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INSIDER VOL. 15, NO. 10 “The Voice of the NYC Transportation Industry.” OCTOBER 2014

Letters Start on Page 3 EDITORIAL • Insider News By David Pollack Page 5 • Will The MTA Tax Go Up? Updated Relief Stands During a political battle that I was part of years When has the MTA ever helped the taxi industry? Page 6 ago, I was told the MTA and their “friend” Carl Uh, wait for it………….NEVER! • Kruger originally wanted a $2.00 surcharge on each The current MTA debt is $33 billion with yearly taxi fare. That increase was in addition to a commuter payments totaling $2.4 billion, yet the MTA just A Mess Of A Ride mobility tax. Some called it a victory when revealed an additional $32 billion capital By Abe Mittleman a reduction of that proposed $2.00 “taxi tax” plan. The MTA will be short another $15 Page 7 became 50 cents on each fare. For years billion. That will increase the annual debt • now, the insulting 50 cents is charged on payments by $1 billion if the MTA borrows Taxi Attorney the meter and collected by the driver, and the $15 billion needed to close this historic By Michael Spevack remitted by the owner quarterly, all in the fi nancial gap. Subway and Bus fares are name of the Metropolitan Transit Author- already scheduled to go up about 4% and Page 15 ity. More recently, the MTA has hi-jacked believe me, no politician that is “running” • at least one lane on all major avenues in wants to add an additional increase to the IATR Release Manhattan that have become for “Buses planned fares. So in the name of saving By Matthew W. Daus Only”-some 24/7 causing more traffi c for the eight million daily fares from paying Page 16 their mobile tax collectors, namely us. Add- more, the MTA must get creative once • ing to the insult, MTA buses get to make left turns again in fi nding more ways to increase their income, at major intersections from 57th Street, 42nd Street, “or else.” Street Talk 34th Streets while taxis with passengers need to go In an attempt to sway voters to support ANY By Erhan Tuncel many blocks out of their way instead of the most direct actions the MTA takes, the MTA revealed a safety Page 17 route. We also get summonses for picking up and problem at 24% of subway stations. A quarter of • dropping off passengers in those same a bus lanes, them have dangerous exposed wiring. Additionally, Quotable Quotes even when we are ALLOWED to do so. What do the MTA plans to purchase 406 new buses so that Page 19 we get for our 50 cent MTA surcharge- NOTHING! (Continued on Page 6) • About Your Taxes Why Are Bus Lanes 24 TLC Driver Safety By Robert J. Mackle Hours Especially On 1st Page 19 Honor Roll • And 2nd Avenues? In February 2014 Mayor de Blasio released the Vi- Zero Vision sion Zero Action Plan, a roadmap of new initiatives across the city that will move the city towards its goal Pages 20 and 21 of zero traffi c fatalities by 2024. As part of this plan, • TLC committed to recognizing the safest taxi and Economy for-hire vehicle drivers on the road by creating a TLC Page 27 & 34 Safety Honor Roll. • The 2014 TLC Safety Honor Roll is the fi rst annual Hotel Listing list recognizing taxi and for-hire vehicle drivers who have outstanding records of safe driving over many years Page 28 and 30 and millions of miles behind the wheel. TLC has high • standards for all of its over 115,000 licensed drivers, Insider Directory and on a mile-per-mile basis TLC-licensed drivers are Page 32 some of the safest drivers on New York City streets. • Dear Taxi Dave, The 295 drivers on the 2014 TLC Safety Honor Roll Events and More On 1st Ave from Houston to 49th and from 79th represent a truly elite group. TLC reviewed of all of its to 125th Streets are 24 hour bus lanes. We are scared licensed drivers’ records and identifi ed 295 drivers who Start on Page 29 to pick up fares because many of my friends and my have, over fi ve years or more, not had a single crash • driver get tickets after one month. This is one example involving injury, a single traffi c violation, or a single Around The World of why driving a taxi is so hard today. violation of TLC safety-related rules. Page 46 Avneek (8 years old) and Balwinder Singh These remarkable drivers will be recognized for See More Drivers on page 3 and 4. (Continued on Page 6) PAGE 2 • TAXI INSIDER • OCTOBER 2014

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When a fare from the airport or Queens wants to go to I have a story for you, that hopefully, with your the west side of Manhattan, I take the 59th Street Bridge help, will get some traction, and audience. My name Bob Mackle instead of the Midtown Tunnel which should be easier. is Bogdan Gheorghies, driving a yellow cab, now Traffi c on eastbound 35th, 37th and 39th Streets is too Abe Mittleman for almost 20 years.Yesterday,09/27/2014, around congested with just one crosstown lane opened. The city 10 p.m. I dropped off 2 young ladies at the Crown should open more than one lane on each x-town street. Michael Spevack, Esq. Plaza-JFK airport hotel. While the young ladies were Passengers and drivers would not mind paying a toll exiting my cab,2 middle eastern men approached if they could get crosstown in a reasonable amount me, asking me how much it will be to take them to of time. It is faster to take the 59er. Times Square. Right after I’ve told them that it runs Chow Yumein Layout & Graphics on the meter, and it’s going to be around $60.00 toll included, a doorman literally stopped them to enter Dragonfl y Graphics LLC my cab telling them, and I quote, “you cannot take Right? this taxi, it’s illegal”! And then repeated the whole Dear Taxi Dave, thing. I thought that I was hallucinating, it happened What right does a rich man have to have a luxury Taxi Insider right in front of my front right window that was wide car at a moments notice , at taxi prices, when it comes open. I was in no mood for an altercation, but still, at the expense of a taxi drivers income? 14 Alexander Drive I asked the doorman how he can lie like that right Michael in front of my face. He did not reply and took the Washingtonville, NY 10992 potential customers away. With the word “illegal” still ringing in my ears, I got out and asked for his Lanes And More Lanes Phone: (718) 706-TAXI(8294) name [the doorman].He pointed out his name tag — that was impossible to read because it was facing down to the ground. He insisted that we-yellow E-mail:[email protected] cabs-can only pick up from inside JFK airport. I — asked to speak to a manager, but he claimed twice that there is no manager on duty and tried to make Website: TaxiSafety.com me go away. Finally I found a manager on duty [the — doorman lied of course] who, despite the fact that she gave me the doorman’s name-Charles,refused Follow Us On Twitter to answer why the doorman lied about no manager @Taxisafetynyc on duty at that time, why his name tag was facing down making it unreadable, and why he called my attempt to pick up those passengers “illegal”. She Dear Taxi Dave Copyright © 2014 by TAXI INSIDER. All also insisted to my complete shock and disbelief rights reserved. Neither this newspaper nor that we yellow cab drivers, can only pick up pas- Driving used to be good. Now with bike lanes on the left and bus lanes on the right, where are you any part therof may be reproduced, copied, sengers inside JFK airport. When I asked for her or transmitted in any form, electronic or name, a security man told me that it’s time for me supposed to pickup and drop off? Gurmeet Singh mechanical including photocopying, mi- to leave. I felt humiliated, violated in my rightful crofi lming, recording or by any information rights and I truly hope that you will forward my retrieving system without the express written message to the proper authorities. The doorman permission of the publishers. The copyright was male Caucasian in his 30’s,and the manager, Safest Driver Dear Taxi Dave, is extended to the design and text created an African-American lady, also in her 30’s.Thank Yesterday, I watched on the Internet the ceremony for advertisements. This publication will you for your time. not be responsible for errors in advertise- Bogdan (Continued on Page 4) ment beyond the cost of the space occupied by the error. Bylined articles represent the sole opinion of the writer and are not neces- TAXI DAVE’S RADIO SHOW sarily in accordance with the views of TAXI INSIDER. WOR-710AM This Publication reserves the right to limit or refuse advertising it deems objec- 8:00 – 9:00 PM tionable. TAXI INSIDER is published monthly at EVERY SUNDAY! a subscription rate of $48.00 per year. PAGE 4 • TAXI INSIDER • OCTOBER 2014

