” and procurement. The survey results discussed its Automated Vehicles damage or injury to an animal .. 3points by trainees, who received completion Working Group and IATR collabo- certificates, were overwhelmingly ration. Safety restraint violation involving person positive, including the mentorship Safety was kept prominently under 16 .3points program for experienced regulators on the radar screen with a keynote to guide new regulators. speech by the Deputy Administrator Any other moving violation 2 points Of course, being the Silicon Hills of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Note: Speeding when speed not indicated is 3 points PAGE 16 • TAXI INSIDER •NOVEMBER 2017 Your Medallion Headquarters ! LOMTO Generation Brokerage, Inc. TAXI and BLACK CAR INSURANCE SPECIALISTS ——And Medallion Transfer, Inc. Licensed TLC Broker #R0018 · Insuring the For Hire Industry - Taxi & Black Car · Providing You Service the Way It Should Be - FAST & COURTEOUS · Convenient Mid-Town Location - Hack Stand In Front of Office · Medallion Sales, Leasing, and Financing · Over 25 Years of Industry Experience

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In her • • • • • high medallion leases. case it was a memory “Don’t do it,” What could possibly go that was rekindled by TLC’s Chief Molina on private plate vehicles picking up street hails on The wrong?” Lenders were a chance meeting. For Taxi Dave Show. making money, and the another friend, it was • • • • • teflon-nature of the medallion values the financial catastrophe looming in “I’d do a survey on these frigging bike lanes,” Dietl said. “I ride a bike, attracted new banks and credit unions 2008. For him, it shook the founda- and I don’t like the traffi c congestion in New York City.” to join in the party. Like Charles tions upon which he had built his life Bo Dietl, the independent candidate for mayor, said congestion pricing was Prince, then CEO of Citigroup said to up to that point. “a gold mine in New York.” a Congressional panel investigating Many of us have looked upon some the financial implosion of 2008, “As of the actions of the Trump Administra- long as the music is playing, you’ve tion as being anti-democratic border- got to get up and dance.” And dance ing on fascistic. Attacks on the free they did. Like in that event, the newer press, the judiciary, and the legislature lenders to the taxi industry found are the daily bread we are fed. Institu- that “creative financing” products tions and ideas that we have thought attracted business by the truckload. to be sacred are constantly doubted. Interest only, low down payment pur- Behaviors such as gas lighting only chases and repetitive cash-outs were serve to reinforce those doubts. just some of the excessive lending The Russian state was our adver- practices sanctioned by the lenders sary, now I’m not so sure. The KKK and not discouraged by federal and and neo-Nazis were the underbelly state examiners. It was all good, until of American life, increasingly anach- it wasn’t. No, interest rates didn’t sky- ronistic, but now the clearly racist rocket as some had predicted would Trump Administration sees “very fine cause the diminution in prices. It people on both sides.” It is easy to became quite evident that the industry envision, with this crowd, the dissipa- was in a fragile state dependent upon tion of progress the USA has made the maintenance of the monopoly on in my lifetime. The belief systems of street hails granted by the city and those in power today are antithetical Photos By David Pollack reiterated by the state in the Hail to the humanist movements of the Act. All it took was changing the last fifty years including civil rights, interpretation of what constitutes a feminist, and LGBT. Is it possible that hail. The helping hand of politicians the wealthy and corporate interests sympathetic to the plight of Uber et will find their voice again once the al didn’t hurt. tax cuts are enacted? Many of us have friends or fam- It apparently doesn’t take much to Dragonfl y ily who have suffered from some change a once healthy industry into type of mental illness, depression, one overridden with foreclosures and anxiety, or other. Sometimes, the bankruptcies. One could say the same illness can carry on for years or for those afflicted with physical or Graphics llc. decades. A friend from elementary emotional maladies. 