to insert their Citibikes into broken bike racks to no avail. The obvious problem causes them to find LETTERS another WORKING bike rack, that takes TIME. That is where the late fees kick in. If you rent a Citibike and pay for an hour or two and then find (Continued from Page 3) yourself unable to park your bike because of full for the “Safest Drivers”. It is about time and I’m glad Bike Safety racks or broken racks, you will be charged $13 to see, that the TLC is giving credit to the best of the for being an hour late, or $4 for up to 30 minutes best. These drivers deserve the recognition that they “late.” These little late fees poured over $4 mil- have received. It is also apparent that the DiBlasio lion into Citibike through July! Ripping people administration is a much more friendlier administra- off is not the way to embrace good New York tion to the taxi industry than the prior one. city memories. All this additional income and the But, I couldn’t help these other thoughts Citibike bike program still loses $millions a year. that were running through my mind while I was You know what happens to a taxi driver who ac- watching. cidently charges 50 cents more than the metered What about me? Yes, after 42 years of driving rate of fare while giving change. We all should I finally picked up my last fare in November of have gone into the bike business instead; no fines, 2012. Yes, I do no longer have a NYC taxi drivers no suspensions, no settlement letters, no OATH, license. I finally let my license expire after 42 years. no gasoline or oil changes necessary- where do I’ve done my job and my future seems secure. we get a deal like this? But, that doesn’t erase the incredible record I The Jeter Countdown had. I never received a summons from the TLC for any actions while driving. I never was complained Dear Taxi Dave, The Government Games about from any passenger in my 42 year history. Bikes should be required to have flash- From 2003 to my last day on the job I was not ing lights at night for safety. One night I convicted of any moving violations and only one was driving west on 9th Street between in the 20 years prior. And, this continues in my 5th and 6th Avenues withy high-beams on. private life also. I was one of the safest drivers A bike was riding eastbound and said:” You’re ever to be in the business. I never refused a fare no blinding me!” I told him that if I didn’t have my matter how they looked or where they were going. high-beams on, he would be checking my oil out. I can honestly tell you that there were hundreds Does the city care that the leaves on all those trees of times when my passengers would thank me block light generates from the street lights? for driving safely or helping with a problem they Elias Schwartz were having. I can also honestly say that no one was ever injured in a taxi I was driving. Where is the Night Life? So, where is my Medal of Honor? And, I’m sure there are many others who are in the same position. We were practicing “Vision Zero” long before it was created. I think there should be a Dear Taxi Dave, Taxi Drivers Hall of Fame. Why is the government playing games by add- Abe ing Uber and Green cars? In Manhattan, a green car cut me off and picked up a JFK fare right in front of me. Uber is also Airport Street Hails taking our street hails and there is more traffic. Hopefully, the yellow cab in the street will be protected by the city. Sung Kim Driver for 20 years

Dear Taxi Dave, New Broadway After 11:00 PM weeknights, the city is completely Speed Limit dead. It used to be very busy from 11pm - 2 am. I am Dear Taxi Dave, proud to be a taxi driver. While taking a passenger today northbound up Johnny Trelles, Driver 36 years Broadway to & past Columbia Univ., cars were speeding and practically tailgating me in the new Citibike Ripsoff Tourists 25 MPH slow zones. This is happening in spite of Dear Taxi Dave, Dear Taxi Dave, traffi c signs stating the new speed limit. No police I used to get many trips to the airports on the CitiBike is hurting New York City tourists, those in sight stopping anyone. This happened going street. Now, it is very seldom that I get an airport same tourists that help to keep our city economy southbound on Broadway as well. Taxi drivers risk hail on the street. thriving. We all see bikers trying again and again Young Lee, Driver 27 years (Continued on Page 18) OCTOBER 2014 • TAXI INSIDER • PAGE 5 Insider News How Taxis Will Save MTA Big Bucks SLOW ZONES Each Access-A-Ride trip costs the city about $68.00. As compared with an SLOW ZONE IN ALPHABET Than 65 Miles of City Streets, Joining Access-A-Ride trip by disabled passengers, the MTA saves about $34 on each CITY: Between the East River and 1st Speed Cameras, Record Speed-Bump taxi trip. With 631 wheelchair accessible yellow cabs available now and thou- Avenue from Houston to 14th Street (11 Installation and Other Efforts to Reduce sands more to follow in the future, the NYC subsidies will be reduced as will schools) Dangerous Driving the expense by the MTA. SLOW ZONE IN ASTORIA: be- Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and tween Astoria Blvd & 31st Avenue and Department of Transportation Commis- City Cracking Down On from Steinway Street to 31st Street sioner Janette Sadik-Khan announced SLOW ZONE IN WEST VILLAGE: the expansion of the application-based Bad Taxi Drivers On Houston Street between 7th Ave South Neighborhood Slow Zone program, and Hudson Street – Hudson St. (8th Ave) with 15 new communities across the The city is hacking away at dan- “I told the TLC offi cer to check the up to Jackson Square and 7th Avenue city selected to have speed limits re- gerous yellow-cab drivers. phone. Even the customer said I didn’t South down to Houston Street duced from the citywide standard of The Taxi and Limousine Commis- use it,” he added “The TLC said it’s a SLOW ZONE IN SUNNYSIDE: 30 mph citywide to 20 mph along with sion has issued almost 5,000 safety- rule, and I cannot use the device.” Between Queens Blvd service road to other traffi c calming measures to reduce related tickets to the hacks so far this Through Aug. 31, a total of 4,812 Hunter’s Point Blvd from 36th St. to New speeding and improve safety. Selected year — a 95 percent jump from 2013. tickets were issued this year, in con- Calvary Cemetery including Greenpoint from among 74 applications from across The huge increase comes even as the trast to 2,474 in 2013, according to Avenue the city, the 15 communities to receive number of summonses decreased in TLC statistics. SLOW ZONE IN JACKSON Slow Zone treatments over the next three the first three months of this year. The biggest month for the city HEIGHTS: All street between years are: Alphabet City in Manhattan, Tickets skyrocketed in April, when came this past June, when 958 tickets Broadway/69th Street to 34th Ave. to Norwood in the Bronx, Clinton Hill/ the agency ramped up enforcement were issued — a 279 percent spike 82nd Street to 74th Street Transporta- Bedford Stuyvesant and Brownsville in as part of the city’s Vision Zero when compared with the same month tion Hub Brooklyn, and Jackson Heights, Queens campaign to reduce traffic injuries a year earlier. SLOW ZONE IN HUDSON in 2014; Sunnyside Gardens/Woodside and deaths. In comparison, the TLC issued HEIGHTS: from 179th St. to 190th St. and Sunnyside in Queens, Crown Heights, The summonses are for speeding, a mere 850 summonses for the first between Broadway and Cabrini Blvd. Brooklyn, Parkchester in the Bronx and tailgating, blowing stop signs, and three months of 2014 combined — (3 schools) Manhattan’s West Village in 2015; and unsafe lane changes, among others down 31 percent when held up against Mayor Bloomberg, Commissioner Midland Beach in Staten Island, Brooklyn infractions. the 1,229 given out in January, Febru- Sadik-Khan Announce Citywide Expan- Heights and Prospect Heights in Brook- Veteran cabby Pasang Sherpa, 47, ary and March of 2013. sion of Neighborhood Slow Zones to lyn, Westchester Square in the Bronx and said he was recently slapped with a “As part of the TLC’s Vision Zero Combat Speeding on Residential Streets Hudson Heights in Manhattan in 2016. summons for driving with a Bluetooth mission, we’ve placed safety-specific and Further Improve Record Traffi c The city’s fi rst-ever neighborhood Slow device in his ear, but claimed he violations at the top of our list of pri- Safety October 10, 2013 Zone was installed in November 2011 in wasn’t talking on the phone. “They orities,” TLC Commissioner Meera Speed Limit to Be Reduced to 20 the Claremont section of the Bronx. took away my cab license and my [cab Joshi said in a statement. MPH in 15 Neighborhoods Across Five Slow zones are marked by high- registration] for a half-hour and gave The numbers do not include tickets Boroughs; Speed Bumps, Markings visibility blue gateway signs at all streets it back,” Sherpa said, adding that he issued by the NYPD. and Other Traffi c-Calming Measures entering the area, with signs noting the 20 is waiting