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Advocacy and action are just Printers. with multiple symptoms and behav- two modes of protest. The fine line iors. It becomes an art as much as a between chaos and order, right and 4 Court Square science. What is most baffling to the wrong, sanity and insanity is upon us. lay person, such as myself, is how a Don’t give up, don’t give in, stand up Long Island City, NY 11101 person can be relatively normal, liv- for yourselves, and be loud. (718) 392-3460 Fax (718) 786-5931 Listen to Podcasts of www.dragonfl ygraphics.info e-mail: dragonfl [email protected] The Taxi Dave Show and Read Taxi Insider on-line @ NYCTAXINEWS.COM PAGE 18 • TAXI INSIDER •NOVEMBER 2017 TLC HOSTS FOURTH ANNUAL for their high levels of participation in of which the annual recognition of the saf- the TLC’s Accessible Dispatch Program, est TLC-licensed drivers on the road, as VISION ZERO SAFETY HONOR ROLL which dispatches wheelchair-accessible well as the businesses at the forefront of taxis to passengers throughout New sharing Vision Zero’s message, is one. The New York City Taxi and Limou- Affairs Assistant Commissioner Kavita York City. The more than 400 professionals sine Commission (TLC) today hosted its Pawria-Sanchez, Manhattan Borough • The highest number of Accessible honored today have truly made our City’s fourth annual Vision Zero Safety Honor President Gale Brewer, City Council Dispatch trips provided by an honoree streets safer for all who use the streets. In Roll ceremony to celebrate the achieve- Public Safety Committee Chair Vanessa was 443 trips! choosing its honorees, the TLC reviewed ments of more than 400 of the city’s safest Gibson, and Council Member Margaret • TLC has licensed the Accessibility the records of all of its almost 170,000 TLC-licensed drivers. The event also Chin. We were grateful to begin and close Honor Roll members for an average of driver licensees, and identifi ed more than recognized the outstanding safety records the event with the spiritual leadership of 11 years. 400 full-time drivers who have, over four of taxi fl eets, car services, and commuter Archbishop David Hartman and Imam • From August 2016 to July 2017, or more years, not had a single crash in- van companies, who play a crucial role Izak-El M. Pasha. these 26 drivers completed 7,277 Acces- volving injury, a single traffi c violation, in spreading the message of Vision Zero. 2017 HONOR ROLL: sible Dispatch trips, averaging fi ve trips or a single violation of the TLC’s safety- The TLC also honored drivers who have BY THE NUMBERS per week. related rules. made signifi cant contributions to the TLC Safety Honor Roll drivers are CUSTOMER SERVICE “When you consider the focus, con- Accessible Dispatch Program, as well as full-time drivers who had no crashes HONOR ROLL DRIVERS centration and presence of mind that it drivers who have gone above and beyond whatsoever involving fatality or injury, For the fi rst time, the TLC honored takes to drive in New York City,” said with customer service. no traffi c violations, and no violations of drivers for achievements in customer Commissioner Joshi, “the fact that these “When you consider the focus, con- TLC safety-related rules for four or more service. The TLC reviewed all the formal 420 men and women have driven hun- centration and presence of mind that it years as TLC-licensed drivers. compliments from passengers that com- dreds of thousands of passengers safely takes to drive in New York City,” said Our 420 Honor Roll Safety Honorees mended drivers for outstanding service for years is an astonishing achievement NYC Taxi and Limousine Commissioner for 2017 completed 1.988 million trips in to select fi ve drivers for this recognition. that cannot go without our expressing and Chair Meera Joshi, “the fact that these 2016. Assuming an average trip distance These drivers helped their passengers the deepest gratitude. I encourage their 420 men and women have driven hun- of three miles, they carried passengers a in a variety of ways, including fi nding lost fellow drivers to look to these leaders for dreds of thousands of passengers safely total of almost 6 million miles in 2016 – the property and helping an injured pedestrian inspiration, in the knowledge that you can for years is an astonishing achievement equivalent of about 25 trips to the moon get to the hospital. be successful in the driving profession that cannot go without our expressing or 239 trips around the world. • Three of the honorees drive yel- without compromising safety.” the deepest gratitude. I encourage their • 330 drive exclusively yellow taxis low taxis, and two honorees drive green Visitors may learn more about the Vi- fellow drivers to look to these leaders for • 31 drive exclusively green taxis taxis. sion Zero Driver Safety Honor Roll at: inspiration, in the knowledge that you can • 91 drive exclusively For-Hire Ve- • Drivers honored for customer service http://www.nyc.gov/html/tlc/html/ be successful in the driving profession hicles (black car, livery car, or luxury have been licensed by the TLC for an industry/tlc_safety_honor_roll.shtml. without compromising safety.” limousine) average of 15 years. The New York City Taxi and Limou- Joining Commissioner Joshi at the • 12 drive commuter vans Mayor Bill de Blasio launched the sine Commission (TLC) was created in recognition ceremony, held at the Bor- • 44% live in Queens Vision Zero Action Plan in 2014, a com- 1971, and is the agency responsible for ough of Manhattan Community College’s • 9 drivers were on the Honor Roll in prehensive strategy designed to move the the regulation and licensing of almost TriBeCa Performing Arts Center, were 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016 city closer to ending traffi c fatalities. As 200,000 yellow medallion taxicabs and TLC government partners that included • 138 drivers were repeat honorees! one of three lead agencies – along with the for-hire vehicles, their drivers, and the NYPD Chief of Transportation Thomas 2017 ACCESSIBILITY LEADERS NYPD and Department of Transportation businesses that operate and support their Chan, Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Twenty-six drivers were commended -- charged with the achievement of this industries. It is recognized as the largest paramount goal, the TLC has executed and most active taxi and For-Hire Vehicle many different safety-focused initiatives, regulatory body in the United States. KAREN A. FRIEDMAN ATTORNEYS New York City Taxi Drivers Recognized At PRESIDENT ATTORNEY AT LAW IN OFFICE Association of WHO PRACTICE: Fourth-Annual Vision Zero Safety Honor Roll Motor Vehicle Trial (212) 213-2145 PERSONAL INJURY One hack relies on his focus and tell them to be focused and have pa- Attorneys MATRIMONIAL FLUENT IN patience to stay safe on city streets. tience — that’s it.” ALL MOVING VIOLATIONS REAL ESTATE LAW FRENCH Another keeps his eyes on the Bala Kouko, 49, said his awareness ALL MOVING COMMERCIAL road — ahead of him, on his sides and while behind the wheel of a yellow cab THROUGHOUT IMMIGRATION behind his cab. helped him make the honor roll for the VIOLATIONS And the head of a taxi company says last three years. NEW YORK STATE he drives as if the kids crossing streets “Any time you’re driving make sure are his own. you focus: All your eyes have to be on Speeding; Red Lights; Traffic Signs The three were among the city’s both sides, left right, front, look into the safest taxi drivers who were honored back mirror,” the Bronx cabbie said. SUSPENSIONS & WARRANTS LIFTED Wednesday for being behind the wheel Felix Suero, head of Dominicana Ra- for nearly 2 million trips last year with- dio Dispatch in Corona, Queens, which CRIMINALLY RELATED MATTERS out a blotch on their records. won a safety award for bases, said he keeps The Taxi & Limousine Commis- in mind the TLC’s motto on safe driving, Driving While Intoxicated (DWI); sion recognized 420 road warriors at reminding himself that his family could be the Tribeca Performing Arts Center walking the sidewalks of New York. Reckless Driving; for the transit agency’s fourth-annual “What I envision is that my children Vision Zero Safety Honor Roll. There are in the streets. They could cross the Aggravated Unlicensed Operation were also awards honoring car bases, street at any moment,” Suero said. “I fl eet owners and drivers who take trips have to keep my eyes on the street at in wheelchair-accessible cars. all times and look out for that person SAFETY HEARINGS “Please continue to drive like your that might step into the streets.” RD family lives here and be role models for Suero, who started driving profes- Throughout30 East New33 Street York State all TLC drivers,” said TLC Chairwoman sionally in 1997, said he’s seen how 4TH Floor Meera Joshi said. “For all passengers tough it has gotten over those 20 years who are watching, please remember to to safely navigate New York’s roads. 404New Park York, Avenue NY 10016 South tip for safety and not for speed.” “Now, there’s too much traffi c. Some of the honorees gave the Daily There’s too many people,” he said. 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36-02 21 STREET (36 AVE), ASTORIA NY 11106 718-392-0250 • 917-741-1139 • ASK FOR TJ PAGE 22 • TAXI INSIDER •NOVEMBER 2017 NOVEMBER 2017 • TAXI INSIDER • PAGE 23 NYC Marathon The following streets will be closed on Sunday between 9 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., per the city Department of Trans- portation. STATEN ISLAND ROUTE Bay Street between Richmond Ter- race and School Road Fingerboard Road between Bay Street and Tompkins Avenue Tompkins Avenue between Finger- THE BRONX board and School roads School Road between Bay Street and Staten Island Expressway 138th St.- 6 3rd Ave.-138th St. Grand Concourse 4 5 Rider Ave. Lily Pond Avenue between Staten 21 6 Brook Ave. 135th St. 2 3 I35th St. 20 Island Expressway and McClean Av-

HARLEM enue 35 Ave. Willis 125th St. 2 3 4 5 6 125th St. BROOKLYN ROUTE 22 RANDALL’S ISLAND Dahlgren Place between Verra- 116th St. 2 3 6 19 116th St. zano- Narrows Bridge and 92nd Street Central Park North 2 3 6 110th St. (northbound) (110th St.) Fifth Ave. 92nd Street between Dahlgren Place 6 30 103rd St. 23 and 4th Avenue 18 6 96th St. 4th Avenue between 92nd Street and

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4 5 6 86th St. Flatbush Avenue between 4th and 24 QUEENS