to receive the summons Reprinted with permission from Added to Reduce Speeding in Residential mph speed limit in the zone, as well as in the mail. The New York Post. Areas - Slow Zones Now Cover More speed bumps and stenciling of “20 MPH” eight-foot-high letters to make clear that motorists are in a reduced speed area. TLC PAYMENTS ON LINE Areas that included fi re stations, hospi- Now you can send money to the TLC for License Applications, Renewals and Summonses. tals, and truck routes were avoided and Below is what the screen on the TLC website looks like. the amount of bus routes were kept to a minimum inside the proposed zone. Research shows that when hit by a vehicle traveling 40 mph, there is a 70 percent chance a pedestrian will die, but when hit at 20 mph, there is a 95 percent chance of survival. To further reduce speeding, DOT has added nearly 3,600 pedestrian countdown signals at intersections in the last six years, installed more than 2,200 speed bumps citywide, including more than 250 just this year, re-engineered 137 major corridors and 113 intersections, and installed the fi rst of 20 speed cameras near schools under new authorization from the State. For more information, including the criteria for establishing a neighborhood slow zone, visit www.nyc.gov/dot. PAGE 6 • TAXI INSIDER • OCTOBER 2014 Why Do Apps Ignore People With TAXI AND FOR-HIRE VEHICLE Mobility Disabilities? RELIEF STANDS For many years, Wheelchair Acces- cessible vehicle. A passenger should be DOT is not responsible regulating taxis. Taxis are regulated by the New York sible Taxi (WAT) Advocates have been allowed to state other access needs, either City Taxi and Limousine Commission. DOT does regulate taxi relief stands fi ghting the battle for increased acces- from a drop-down menu with room for Taxi relief stands allow drivers to park their vehicles for up to one hour. This sibility. Recent hard fought victories in comments or through a fi eld requesting affords drivers the opportunity to leave their vehicles and take care of personal Toronto-100% WAT fl eet in 10 years information. needs. Taxi relief stands should not be confused with taxi stands, which are and New York City-50% WAT fl eet by B. A plan for how the TNC will work locations where drivers can wait, in their cars, to pick up passengers. 2020 are milestones. In the past two to provide appropriate vehicles for passen- The type column indicates if the relief stand is for taxis alone, or both taxis years however, Wheelchair Accessible gers who specify access needs, including and For-Hire Vehicles (FHVs). Staten Island currently has no relief stands. Taxi (WAT) Advocates have been on the but not limited to a plan to provide incen- BRONX sidelines in the wave of battles taking tive to individuals with accessible vehicles TYPE LOCATION CROSS STREET place in the industry and regulators war to become TNC drivers. Taxi Jerome Ave. (E. Side) Eliot Pl. & E. 170th St. on often illegal Transportation Network C. A timeline for modifying apps and Taxi Metropolitan Ave. (N. Side) Purdy St. & Red Oak Dr. Companies (TNC) such as Uber, Lyft, TNC websites so that they meet acces- Sidecar and InstantCab. Edith Prentiss, sibility standards. The relevant standard MANHATTAN EAST SIDE ABOVE 23RD STREET Chair of the Taxis for All Campaign for web access is WCAG 2.0 AA. Taxis E.77th St.(N. Side) First & Second Aves. recently stated; D. A timeline for modifying apps so Taxis E. 86th St. (N. Side) Henderson Pl. & York Ave. “It’s been a very long road here in that they allow passengers to indicate that Taxis E. 78th Street (N. Side) Lexington & Third Ave. New York City, but we’ve fi nally made they are accompanied by a service animal, Taxis E. 78th St. (S. Side) Lexington & Third Ave. substantial progress–and we’re looking and for adopting a policy that service Taxis & FHVs E. 29th St. (S. Side) Madison & Fifth Ave. to make more. A handful of other U.S. animals will be accommodated. Taxis E. 27th St. (N. Side) Park Ave. S. & Madison Ave. cities also now recognize the need for E. A plan for ensuring that drivers’ Taxis & FHVs E.28th St. (N. Side) Park Av. S. & Lexington Ave. increased accessibility, but there’s still review of customers will not be used in Taxis & FHVs Madison Ave. (W. Side) E. 26th & 27th St. much more work to do, especially as new a manner that results in discrimination, Taxis E. 26th Street (S. Side) Third & Second Aves. taxi apps that don’t accommodate the including any policies that will be adopted needs of people who are disabled increase and any monitoring that will take place by MANHATTAN WEST SIDE ABOVE 23RD STREET in popularity.” the TNC to enforce this requirement. Taxis W. 55th St. (S. Side) Tenth & Eleventh Aves. With their emphasis on disruption of Five TNC’s responded; Uber, Side- Taxis & FHVs Sixth Ave. (W.Side) W. 55th & 56th Sts. traditional Taxi industries, these TNC’s car, Lyft, Instantcab and Tickengo. The Taxis & FHVs Eighth Ave. (E. Side) W. 52nd & 53rd Sts. in large part have ignored the wheelchair responses provided little more detail than Taxis Broadway (E. Side) W. 48th & 47th Sts. accessible community’s needs, and in the companies will ensure drivers don’t Taxis Eighth Ave. (W. Side) W. 46th & 47th Sts. some cases actually harming the wheel- discriminate against disabled customers Taxis & FHVs Sixth Ave. (W. Side) W. 39th & 40th Sts. chair accessible community. After seeing through training, and most already have Taxis & FHVs Sixth Ave. (W. Side) W. 38th & 39th Sts. many WAT drivers ‘defect’ to TNCs in or will make their apps and websites ac- Taxis Broadway (E. Side) W. 43rd & 42nd Sts. San Francisco last year chasing incentives, cessible to blind users. Taxis Ninth Ave. (E. Side) W. 42nd & 41st Sts. large parts of the WAT fl eet sat idle. With Regulators and the Taxi Industry will Taxis West 39th St. (S. Side) Eighth & Ninth Aves. WATs being a crucial component in the continue to wrestle the TNC’s to ensure a Taxis Ninth Ave. (E. Side) W. 30th & 29th Sts. City’s SFMTA paratransit system, the level and legal playing fi eld. In the mean- California Public Utilities Commission time there is a bright light-a smartphone MANHATTAN BELOW 23RD STREET as of October 1, 2013 began a program APP for Wheelchair Accessible Taxi us- Taxis E. 23rd St. First & Second Aves. to require the TNC’s to submit an Acces- ers in limited areas -Wheels on Wheels Taxis & FHVs Sixth Ave. (W. Side) W. 22nd & 23rd Sts. sibility Plan that includes; the app used by Accessible Dispatch and Taxis Third Ave. (W. Side) E. 14th & 15th Sts. A. A timeline for modifying apps so powered by TaxiMagic will hopefully be Taxis & FHVs Third Ave. (W. Side) E. 15th & 14th Sts. that they allow passengers to indicate rolled out across the industry. Taxis & FHVs Sixth Ave. (W. Side) W.13th & 14th Sts. their access needs, including but not Reprinted with permission fromTaxi Taxis Sixth Ave. (W. Side) Thompson & Grand Sts. limited to the need for a wheelchair ac- Intellegence Taxis & FHVs Canal St. (N. Side) E. Broadway & Essex St. Taxis Park Row (SE. Side) Ann & Beekman Sts. Will The MTA Tax tional MTA tax? Did you know there is Taxis & FHVs Fulton St. (S. Side) Broadway & Church St. a transporting gasoline MTA tax? Did (Continued from Page 1) Taxis & FHVs South St. (N. Side) Old Slip & Broad St. you know all home sellers in New York Taxis & FHVs Water St. (W. Side) Whitehall & Broad Sts. bus passengers will fi nd the MTA’s State has an MTA tax? Did you know Taxis Whitehall St. (W. Side) South & State Sts, new capital plan attractive. So I ask this when you register your vehicles there is question: Will the political tentacles of an MTA tax? Did you know renting a car BROOKLYN the MTA reach the Albany legislators has an MTA tax add-on? Not to mention Taxis N. Sixth St. (N. Side) Berry St. & Wythe Ave. once again and pressure legislators to a franchise tax, corporation tax, estate Taxis Fourth Ave. (W. Side) Third & Sixth Sts. increase the 50 cent Taxi Tax that pas- tax and insurance tax. Will the MTA sengers pay now? try to raise the 50 cent tax, or will the QUEENS The MTA’s commuter tax is still a legislature decide to tax airplane fares, Taxis & FHVs 43rd Ave. (N. side) 11th & 12th Sts. sore subject in outer counties that re- cruises, vehicle purchases, backpacks Taxis 44th Rd. (N. Side) 21st & 11th Sts. ceive nothing for it. Speaking of taxes and children’s lunch boxes? Taxis & FHVs Hunterspoint Ave. 27th & 30th Sts. let me refresh your memories; Did you Taxi Dave hopes that for once the Taxis 31st St. (W. Side) 34th & 35th Aves. know: Your Con Edison utility bill has MTA will spend within its’ means and Taxis & FHVs 43rd Ave. 36th & 37th Sts. an MTA tax? Did you know your home not attempt to increase the current fi fty Taxis 34th St. (W. Side) 37th & 38th Aves. phone bill has an MTA tax? Did you cent Taxi Tax. Leave the taxi industry Taxis Skillman Ave. 37th & 36th Sts. know your cell phone bill has an addi- alone! Taxis Queens Blvd. (S. Side) 50th & 51st Sts. Taxis Queens Blvd. 55th & 54th Sts. TLC Driver Safety have had no crashes involving injury, Taxis & FHVs 45th Ave. (S. side) Jackson Ave. & 23rd St. no traffi c violations, and no violations (Continued from Page 1) Taxis & FHVs Pearson St. (W. Side) Jackson Ave. & dead end of TLC safety-related rules for fi ve or Taxis 49th St. Newtown Rd & Northern Blvd. their deep commitment to safety and more years as TLC-licensed drivers. Taxis 55th St. Queens Blvd & Roosevelt Ave. service at a ceremony with their fami- 295 drivers are on the 2014 TLC Taxis Van Dam St. Queens Blvd & Skillman Ave. lies on September 8, 2014. If you are Safety Honor Roll. Taxis & FHVs 36th St. Skillman & 43rd Aves. a driver on the 2014 TLC Safety Honor 178 TLC Safety Honor Roll drivers Don’t risk a summons trying to fi nd a Relief Stand on the list Roll, you will receive an invitation to drive yellow taxis. that the TLC web site provides. Texting or searching on-line this ceremony by mail. 110 TLC Safety Honor Roll drivers Facts about 2014 Safety Honor Roll drive black cars or livery cars. while in your cab is against the law. Keep this list in your taxi Drivers. 