CPW Lafayette avenues CENTRAL PARK 6 17 77th St. Lafayette Avenue between Flatbush UPPER EAST SIDE UPPER EAST ROOSEVELT LONG 72nd St. C ISLAND ISLAND and Bedford avenues FINISH 40 6 68th St. CITY Brooklyn Queens Expressway 66th St. 1 F 21st St.-Queensbridge 25 Ave. First 26 4 5 6 59th St. 7 N Queensboro Plaza (southbound) between Verrazano- Nar- CPS 59th St. A C 1 D 16 25 15 E R Queens Plaza rows Bridge and 79th Street 57th St. N Q R F 57th St. Queensboro Bridge E 5th Ave./53rd St. Seventh E D 14 7 G Court Sq. 7th Avenue between 79th and 74th Ave. N Q R Lexington Ave./ Court Sq.-23rd St. 59th St. E streets/Bay Ridge Parkway N Q R 5th Ave./ G 21st St. 74th Street between 6th and 7th Fifth Ave. 59th St. 7 Hunters Point Ave. avenues 13 7 Vernon Blvd. Jackson Ave. GREENPOINT 6th Avenue between 74th and 75th Greenpoint Ave. G 20 streets/Bay Ridge Parkway G Nassau Ave. 12 Bay Ridge Parkway between 7th MANHATTAN and 4th avenues L Bedford Ave. Fort Hamilton Parkway between WILLIAMSBURG—NORTH 92nd and 94th streets 11 M J Marcy Ave. 94th Street between Fort Hamilton

HUDSON RIVER HUDSON WILLIAMSBURG—SOUTH Parkway and 4th Avenue EAST RIVER EAST 10 Fort Hamilton Parkway between 92nd and 94th streets DOWNTOWN CLINTON BROOKLYN 15 Flatbush Ave. HILL . 94th Street between Fort Hamilton ve A 9 e G Classon Ave. Fulton St. G tt Parkway and 4th Avenue ye Clinton- fa C Dekalb Ave. R Q La Washington Ave. Bedford Avenue between Lafayette Nevins St. 2 3 4 C Lafayette Ave. 8 and Nassau avenues Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts. A C G 2 3 4 Q D Atlantic Ave.-Barclays Ctr. Atlantic Ave.-Barclays Ctr. N R 2 3 Bergen St. Nassau Avenue between Bedford BOERUM HILL Avenue/Lorimer Street and Manhattan R Union St. CARROLL Avenue GARDENS 7 PARK SLOPE F G R 4th Ave.-9th St. Manhattan Avenue between Nassau RED HOOK and Greenpoint avenues BROOKLYN 10 Greenpoint Avenue between Man- 19th St. 6 hattan Avenue and McGuiness Bou-

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r i QUENS ROUTE h T N R 59th St. Pulaski Bridge (southbound) 4 BAY 48th Avenue between 11th Street Bay Ridge Ave. R RIDGE and Vernon Boulevard 5 3 77th St. R 5 Vernon Boulevard between 48th 3 DYKER HEIGHTS Avenue and 10th Street 86th St. R 10th Street between Vernon Boule- 95th St. R 92nd St. 2 vard and 44th Drive 2 44th Drive between 10th and Hunter streets Hunter Street between 44th Drive 1 and Crescent Street STATEN ISLAND Crescent Street between Hunter START Street and Queens Plaza South Queens Plaza South between Cres- Visit mta.info/Weekender to check for any changes in service on race day. cent and 23rd streets (Continued on Page 30) PAGE 24 • TAXI INSIDER •NOVEMBER 2017 Matthew Daus ity Institute (RHI), and the National Conference on Weights and Measures (Continued from Page 15) TAXI AND FOR-HIRE VEHICLE (NCWM); and Universities such as RELIEF STANDS Overall, the IATR turned a corner the City University of NY and the DOT is not responsible regulating taxis. Taxis are regulated by the New York to set the stage for the next 30 years, University of California, Berkeley. City Taxi and Limousine Commission. DOT does regulate taxi relief stands retooling its operations and activities The IATR has broadened its member- Taxi relief stands allow drivers to park their vehicles for up to one hour. This to prepare for the future and be ahead ship base well beyond taxi regulators affords drivers the opportunity to leave their vehicles and take care of personal of the regulatory technology curve. to include airports, Public Utilities needs. Taxi relief stands should not be confused with taxi stands, which are Formed in 1987, through the merger Commissions, Motor Vehicle Depart- locations where drivers can wait, in their cars, to pick up passengers. of two separate groups of U.S. and ments, Transit and Traffic agencies, The type column indicates if the relief stand is for taxis alone, or both taxis Canadian regulators, the IATR held on a federal, state and local level, and For-Hire Vehicles (FHVs). Staten Island currently has no relief stands. its first conference in Tampa, Florida, including members from all around BRONX and then held conferences in North the world on almost every continent. TYPE LOCATION CROSS STREET America and beyond, from as far as Membership is open to any trans- Taxi Jerome Ave. (E. Side) Eliot Pl. & E. 170th St. Strasbourg, France, to Anchorage, portation government agency and Taxi Metropolitan Ave. (N. Side) Purdy St. & Red Oak Dr. Alaska. As we turn 30 at one of the associate membership to industry most exciting times in transportation groups and stakeholders, so if you MANHATTAN EAST SIDE ABOVE 23RD STREET history, where technology is caus- are thinking of joining, visit www. Taxis E.77th St.(N. Side) First & Second Aves. ing inter-related transport modes iatr.global or email [email protected] Taxis E. 86th St. (N. Side) Henderson Pl. & York Ave. and businesses to merge and work with any questions or comments. Taxis E. 78th Street (N. Side) Lexington & Third Ave. together, IATR took a major step in Finally, I am proud to announce Taxis E. 78th St. (S. Side) Lexington & Third Ave. forming an Advisory Board including we are entering the next phase of Taxis & FHVs E. 29th St. (S. Side) Madison & Fifth Ave. the following: international organiza- our regulatory liberty in the “City Taxis E. 27th St. (N. Side) Park Ave. S. & Madison Ave. tions such as the International Public of Brotherly Love” – Philadelphia – Taxis & FHVs E.28th St. (N. Side) Park Av. S. & Lexington Ave. Transportation Association (UITP), Taxis & FHVs Madison Ave. (W. Side) E. 26th & 27th St. where our regulatory freedom will be Taxis E. 26th Street (S. Side) Third & Second Aves. the International Transport Forum on full display in 2018 for our 31st (ITF-OECD) and Keroul; U.S. groups Annual Conference. While there is no such as APTA, AAMVA, the Airport MANHATTAN WEST SIDE ABOVE 23RD STREET way to predict the next 30 years, 30 Taxis W. 55th St. (S. Side) Tenth & Eleventh Aves. Ground Transportation Association days or 30 minutes, as technology and Taxis & FHVs Sixth Ave. (W.Side) W. 55th & 56th Sts. (AGTA), the National Conference regulatory developments are moving Taxis & FHVs Eighth Ave. (E. Side) W. 52nd & 53rd Sts. of State Transportation Specialists at lightning speed, let’s wish a “Happy Taxis Broadway (E. Side) W. 48th & 47th Sts. (NCSTS), the Responsible Hospital- 30th Birthday to IATR!” Taxis Eighth Ave. (W. Side) W. 46th & 47th Sts. Guidelines DIFFICULT SITUATIONS: Taxis & FHVs Sixth Ave. (W. Side) W. 39th & 40th Sts. • Be professional at all times. Taxis & FHVs Sixth Ave. (W. Side) W. 38th & 39th Sts. (Continued from Page 13) • Be tactful at all times. Taxis Broadway (E. Side) W. 43rd & 42nd Sts. temperature. • Let passengers vent. Apologize Taxis Ninth Ave. (E. Side) W. 42nd & 41st Sts. • Let the passenger choose the topic when necessary. Taxis West 39th St. (S. Side) Eighth & Ninth Aves. of your conversation, or respect the pas- Taxis Ninth Ave. (E. Side) W. 30th & 29th Sts. KEEP IN MIND THAT IN ADDI- senger’s right not to have one. TION TO BEING A DRIVER: • Learn to listen and listen to YOU ARE A SALESPERSON MANHATTAN BELOW 23RD STREET learn. Taxis E. 23rd St. First & Second Aves. Taxis & FHVs Sixth Ave. (W. Side) W. 22nd & 23rd Sts. Taxis Third Ave. (W. Side) E. 14th & 15th Sts. Taxis & FHVs Third Ave. (W. Side) E. 15th & 14th Sts. Taxis & FHVs Sixth Ave. (W. Side) W.13th & 14th Sts. Taxis Sixth Ave. (W. Side) Thompson & Grand Sts. Taxis & FHVs Canal St. (N. Side) E. Broadway & Essex St. Melvin Gadson Taxis Park Row (SE. Side) Ann & Beekman Sts. Melvin Gadson was born on March 31, 1919, in Sumter County, a son Taxis & FHVs Fulton St. (S. Side) Broadway & Church St. of the late William and Rosa Deas Gadson, and entered eternal rest on Oct. Taxis & FHVs South St. (N. Side) Old Slip & Broad St. 30, 2017. Taxis & FHVs Water St. (W. Side) Whitehall & Broad Sts. After graduating from high school, Melvin attended Morris College. As Taxis Whitehall St. (W. Side) South & State Sts, a very young man, he migrated to New York, where he met his wife, Cicely, Taxi Avenue A & First Street NE Corner and together they raised a family. He fulfilled one of his dreams of owning his own business by purchasing a New York City Taxi Medallion and he had BROOKLYN a long and exciting career as a taxi cab driver. Melvin was an ambitious, Taxis N. Sixth St. (N. Side) Berry St. & Wythe Ave. hardworking man who cherished his family and shared his warmth and love Taxis Fourth Ave. (W. Side) Third & Sixth Sts. with family and friends. In Queens, New York, Melvin was an active member of the First Baptist Church of East Elmhurst, where he served as an usher, QUEENS Sunday school teacher and as a deacon. Melvin always dreamed of returning Taxis & FHVs 43rd Ave. (N. side) 11th & 12th Sts. to Sumter to spend his retirement close to his brother, sisters and extended Taxis 44th Rd. (N. Side) 21st & 11th Sts. Southern family. This became a reality in 1986. Upon returning to Sumter, Taxis & FHVs Hunterspoint Ave. 27th & 30th Sts. he rejoined Wayman Chapel AME Church, in which he was raised. Later, Taxis 31st St. (W. Side) 34th & 35th Aves. he united with First Southern Methodist Church. He had a strong faith in Taxis & FHVs 43rd Ave. 36th & 37th Sts. God and in the power of prayer, which he practiced unceasingly. Taxis 34th St. (W. Side) 37th & 38th Aves. Left to cherish his memory are his beloved wife of 63 years, Cicely; Taxis Skillman Ave. 37th & 36th Sts. daughter, Jean; son, Melvin Elliot (Tonya); granddaughters, Dana (Steven), Taxis Queens Blvd. (S. Side) 50th & 51st Sts. Shana (Jamaal), Cicely Ann, Aliyah, Meliyah and Tamiyah; great-grandsons, Taxis Queens Blvd. 55th & 54th Sts. Gavin and Dante; great-granddaughter, Jasmine; sisters, Rosa Jackson and Taxis & FHVs 45th Ave. (S. side) Jackson Ave. & 23rd St. Millie Canty; a host of nieces, nephews, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law and Taxis & FHVs Pearson St. (W. Side) Jackson Ave. & dead end many treasured friends. Taxis 49th St. Newtown Rd & Northern Blvd. Taxis 55th St. Queens Blvd & Roosevelt Ave. Taxis Van Dam St. Queens Blvd & Skillman Ave. Taxis & FHVs 36th St. Skillman & 43rd Aves. Don’t risk a summons trying to fi nd a Relief Stand on the list that the TLC web site provides. Texting or searching on-line while in your cab is against the law. Keep this list in your taxi for future use! NOVEMBER 2017 • TAXI INSIDER • PAGE 25 FOURTH ANNUAL VISION ZERO SAFETY HONOR ROLL