4 TLC Safety Honor Roll drivers for future use! TLC Safety Honor Roll drivers (Continued on Page 8) OCTOBER 2014 • TAXI INSIDER • PAGE 7 Bill Bratton Press Conference By David Pollack Taxi Driver Puzzle Do you know the stories behind each word? You would if you listened to the Taxi Dave’s Radio Show, Sunday’s at 8:00 PM on WOR710. Brought to you by Melrose Credit Union. You will also understand the puzzle better if you read our articles. T A N O O R E N E W O N 2 L M S H C K H A I F E L 9 C F I L R T O L I D N I 5 S R P X O B K C A L B R D A U T A I T E R 1 6 A I Y F S D X C G R A H 0 S V A E R N I A E S K C 0 R E D

Photo by David Pollack T K E H B I B T R 0 E Z E Police Commissioner William J. hired bringing the total police force to Y C M Z I U A A U S K E N Bratton, the 42nd police commissioner 41,000. Today we have about 34,500. of New York answered questions by “The threat back in the 1990’s was H I A L M O S P S P J V O NBC’s Melissa Russo and Crain’s crime. Since 9/11, terrorism is another O T F L P L E S T E E A N New York’s Erik Engquist at an early threat to society especially with the morning press conference where he not events all over the world. That threat N S F O R L D I N E T D I only compared today’s crime statistics remains, it is constantly there. But, O N E R O V E M E D E X S to those of 1990, but fi elded questions the city today is a safer place. Today about everything from terrorism to Al we are on pace for only 300 murders R A I R T B I K S T R A T Sharpton. compared with 2,245; 1500 shootings R O L L S E D E P I C K E When asked about crime in New compared with 5,000 in the 1990’s,” York city, Bratton stated: “Some of you Bratton continued. “We have only had Find the following words/accronyms in the puzzle above may remember not feeling safe in 1990. 34 shootings in the month of August, • OCTOBER 16 • RENEW ON LINE • That year New York City had 2,245 that is the lowest number in the history murders, 100,000 robberies,100,000 of New York City.” He commended • 6000 TICKETS IN ONE DAY • burglaries, tens of thousands of rapes, Mayor de Blasio for his commitment 8,000 drug dealing locations like Bryant to the freedom of fear. Asked about • TAXI DAVE • DEREK JETER • and Central Park and over 5,000 shoot- new police training, Bratton responded: • TLC SAFETY HONOR ROLL • ings. No one felt safe in New York City. “Police offi cers will have two or three (As a taxi driver back in the 1970’s, day training to refresh their skills. We • 295 DRIVERS • PEDESTRIAN STICKERS • seeing the Bronx burning, experiencing have one of the safest cities in America. • BLACK BOX PILOT • MANSOOR KHALID crime fi rst hand, I knew that tourists and “70% of the crime in Manhattan below those who lived in the suburbs refused 59th Street is the theft of electronic • TAXICAB IMPROVEMENT SURCHARGE • to allow their children go into New York devices’” Bratton stated, “There is a City. They actually believed that one 250 man task force to deal with that •ERROL LOUIS • BIKES trip into the city would result in being specifi c crime.” With regard to a ques- • TAXI HALL OF FAME • robbed, raped or murdered and they tion of Vision Zero Bratton stated that were probably correct to some extent.) “Saving lives ...is a priority.” • BASE DISPATCH • FRAUD • No one felt safe on the streets, in the parks or on the subway.” Things changed with the hiring of Bill Bratton (the fi rst time) in the 1990’s. 6,000 additional police offi cers were TLC Driver Safety (Continued from Page 6) drive yellow taxis and black cars or livery cars. 3 TLC Safety Honor Roll drivers drive commuter vans. 18 of these drivers drive Boro Taxis. The average honor roll driver has held a TLC license for 13 years. PAGE 8 • TAXI INSIDER • OCTOBER 2014

Because of the circumstances of this going to take me to reach Exit 82. Even A Mess of A Ride fare, I asked to be paid in advance. This more of a concern to me was what was By Abe Mittleman is something I rarely do. But in this case, I going to do when I got there? Would In the 42 years I was a NYC Driver Suddenly, a young man and his to drive at this early hour of the morn- one of them wake up and give me direc- it wouldn’t be a bad guess to say I drove young lady friend appeared. At fi rst they ing, as it turned out to be 75 miles, with tions to where the house was that they close to one million people to where they approached the taxi in front of mine on two young passengers who I could now were going to or would this be a major were going. The far greater majority of line. After a brief talk they turned and tell were a bit inebriated, seemed risky. problem? these people were not to memorable. approached me. They asked me if I would Passengers in this condition sometimes Finally, I made it to exit 82. They But there were some that will be in my take them to Penn Station. Sure, I said. can be problematic when it comes to were still “OUT COLD”. I pulled over at memory forever. Here is one story that After they were seated in the taxi and I getting paid. I felt a bit more secure to the exit then went around to the back seat I will never forget: began to drive, I asked why the other taxi be paid fi rst. and verbally woke up the young lady. I It was Thanksgiving, the AM hours had turned them down. They answered by They told me to take the Garden asked her to please direct me to the fi nal past midnight around 1AM, the year asking me if I would take them to Toms State Parkway to exit 82. So through the destination. She asked if she could come was in the late 1990’s. Many people had River, New Jersey. They said they had Lincoln Tunnel we went and before long up front with me. I said Ok, thinking already left town for the holiday and the missed the last bus and they didn’t want I on the Garden State Parkway heading she would direct me to the destination business on night shift, that I believed to wait for the next train that would be south with both my passengers embraced a little more easily from up front. But, was near an end for me, was very slow. I hours away. I agreed to take them. in each others arms and OUT COLD that wasn’t her motive. was sitting in front of the Port Authority I wasn’t exactly sure how far it was. DEAD ASLEEP in the back seat. No, it’s not what you are thinking! Bus Terminal hoping to make just a few They told me it would take about an hour I was driving, for what seemed like Her motive was how she was feeling. more dollars before I called it a night. and a half. So, we agreed on a price. forever, wondering just how long it was And I soon found out how she was feel- ing when she REGURGITATED all over herself and all over the front seat MANHATTAN POLICE PRECINCTS compartment, including on me! And Precinct Address Direct line 1 Precinct 16 Ericsson Place 1-212-334-0611 Police Precincts after she was done, she was able to give me directions to the house. 5 Precinct 19 Elizabeth Street 1-212-334-0711 In New York City There was puke in every crack of 6 Precinct 233 West 10 Street 1-212-741-4811 the seats, in the seat belt connections, 7 Precinct 19 1/2 Pitt Street 1-212-477-7311 Taxi Insider Info on the glove compartment, on the dash 9 Precinct 130321 AvenueEast 5th C Street 1-212-477-7811 board, all over the seat and all over the 10 Precinct 230 West 20th Street 1-212-741-8211 71 Precinct 421 Empire Boulevard 1-718-735-0511 fl oor. She didn’t miss a spot. By the time 13 Precinct 230 East 21st Street 1-212-477-7411 72 Precinct 830 4th Avenue 1-718-965-6311 we arrived at the house her male friend Midtown South Precinct had awoken asking why she was sitting 73 Precinct 1470 East New York Avenue 1-718-495-5411 MSP 357 West 35th Street 1-212-239-9811 in the front. I explained what had hap- 75 Precinct 1000 Sutter Avenue 1-718-827-3511 17 Precinct 167 East 51st Street 1-212-826-3211 pened. It was after 3AM. I was tired. I 76 Precinct 191 Union Street 1-718-834-3211 Midtown North Precinct still had to drive back to Queens and be 77 Precinct 127 Utica Avenue 1-718-735-0611 MNP 306 West 54th Street 1-212-767-8400 there before 6AM for the day driver who 78 Precinct 65 6th Avenue 1-718-636-6411 would be waiting. 