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Maritime Hotel Ramada New Yorker Hotel Dear Readers of TaxiInsider, 363 W 16th Street at 9th Avenue 481 8th Avenue at 34th Street Drivers always tell me that they cannot know the location of every hotel in Manhattan. A lot of work went into the list of Manhattan Hotels below. Drivers, Marriott Financial Center Hotel Renaissance Hotel please send Taxi Insider any corrections or additional hotels not mentioned. 85 West Street 714 7th Avenue at 48th Street between Albany & Carlisle Streets Also, when you are finished reading this issue of Taxi Insider, do not throw this Regency Hotel newspaper in the garbage, give it to another taxi driver ! Thank you ! Marriott East Side Hotel 540 Park Avenue at 61st Street 525 Lexington Avenue 60 Thompson Street between 6th & 7th Avenues 157 W 47th Street between 48th & 49th Street Roger Smith Hotel Between Broome and Spring Streets between 6th & 7th Avenues 501 Lexington Avenue at 47th Street Comfort Inn New York Hotel Marriott Marquis Hotel Algonquin Hotel 442 W 36th Street Hampton Inn 1535 Broadway at 44thStreet Roger Williams Hotel 59 W 44th Street between 10th & Dyer Avenues Times Square Hotel 131 Madison Avenue at 31st Street between 5th & 6th Avenues 851 8th Avenue at 51st Street Mayfair Hotel Courtyard Manhattan 5th Avenue 242 W 49th Street Roosevelt Hotel Americana Inn Hotel 3 E 40th Street Hampton Inn SoHo between 7th & 8th Avenues 45 E 45th Street at Madison Avenue 69 W 38th Street between Madison & 5th Avenues 54 Watts St between 5th & 6th Avenues (near Varick St) Metro Hotel Salisbury Hotel Courtyard Midtown East Hotel 45 W 35th Street 123 W 57th Street Ameritania Hotel 866 3rd Avenue Helmsley Carlton House Hotel between 5th & 6th Avenues between 6th & 7th Avenues 230 W 54th Street at Broadway between 51st & 52nd Streets 680 Madison Ave between 61st & 62nd Sts. Doubletree Metropolitan Hotel San Carlos Hotel Amsterdam Inn Hotel Courtyard Times Square Hotel 569 Lexington Avenue at 51st Street 150 E 50th Street 340 Amsterdam Avenue 114 W 40th Street Helmsley Middletowne Hotel between 3rd & Lexington Avenues at W 76th St. between 6th & 7th Avenues 148 E 48th Street Michelangelo Hotel between Lexington & Park Aves. 152 W 51st Street Sheraton Manhattan Hotel Beacon Hotel Crowne Plaza Times Square Hotel between 6th & 7th Avenues 790 Seventh Avenue 2130 Broadway at 75th Street 1605 Broadway Helmsley Park Lane Hotel between 51st & 52nd Streets between 49th & 50th Streets 36 Central Park South Milford Plaza Hotel Belvedere Hotel between 5th & 6th Avenues 270 W 45th Street at 8th Avenue Sheraton New York Hotel 319 W 48th Street Crowne Plaza UN Hotel 811 Seventh Avenue between 8th & 9th Avenues 304 E 42nd Street Hilton Garden Inn Time Square Millenium Hilton Hotel between 52nd & 53rd Streets between 1st & 2nd Avenues 790 8th Avenue 55 Church Street Benjamin Hotel between 48th & 49th Streets between Fulton & Day Streets Sheraton Russell Hotel 125 E 50th Street at York Avenue Doubletree Times Square Hotel 45 Park Avenue at 37th Street 1568 Broadway Hilton New York Hotel Millennium Broadway Hotel Bentley Hotel between 47th & 48th Streets 1335 6th Avenue 145 W 44th Street Sherry Netherland Hotel 500 E 62nd Street at York Avenue between 53rd & 54th Streets between 6th & 7th Aves 781 5th Avenue at 59th Street Edison Hotel Best Western 228 W 47th Street Hilton Times Square Hotel Millennium UN Plaza Hotel Shoreham Hotel Convention Center Hotel between 7th & 8th Avenues 234 W 42nd Street 1 United Nations Plaza 33 W 55th Street 522 W 38th Street between 7th & 8th Avenues at 1st Avenue & 44th Street between 5th & 6th Avenues between 10th & 11th Avenues Elysee Hotel 60 E 54th Street Holiday Inn Murray Hill East Suites Hotel Skyline Hotel Best Western Hospitality House between Park & Madison Avenues Downtown Hotel 149 E 39th Street 725 Tenth Avenue at 49th Street 145 E 49th Street 138 Lafayette Street between 3rd & Lexington Avenues between 3rd & Lexington Avenues Embassy Suites Hotel between Howard & Canal Streets Sofi tel Hotel 102 North End Ave. Murray Hill Inn Hotel 45 W 44th Street Best Western President Hotel World Financial Center, Manhattan Holiday Inn Martinique Hotel 143 E 30th Street between 5th & 6th Avenues 234 W 48th Street Broadway & W 32nd Street between Lexington & Park Avenues between 7th & 8th Avenues Fairfi eld Inn & Suites Chelsea- SoHo Grand Hotel 116 W. 28th St Holiday Inn Midtown Hotel Muse Hotel 310 W Broadway Best Western Seaport Inn Hotel (near 6th Ave) 440 W 57th Street 130 W 46th Street between Canal & Grand Streets 33 Peck Slip at Front Street between 9th & 10th Avenues between 6th & 7th Aves. Four Points Manhattan SoHo- Solita SoHo Hotel Bryant Park Hotel 66 Charlton St. Holiday Inn Wall Street Hotel Palace Hotel 159 Grand St 40 W 40th Street (near Spring St) 15 Gold Street at Platt Street 455 Madison Avenue between 5th & 6th Avenues between 50th & 51st Streets St. Regis Hotel Fairfi eld Inn & Suites Times Square Hudson Hotel 2 E 55th Street at 5th Avenue Carlyle Hotel 330 W. 40th St 356 W 58th Street Novotel Hotel 35 E 76th Street (near 9th Ave) Between 8th & 9th Avenues 226 W 52nd Street Travel Inn Hotel between Madison & 5th Avenues between 7th & 8th Avenues 515 W 42nd Street Fairfi eld Inn & Suites Fifth Avenue Inter-Continental Barclay Hotel between 7th & 8th Avenues Carnegie Suites Hotel 21 W. 37th St 111 E 48th Street Paramount Hotel 229 W 58th Street between Lexington 235 W 46th Street TriBeCa Grand Hotel between 7th & 8th Avenues Four Points Sheraton Chelsea Hotel Park Avenues between 7th & 8th Avenues 2 6th Avenue 160 W. 25th Street between White & Walker Streets Casablanca Hotel between 6th & 7th Avenues Iroquois Hotel Park Central Hotel 147 W 43rd Street 49 W 44th Street 870 7th Avenue at 56th Street Trump International Hotel between 6th & 7th Avenues Four Points Midtown Times Square between 5th & 6th Avenues 1 Central Park West 326 W. 40th St (near 9th Ave) Park Savoy Hotel at Columbus Circle Chelsea Hotel JW Marriott Millennium 158 E 58th Street 222 W 23rd Street Four Seasons Hotel 160 Central Park South between 6th & 7th Avenues W Court Hotel between 7th & 8th Avenues 57 E 57th Street between 6th & 7th Avenues. 130 E 39th Street between Park & Madison Aves. Peninsula Hotel between Lexington & Park Avenues Chelsea Savoy Hotel Kitano Hotel 700 5th Avenue at 55th Street 204 W 23rd Street Flatotel International Hotel 66 Park Avenue at 37th Street W New York Hotel between 7th & 8th Avenues 135 W 52nd Street Pennsylvania Hotel 541 Lexington Avenue at 49th Street between 6th & 7th Avenues La Quinta Manhattan Hotel 401 7th Avenue Chelsea Star Hotel 17 W 32nd Street between 32nd & 33rd Streets Waldorf Astoria Hotel 300 W 30th Street at 8th Avenue Gramercy Park Hotel between 5th & 6th Avenues 301 Park Avenue 2 Lexington Avenue at 21st Street Pierre Hotel between 49th & 50th Streets Comfort Inn Central Park Hotel Le Parker Meridien Hotel 2 E 61st Street at 5th Avenue 31 W 71st Street between Grand Hyatt New York Hotel 118 W 57th Street Warwick Hotel Central Park West & Columbus Ave. Park Avenue & 42nd street between 6th & 7th Avenues Plaza Hotel 65 W 54th Street at 6th Avenue 768 5th Avenue at Central Park South Comfort Inn Manhattan Hotel Grand Union Hotel Lucerne Hotel Westin NEw York Grand Central 42 W 35th Street 34 E 32nd Street 201 W 79th Street at Plaza Athenee Hotel 212 E 42nd Street between 5th & 6th Avenue between Park & Madison Avenues Amsterdam Avenue 37 E 64th Street between 2nd & 3rd Avenues between Madison & 5th Avenues Comfort Inn Midtown Hotel (Hampshire Hotel) Manhattan Broadway Hotel 129 W 46th Street Quality Times Square Hotel 273 W 38th Street Radio City Suites Hotel 142 W 49th Street NOVEMBER 2017 • TAXI INSIDER • PAGE 27

TLC Lic. #A0329 PAGE 28 • TAXI INSIDER •NOVEMBER 2017 NOVEMBER 2017 • TAXI INSIDER • PAGE 29 Average Gas Prices NYC ECONOMY As of November 2, 2017 New York Regular Mid Premium Diesel EMPLOYMENT Current $2.652 $2.908 $3.107 $2.861 Week Ago $2.642 $2.900 $3.100 $2.851 Month Ago $2.741 $2.987 $3.192 $2.864 Year Ago $2.384 $2.627 $2.841 $2.609 Analysis of longer-term trends within the retail subsectors provide insights on a changing sector. Of the four major subsectors, which comprise a collective 70% of retail jobs, only clothing stores saw job losses between 2012 and 2016. These losses were concentrated in 2015 and 2016, during which employment fell by 3,000 to 74,200; clothing stores were the only subsector to lose jobs through both years. The other three major subsectors—food and beverage, health and personal wellbeing, and general merchandise stores—experienced above-average growth between 2012 and 2016. However, the largest of these—food and bever- age stores—fell 2.3% to 81,300 jobs in 2016. This was the subsector’s fi rst job loss over the last ten years. Non-store retailers, which includes ecommerce, were the fastest-growing sector over the last fi ve years, growing 24.5% to 14,000 jobs. These fi rms added the most jobs between 2011 and 2013, when the subsector averaged 15.4% an- nual growth. However, non-store retail employment was relatively fl at in 2016, Private sector employment in New York City fell in September 2017. Fol- calling into question whether the subsector can sustain long-term growth to lowing last month’s losses of 1,200 jobs, the private sector shed 31,700 jobs this compensate for losses elsewhere in the retail sector. month1. Nearly 60 percent of job losses were focused in Educational Services—a Source: New York State Department of Labor; US Census