19 Precinct 153 East 67th Street 1-212-452-0600 79 Precinct 263 Tompkins Avenue 1-718-636-6611 I asked if they could help clean up this 20 Precinct 120 West 82nd Street 1-212-580-6411 81 Precinct 30 Ralph Avenue 1-718-574-0411 smelly mess. We tried. But the effort with Central Park Precinct 83 Precinct 480 Knickerbocker Avenue 1-718-574-1605 some paper towels they brought from the 86th St & Transverse Road 1-212-570-4820 84 Precinct 301 Gold Street 1-718-875-6811 house was weak and insuffi cient. So, I 23 Precinct 162 East 102nd Street 1-212-860-6411 88 Precinct 298 Classon Avenue 1-718-636-6511 accepted a few extra dollars they offered 24 Precinct 151 West 100th Street 1-212-678-1811 90 Precinct 211 Union Avenue 1-718-963-5311 for my trouble and then got back on the 25 Precinct 120 East 119th Street 1-212-860-6511 road for the long trip back. For the fare 94 Precinct 100 Meserole Avenue 1-718-383-3879 26 Precinct 520 West 126th Street 1-212-678-1311 we agreed on and the mess I was now in I felt that I was a bit shortchanged. But, 28 Precinct 2271-89 8th Avenue 1-212-678-1611 QUEENS POLICE PRECINCTS 30 Precinct 451 West 151st Street 1-212-690-8811 I was happy to have earned a few more Precinct Address Direct line dollars and except for the mess and the 32 Precinct 250 West 135th Street 1-212-690-6311 100 Precinct 92-24 Rockaway Beach Blvd. 1-718-318-4200 problem it created I felt it turned my 33 Precinct 2207 Amsterdam Avenue 1-212-927-3200 101 Precinct 16-12 Mott Avenue 1-718-868-3400 night around from a fi nancial point of 34 Precinct 4295 Broadway 1-212-927-9711 102 Precinct 87-34 118th Street 1-718-805-3200 view. Regardless, I could not believe what had just transpired. BRONX POLICE PRECINCTS 103 Precinct 168-02 P.O. Edwaard Byrne Ave. 1-718-657-8181 104 Precinct 64-02 Catalpa Avenue 1-718-386-3004 Along the way back on the Garden Precinct Address Direct line State Parkway I stopped at a rest area. I 105 Precinct 92-08 222nd Street 1-718-776-9090 40 Precinct 257 Alexander Avenue 1-718-402-2270 had a towel in the car and an empty soda 106 Precinct 103-53 101st Street 1-718-845-2211 41 Precinct 1035 Longwood Avenue 1-718-542-4771 bottle. I went into the rest room and fi lled 107 Precinct 71-01 Parsons Boulevard 1-718-969-5100 42 Precinct 830 Washington Avenue 1-718-402-3887 the bottle with warm soapy water and 108 Precinct 5-47 50th Avenue 1-718-784-5411 43 Precinct 900 Fteley Avenue 1-718-542-0888 began to clean. I did this several times. 109 Precinct 37-05 Union Street 1-718-321-2250 44 Precinct 2 East 289th Street 1-718-590-5511 I don’t know how but after a short time 110 Precinct 94-41 43rd Avenue 1-718-476-9311 45 Precinct 2877 Barkley Avenue 1-718-822-5411 I was able to remove all visible signs of 111 Precinct 45-06 215th Street 1-718-279-5200 this disaster. Now I had to continue the 46 Precinct 2120 Ryer Avenue 1-718-220-5211 112 Precinct 68-40 Austin Street 1-718-520-9311 drive back to Flushing, Queens. 47 Precinct 4111 Laconia Avenue 1-718-920-1211 113 Precinct 167-02 Baisley Boulevard 1-718-712-7733 I took the Garden State Parkway to 48 Precinct 450 Cross Bronx Expressway 1-718-299-3900 114 Precinct 34-16 Astoria Boulevard 1-718-626-9311 the Outer Bridge Crossing, then went 49 Precinct 2121 Eastchester Road 1-718-918-2000 115 Precinct 92-15 Northern Boulevard 1-718-533-2002 through Staten Island and over the Ver- 50 Precinct 3450 Kingsbridge Avenue 1-718-543-5700 razano Bridge to the Belt Parkway in 52 Precinct 3016 Webster Avenue 1-718-220-5811 Brooklyn, then to the VanWyck Express- STATEN ISLAND POLICE PRECINCTS way and arrived on time in Flushing. It’s BROOKLYN POLICE PRECINCTS Precinct Address Direct line good I know my way around. GPS did Precinct Address Direct line 120 Precinct 78 Richmond Terrace 1-718-876-8500 not exist for cars yet. 60 Precinct 2951 West 8th Street 1-718-946-3311 122 Precinct 2320 Hylan Boulevard 1-718-667-2211 After, parking the taxi and leaving 61 Precinct 2575 Coney Island Avenue 1-718-627-6611 123 Precinct 116 Main Street 1-718-948-9311 without seeing the day driver, I got in my private vehicle, drove home to upstate 62 Precinct 1925 Bath Avenue 1-718-236-2611 NY, put my clothing in the washing ma- 63 Precinct 1844 Brooklyn Avenue 1-718-258-4411 Questions? Comments? chine, took a shower and went to bed. 66 Precinct 5822 16th Avenue 1-718-851-5611 Was it over? Well, later that afternoon 67 Precinct 2820 Snyder Avenue 1-718-287-3211 E-Mail Taxi Insider at the day driver called me and asked: Abe, 68 Precinct 333 65th Street 1-718-439-4211 WHAT’S THIS SMELL? 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OCTOBER 2014 • TAXI INSIDER • PAGE 15 The Taxi Attorney Terence Moakley Hello everybody, I hope that you 9pm. David Pollack is the host. He are working hard and making good is smart, entertaining, informative Advocate for Disabled, Dies at 69 money. This month I and best of all, knows want to talk about six the truth about what is topics. happening in your In- First, the busy season dustry. So, please tune is almost upon us. This in to listen. means that NYPD and Fifth, remember to TLC will ramp up their bring me your DMV already tough enforce- and TLC tickets. It is ment against yellow important to fight all cab drivers. Couple this your DMV (issued by with the start of Vision NYPD) and TLC tickets. Zero rules on November Please fight every yel- 9, 2014, and we have low or pink ticket you recipe for disaster. Bot- receive from NYPD and tom line: be as careful as possible out every TLC ticket you receive. For there. Don’t try for tips, just try to no charge, I will tell you if the ticket survive. If a passenger wants to speed, has points. I will do an excellent that is NOT a reasonable request, job advocating for you at a fair and Terence J. Moakley at the Third Avenue-149th Street subway station in the Bronx and you do NOT have to comply. It reasonable price. I have 20 years in 1997. may cost you some tip money but DO experience in this field. Please call me Terence J. Moakley, a persistent city and the Taxis for All Campaign, NOT SPEED if asked by a passen- at 212.754.1011 or 866.LAW.MIKE advocate for the disabled who fought a coalition that Mr. Moakley helped ger to do so. Be careful at the First to discuss your arrest or any DMV for wheelchair users to have access to create. Avenue tunnel by the UN and all the or TLC problem. Visit my website at taxicabs and transit systems, died on Over four decades of advocating the usual speeding trouble points. Look www.trafficticketnyc.com. I am here Sept. 5 in Manhattan. He was 69. rights of the disabled, Mr. Moakley, a elsewhere in this paper for possible to help you. There is a special price The cause was complications of quadriplegic, developed a reputation trouble points for tickets. for readers of this publication. acute myeloid leukemia, which he for making well-researched, even- Lastly, pick up a copy of a great learned he had three weeks earlier, his tempered appeals. But he was not above Second, all drivers need a will and new novel: Matthew Thomas’s “We wife, Daisy, said. participating in a public stunt to attract important estate documents such as a are Not Ourselves.” He is a friend Mr. Moakley died less than two attention to a cause. power of attorney, living will, health of mine and a great author. He is a weeks before a federal judge in Man- In April 2004, Mr. Moakley and six care proxy, etc. If you own a medal- friend to taxi drivers and he is a credit hattan approved a settlement that calls other wheelchair users staged a “roll-in” lion, you must have a will; otherwise to New York City, having grown up for thousands of New York City taxis to at a taxi stand outside Pennsylvania Sta- your family will have trouble with, in Queens. Buy the book and recom- be accessible to wheelchairs by 2020. tion in Manhattan to show how hard it among others, the TLC, after you die. mend it to your customers. You will The Sept. 16 decision ended years of was for them to get around by cab. They Also, if you have young children – be happy that you did and you will litigation and negotiation between the you need a will. Even if you don’t likely get great tips from educated (Continued on Page 20) own a medallion, you need to do a customers for your winning recom- will and a power of attorney. IF YOU mendation of this fine book which TRAVEL OUT OF THE US, YOU is currently on the New York Times NYS DMV Point System NEED A POWER OF ATTORNEY bestseller list for hardcover fiction EVEN IF YOU DON’T OWN A books. Speeding (mph over posted limit) MEDALLION. Every driver needs I wish you the best of luck and 1to10...3points these documents! happiness. Third, if you are arrested and you Thank you for reading this article. 11 to 20 . . 4 points possess a TLC license, it is impera- Remember my number for all your tive that you hire the best criminal legal needs: 212.754-1011 Until 21 to 30 . . 6 points attorney that you can afford. The next month, be well. 31 to 40 . . 8 points TLC will hold your license until the Mr. Spevack thanks you for read- criminal case is finished and the TLC ing this article which is for enter- More than 40 . . 11 points will take it permanently from you if tainment purposes only and does the criminal matter is NOT resolved not constitute legal advice. For legal Reckless Driving ....5points to the TLC’s satisfaction. advice, contact Mr. Spevack.http:// Failure to stop for a School Bus .5points Fourth, please listen to Taxi www.trafficticketnyc.com . Dave’s radio show on 710 am WOR, See his advertisement on page 36 Following too closely (tailgating) 4 points on Sunday evenings between 8pm and of this issue. Inadequate Brakes ..4points (while driving employer's vehicle)2 points Failing to Yield Right-Of-Way...3points Violation Involving Traffic Signal, Stop Sign, or Yield Sign ...3points Railroad Crossing Violation3 points Improper Passing or Lane Use ..3points Leaving scene of an incident involving property “Call Sunny& Save Money” damage or injury to an animal .. 3points Safety restraint violation involving person under 16 .3points Any other moving violation 2 points Photo by David Pollack Note: Speeding when speed not indicated is 3 points PAGE 16 • TAXI INSIDER • OCTOBER 2014 IATR Releases Proposed Model needs of the disabled and elderly population and financial realities in communities[5]. each particular marketplace. There Regulations for Accessible Taxicabs In transportation regulation are a variety of approaches geared circles, accessibility is arguably the towards promoting and enhancing and For-Hire Vehicles most talked-about topic other than accessibility, and many perceived By Matthew W. Daus, Esq. and Jason R. Mischel, Esq. the proliferation of Transportation programmatic deficiencies, such as: We are pleased to report that the various programmatic approaches in Network Companies (“TNCs”) uti- (a) London’s acknowledgement of International Association of Trans- an exercise to identify best practices. lizing smartphone applications to a need for a viable driver training portation Regulators (“IATR”) has The model regulations and a summary pre-arrange ground transportation program[7]; (b) Australia’s exemp- completed its first comprehensive report can be accessed here. services. In some instances, TNCs tion of for-hire vehicles (such as draft of its proposed Model Regula- Accessibility in public transporta- are attempting to dodge or change limousines) from its regulations[8]; tions for Accessible Taxi- tion, especially in the taxicab existing regulations that apply to and (c) Canada’s omission of persons cabs and For-Hire Vehicles. and for-hire vehicle industry, licensed transportation providers. with non-mobility disabilities from These model regulations has been one of the most In fact, many of these TNCs have its regulations[9]. The IATR’s Model endeavor to provide maxi- important regulatory issues sought to avoid the issue of acces- Regulations for Accessible Taxicabs mum accessibility in the in the last few years. Recent sibility entirely, choosing instead to and For-Hire Vehicles are an attempt taxicab and for-hire vehicle event or factors involved in “pass the buck” by informing disabled to provide a more cohesive menu of industry, and to ensure ac- casting a spotlight on ac- would-be passengers to contact a standards, best practices, and regula- cess and inclusiveness for cessibility include: (1) high regulated transportation company tory approaches to be tailored for each all passengers while main- profile lawsuits garnering in order to meet their accessibility jurisdiction’s needs than exist now. In taining a valid and coherent extensive media coverage needs. For example, under the draft sum, these model regulations include funding mechanism. (e.g. Noel v. NYC Taxi & TNC legislation passed in Seattle, the following standards, programs We served as counsel to Limousine Commission[1]); TNCs are only asked to: i) impose and solutions: the IATR’s Accessibility Committee, (2) landmark legislation that has a ten-cent per ride surcharge to go Vehicle Accessibility, including: and helped to organize regulators provided people with disabilities towards the City’s accessibility fund; i) fare payment and ticket and stakeholders as well as to con- with increased access to the ability and ii) to provide passengers request- validation systems that must not re- ceive and draft many of the reform- to be transported (e.g. New York ing accessibility service with contact quire actions from passengers with oriented approaches contained in City’s “Five-Borough Street Hail information for an accessible taxi disabilities that exceed the require- the model regulations. The IATR’s Taxi & Livery Plan”[2]); (3) the dispatch[6]. Thus, the responsibil- ments for other passengers; Accessibility Committee includes proliferation of dispatch programs as ity of providing accessible service ii) wheelchair, scooter or other representatives from twenty-four an attempt at a “reasonable accom- remains only on licensed taxicabs and mobility aid securement devices that (24) municipalities across Australia, modation” for disabled passengers is to be funded by passengers, while must be securely anchored to the Canada and the United States. The (e.g. “Open Taxis”, Chicago’s cen- TNCs are exempt from meeting any vehicle; an committee members reviewed and tralized dispatch system for all of its accessible service requirements. iii) the incorporation of uni- considered accessible taxicab and wheelchair accessible vehicles[3]); Many jurisdictions, whether in versal design concepts that cover a for-hire vehicle regulations from a (4) the increasing population of the the United States, Europe, Australia, variety of mobility and non-mobility number of jurisdictions from around elderly and how their needs overlap or Canada, have mandated various disabilities that, where applicable, the world, researched substantive data those of the disabled community[4]; levels of accessibility in their taxicab utilize specific measurements and associated with accessible vehicles, and (5) the increase in global tour- and for-hire vehicle industries, in specifications. and analyzed the effectiveness of ism that requires providing for the many cases according to the specific (Continued on Page 22)

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rules and regulations and deal with cifi xion of taxi drivers. People often tell Street Talk the consequences later. It completely me – “Tread easy” – “It’s all about the By Erhan Tuncel - Managing Director LOMTO ignores the government’s role in fair- Vision Zero Initiative” – “We can’t be The League Of Mutual know that they are break- ness and refuses to play on an even against safety.” Well, I am one of the Taxi Owners celebrated ing the law. They can only playing fi eld. staunchest supporters of the Mayor’s Vi- its 80th anniversary and pick-up pre-arranged calls Uber is capitalism at its worst sion Zero Plan. Safety is always on my honored paul f. Belloff at the airports. So keep an because it does not have an ounce of mind as well as the fairness of the poli- as 2014 lomto man of the eye on the SHLs and ask concern for drivers. Uber drivers have cies being implemented to accomplish year. We are proud to have your family members and absolutely no light at the end of the tun- the goals of the Vision Zero Plan. had the opportunity to rep- friends to do the same. nel, and while in the tunnel, they can kiss LOMTO is against the TLC’s resent the owner-drivers Please have the follow- their tips goodbye, be subjected to fee policy of assigning points to the hack of the nyc taxi industry ing information ready when increases without notice, be subjected licenses of drivers who get caught on since 1934, and by doing calling 311: License Plate to retaliation by Uber if they refuse to cameras. I testifi ed at the TLC hearing so, we’ve made and will and/or roof light (permit) give $8 rides in their $75,000 SUVs on September 18, 2014 to raise a ques- continue to make a differ- number of the SHL, date, and have no recourse when they get tion mark on the legality of this policy, ence for all