Bureau Quarterly historically volatile sector that had seen unusually large gains (totaling +18,100) Workforce Indicators. in June and July 2017. Other job losses were concentrated in Retail (-3,500; see Industry Snapshot for further analysis) and Trade & Warehousing, which fell by 3,300 jobs. Employment rose modestly in four sectors, led by Construc- tion, which rose by 1,600 jobs and Real Estate, which rose 1,300. Despite the decrease in jobs over the previous month, private sector jobs have grown 1.3% since September 2016, rising by 48,100 jobs. The unemployment rate continues to rise, but is below that of this time last year. In September 2017, unemployment reached 5.1%, up 0.2 percentage points from last month. This time last year, the rate was 5.3%. Labor force participa- tion ticked up 0.1 percentage points to 61.5%; just below June 2017’s record high of 61.7%. Wages provided positive news last month, with hourly earning increasing 0.2% from September 2016, a reverse from August declines. Average hours worked were constant from last year, resulting in average weekly earnings increasing 0.2% from last year to $1,188. 1August 2017 employment estimates were revised up from -3,900 by the New York State Department of Labor. Monthly employment data are seasonally adjusted by OMB. Sources: New York State Department of Labor; US Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics. FINANCE Through Gallup Analytics, through which Gallup interviews 1,000 U.S. adults each day, 350 days per year, Gallup is able to track the daily average dollar amount New Yorkers report spending on consumer goods. Through this economic data collection platform, Gallup asks how much money residents say they have spent on consumer goods (everything excluding a home, vehicle, or normal household bills) the day before. The metric gives an indication of discretionary spending on nonessential goods by New Yorkers across all 5 boroughs. Results for this metric are based on telephone interviews conducted nightly throughout 2016, with a random minimum sample of 590 individuals per month, aged 18 and older, living in New York City. The margin of error is ±$6.

Source: New York State Department of Labor.

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*Note: Airport and Broadway data are reported for August 2017. Hotel data Average residential rents rose modestly from last year in September 2017. is reported for July 2017. This is the second month in a row that has seen year-over-year increases, and follows three consecutive quarters of stagnant or falling average rents. Recent Bike Commuters increases remain below the average rate of increase in prior years. Home values, By Jennifer Dill And Theresa Carr meanwhile, rose 14.3% from September 2016. This rate of increase has been constant over the last four months. Some surveys indicate that pro- improves on previous research by The number of residential units starting construction in September 2017 viding bicycle lanes and paths may including a larger sample of cities, increased from the twelve-month average ending in August 2017. This increase encourage more people to commute not including predominantly college was led by the Bronx and Brooklyn, where construction began on 528 and 971 by bicycle. The presence of a striped towns, and using consistent data residential units, respectively. This is the third consecutive month in which the lane or separated path can increase from the Bureau of the Census 2000 rate of housing starts rose from prior-year averages. Brooklyn is the only borough a cyclist’s perception of safety. With Supplemental Survey. Although the with an above-average rate over these three months. growing concerns over traffic conges- analysis has limitations, it does sup- Source: Dodge Data & Analytics; Zillow. tion and vehicle pollution, public port the assertion that new bicycle policy makers are increasingly pro- lanes in large cities will be used by moting bicycling as an alternative for commuters. COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE commuting and other utilitarian trip purposes. State and local spending on bicycle facilities has increased signif- icantly over the past decade. Previous studies have linked higher levels of bicycle commuting to various demo- graphic and geographic variables. At least one analysis showed that cities with higher levels of bicycle infra- structure (lanes and paths) witnessed higher levels of bicycle commuting. Research was conducted that affirms that finding by analyzing data from 43 large cities across the United States. This cross-sectional analysis NOVEMBER 2017 • TAXI INSIDER • PAGE 31 EVENTS AND MORE IN THE BIG APPLE Recommendations to passengers always increase the opportunity for a big tip! Here is is a listing that will help keep all taxi drivers in the loop on what's going on NYCNYC in New York City! Mention these events & promotions and watch the tips grow !

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