drivers. I thank everyone time and location of the illegal pick-up. suspended or revoked from the Uber app because I believe that it contradicts the who took a journal ad and joined us You will need to give your name and for reasons beyond their control. Article 24 of the NYS Traffi c Law. I on sunday, september 28, 2014 to help contact information so that the TLC Uber is capitalism at its worst be- also strongly believe that it’s morally us celebrate and honor paul for all the can contact you about the develop- cause the infamous surge pricing is used wrong for the TLC to implement this years of his service and dedication to ment of the case. If necessary, you will by Uber, not to please the drivers but to policy, especially with the passage of lomto members. be asked to testify. You can testify by appease the demand and increase the the Local Law 30 which is going to WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE phone or in person. Every conviction money it makes off of drivers’ backs. combine the points for the Persistent VEHICLE DRIVER TRAINING for an illegal pick-up will accumulate I repeat, Uber is capitalism at its Violator and the Critical Driver Pro- All taxi drivers must be trained to in the SHL drivers’ record and they will worst because it isn’t fair to the con- grams, bringing the standards for the operate a wheelchair accessible vehicle. PERMANENTLY lose the privilege sumer, it isn’t fair to the drivers and it taxi drivers to a level never tested before. You must take your WAV Driver train- of operating an SHL by getting their defi nitely is not fair to the industry it Every taxi driver will be driving on egg ing course when renewing your hack license revoked after 3 convictions in 10 claims to be representing. shells because these camera violation license. The TLC will be notifi ed by years. Most SHL drivers are doing the THE MAJORITY OF TAXI summonses are virtually impossible to the school providing the course but, in right thing by obeying the law; however DRIVERS ARE SAFE DRIVERS defend, even when there are extenuat- any case, hold on to your receipt for the few who are breaking the law must This statement has been validated by ing circumstances which might cause a proof. You can fi nd out the institutions get the message that they will not get hundreds of years of data and is solid driver to get caught on these cameras. offering a WAV Driver Training course away with it. LOMTO worked hard as a rock. It’s so true that everyone has More focus is needed on education by going to the TLC’s website at www. to get this done; now it’s up to you to made it a habit of using it before they and positive reinforcement, instead of nyc.gov/taxi or stopping by LOMTO at protect your business. CALL 311 AND go on to crucify taxi drivers. Somehow, unfair punitive policies. A lot of safe 50-24 Queens Blvd. PUT IN A COMPLAINT AGAINST THE the statement allows them to ignore the taxi drivers will lose their livelihood 311 CALL TO REPORT SHL DRIVER WHO IS PICKING UP consequences of the strictest rules and because of this unfair TLC policy. We ILLEGAL SHL PICK-UPS ILLEGALLY. policies ever applied on any group of do not believe that’s the intention of the About a year ago, LOMTO put an UBER IS CAPITALISM AT drivers, anywhere on the face of the Mayor’s Vision Zero Plan. end to the lit SHL roof lights in the Hail ITS WORST earth. It somehow legitimizes the cru- Until next time, stay well. Exclusionary Zone by working with Uber is capitalism at its worst. Its the TLC, T-Pep providers and meter- strong-arm techniques are all the proof shops. We did not stop with that. After I need to make this statement. Uber dimming the SHL roof lights for good, does not care about the consumer. It LOMTO contacted the TLC to start used surge pricing – as high as 10 times the process of enabling 311 operators the usual cost of a ride - to strong-arm to take citizen complaints for illegal the government of NYS to cut a deal pick-ups by SHLs. We commend Com- so that any future Uber surge pricing missioner Joshi and her staff for their is OK during a state of emergency as diligence to make this a reality. It is now long as it is “reasonable”, and somehow possible for anyone to call 311 and put the interpretation of “reasonable” is left in a complaint about SHLs picking up to Uber. That’s capitalism at its worst! below E 96th and W 110th Streets in Does the law allow any other provider of Manhattan and at airports. Green SHLs essential services to gauge their prices cannot pick up Hail or Pre-Arranged during states of emergency? I don’t calls in the Hail Exclusionary Zone so think so! So why is Uber allowed? if you see a person getting into an SHL Uber is capitalism at its worst below E 96th & W 110th Streets you because Uber is quick to break the Cabbie Art By Meryl Rosner

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and wheelchair-accessible taxis for large vise and squeezed it together. loading, but bike racks take away all If you want to see a nice taxi that has LETTERS the available spaces to pull over. Not a lot more luggage space and looks only that, every bicyclist takes away much more appealing, look at the space much as like a car when ped- 2014 Ford Transit Connect Taxi. This (Continued from Page 4) aling like a maniac unexpectedly in Ford is really completely redesigned every lane. Bike lane doesn’t mean from the inside out and is about 15” not only their license but their liveli- It used to take between 45 minutes anything for them, because cops are longer than the previous model that hood if they don’t follow these new and an hour and fifteen minutes to not enforcing that rules. is still on the streets. My crown Vic- speed limits. Other drivers only lose drive to Kennedy. Last week it took Clem toria will have to be repaced before their license if they are stopped & me two hours. Even trips from La- April 2015. But I’m so excited about issued summonses. In other words, Guardia into Manhattan take at lease the 2014 Ford Transit Connect, I’ve there’s not enough incentive to stop fifteen minutes more than before. MTA Money already put in my order for one. And most drivers from following the new The DOT lies when they say traffic Dear Taxi David, it’s probably not made in the USA, speed limits. is moving faster because I know, I I have a question: why yellow taxi but at least it’s an American company Additionally, despite reports that live in traffic every day. is the only one that has to send the . We won’t be at the mercy of Nissan cyclists are being ticketed for viola- Nieves MTA money every 3 months. paying for overpriced parts! I’m not tions and pedestrians jaywalking. I Why not UBER, LyFT or the a spokesman for Ford , I just call it have not seen any evidence of this. other transportation companies. it as I see it! Check out the reviews on Not a one. Taxi TV is not fair! YouTube. In short, it appears to be just a PR Dear Taxi Dave, Thank you, Sincerely, show by the new administration. Is there any planning by the TLC Michael Raymond Goolcharran The Barker to get rid of that annoying taxi TV, at least keep silence? How’s any cab- Owner - driver driver could function fully 100% to Signs hear that craps that all day long Dear Taxi Dave, Transverse Traffi c Is Worse! besides with all the stresses? Pedestrians they don’t give a Dear Taxi Dave, Dear Taxi Dave, Khan chance to turn left or right even the I wrote you a few months ago, I’ve been driving a cab for 20 years. walk sign SAID don’t walk. about the reoccurring bikers on the I used to average over 100 miles per Charbel transverses. For that matter, pedes- day. Now I average 70 miles per day. Speed trians who use the narrow walkway in DOT doesn’t know what they are talk- Dear Taxi Dave, the transverses, at times, when there ing about when they say traffi c moves Speed should not modify cab Transit Connect are hazards along the stretch that faster today.Take Park Avenue, they driver’s income. Actually those Dear Taxi Dave, someone should have been checked, closed it between 42nd Street and 41st who drive in heavy traffic jam should I just wanted to let you know that and signs prohibiting the use by Street on the downtown side with a earn more. I just looked at the 2014 Ford Transit cyclists and pedestrians, there are restaurant and the uptown side with a Stephen Connect taxicab. I am so happy to see none. bike stand. Three lanes now go into one that Ford decided to make the “Taxi Space is an Issue David, the dang horse’s have better lane off the Park Avenue ramp because of Today”! In my opinion this is a Dear Taxi Dave, ettiqute, then some pedestrians. the tunnel is closed and this causes much better than the “taxi of tomor- Extra space is needed for cabs Cheryl traffi c on the ramp into the 40’s. row”.Ford has the insight to know that true taxicabs need windows that can be opened! Maybe the brains at $2 Is Too Much! AREN RIEDMAN Nissan thought that drivers make K A. F ATTORNEYS Dear Taxi Dave, too much money and we should be Just heard a great story from a PRESIDENT ATTORNEY AT LAW IN OFFICE be burning more gas by having to run Association of WHO PRACTICE: female passenger in her 70’s. Picked the air conditioner even when it’s 70 her up on 72nd street & 2nd ave. too Motor Vehicle Trial (212) 213-2145 PERSONAL INJURY degrees outside. Two of my fellow cab Attorneys her to park & 53rd. She said she had MATRIMONIAL driver friends told me that they have FLUENT IN an Asian driver for the fi rst time for ALL MOVING VIOLATIONS REAL ESTATE LAW FRENCH had several passengers complained this same trip recently that when she ALL MOVING COMMERCIAL about feeling car sick because of IMMIGRATION gave him a $2 tip for a $12 fare he THROUGHOUT the lack of windows. Another cab- tried to give her back a dollar saying VIOLATIONS bie told me that he lost half of his it’s too much. She said that he was NEW YORK STATE Friday night shift because a young still trying to give her a dollar back Speeding; Red Lights; Traffic Signs lady started to vomit and could not after she left the cab. She was afraid he open the “window of tomorrow.” would follow her down the block. Besides not paying the fare, one of Larry SUSPENSIONS & WARRANTS LIFTED the worst things that ruins our day is a passenger throwing up in the cab. CRIMINALLY RELATED MATTERS The smell doesn’t go away for two or more days. The driver’s who get Kindly Driving While Intoxicated (DWI); their cab from a garage can always get another cab and continue to work after Patronize Reckless Driving; paying the car wash a $50.00 clean- ing fee. But the owner- driver guys Aggravated Unlicensed Operation have to deal with that smell for a few Our days.The rule makers at the Taxi and Limousine Commission never drove SAFETY HEARINGS a cab or experienced what we do on Advertisers 30 East 33RD Street a daily basis. Emperor Bloombucks Throughout New York State and Comrade Yassky were dancing in Check Out 4TH Floor the streets very proud of their latest screwup, the “taxi of tomorrow”. 404New Park York, Avenue NY 10016 South They forced this cargo van down the our throats telling us that the Nissan EMAIL:New [email protected] York, NY 10016 nv200 was “specifically designed for the streets of New York City”. 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transit, to jobs.” P.S. 199 Maurice Fitzgerald NYC’s Vision Zero Gets $25 While states and cities from School in Long Island City, Queens Virginia to Seattle trumpeted their P.S. 92 Harry T. Stewart in Co- Million Federal Grant funding allocations Tuesday, the rona, Queens federal Department of Transportation P.S. 13 Clement C. Moore in The city’s street safety initiative It means better designed streets and declined to confirm the awards, say- Flushing, Queens just got a big boost from the U.S. targeted initiatives that will help us ing that the agency has yet to make Our Lady’s Catholic Academy Department of Transportation, thanks change behaviors like speeding and an official announcement. Among the in South Ozone Park, Queens to the highly competitive Transporta- failure to yield to pedestrians,” de projects known to be receiving fund- Our Lady’s Queen of Peace tion Investment Generating Economic Blasio said in a statement. “From ing are bridge repairs in Maine, mass School in New Dorp, Staten Island Recovery (TIGER) grant program. children near our schools school to transit in Champaign-Urbana, Il- Safe Pedestrian Access to Tran- The $25 million grant will go seniors on the streets of their neigh- linois, and upgrades at the Port of sit: to 13 separate Vision Zero projects borhoods, we will have more tools Seattle. Harlem Station (Metro North) designed to improve pedestrian and than ever to protect our people.” The thirteen New York City proj- 4th Avenue in Brooklyn (north bike access to schools, transit, and “No question, this is a terrific ects that will receive support are section between 8th and 18th work, according to U.S. Senator shot in the arm to the city in terms listed below. streets) Charles Schumer and New York City of our Vision Zero work,” said Polly Safe Pedestrian Access to Edu- 4th Avenue in Brooklyn (south Mayor Bill de Blasio. Trottenberg, the city’s transportation cation: section between 33rd and 52nd) “This investment will save lives. commissioner. She said the projects P.S. 154 Harriet Tubman School Safe Bicycle Access to Jobs: will “make safe connections — par- in Harlem Brooklyn Greenway - Gowanus ticularly in traditionally underserved Terrance Moakley P.S. 54 Woodhaven, Queens Brooklyn Greenway - Owl’s neighborhoods — to education, to (Continued from Page 15) P.S. 239 Ridgewood, Queens Head (Bay Ridge). were pressing for support in the City Council for an updating of the fl eet. Ten years later, the Taxi and Limou- sine Commission agreed to add about How Do TLC Rules Putting New 7,000 accessible vehicles to its fl eet by 2020. The judge who approved the Vision Zero Laws into Place Affect Drivers? settlement, George Daniels, said the agreement was one of the most signifi - cant acts of inclusion in the city since Why are these rules going into place? Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers. • More people are killed by vehicles than guns in New York City. That was only one of the transpor- • We all play a role in keeping our streets safe. tation breakthroughs for which Mr. • City Council passed several laws to encourage TLC-licensed drivers to drive more safely. Moakley could claim some credit. In the 1970s, he and some colleagues at the New TLC rules are needed to put these laws into action. Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association sued to gain access for the disabled to Will every driver who is involved in a crash be affected by the new laws? the subways and buses operated by the • The new laws apply only to critical injury and fatal crashes. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Some of the concessions extracted in • Critical injury crashes are crashes in which the victim is likely to die or needs life that litigation were later included in sustaining support. the federal Americans With Disabilities • Less than 1% of TLC drivers get in crashes that are this serious, so most TLC drivers will not Act, said James Weisman, the general be affected by the law. counsel of the organization, now known as the United Spinal Association. Will drivers lose their licenses when they get into critical injury or fatal crashes? As president of the association in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Mr. • If driver is charged with traffic violation or crime for the crash: Moakley hired students to map out • TLC will review police reports and will suspend the TLC license if reports say the the street corners in the city that did not have curb cuts to allow for wheel- violation caused the crash. chairs, then pressed city offi cials to • If courts find the driver guilty of violation, TLC must revoke the TLC license. make amends. • If driver is not charged with traffic violation or crime for the crash: Terence John Moakley was born in • TLC will review police reports and will suspend the TLC license if reports say driver Brooklyn on Dec. 22, 1944, and raised in Hicksville, on Long Island. After was at fault. earning a bachelor’s degree in English • After the police investigation is complete, TLC will review the driver’s record and the from St. John’s University, he enlisted police reports to determine whether to revoke the TLC license. in the Marine Corps. • Drivers have a right to a hearing on suspensions and revocations. While serving stateside, Mr. Moak- ley broke his neck in a diving accident What happens to drivers who get points for traffic violations? that left him a quadriplegic. After more than two years in a hospital, he • Most TLC drivers get few traffic violations. 83% get 3 or fewer points in a year. enrolled at Hofstra University and • To encourage safe driving, TLC has programs that suspend and revoke TLC licenses of earned a master’s degree in compara- drivers with repeated or serious traffic violations. tive literature. He had no children of his own, but • Right now, drivers who get 3 points from a ticket issued by a police officer and 3 points raised his stepdaughter, Carlin Admi- from a ticket issued by a TLC officer do not have their TLC licenses suspended. rand, the daughter of his second wife. • Under the new rules, TLC can combine these points for a total of 6 and the driver’s TLC His third wife, Daisy, to whom he was license will be suspended. married for eight years, has three daugh- ters, a son and three grandchildren. • To make sure this new rule only affects dangerous drivers, TLC is: Wherever they traveled, Ms. Moak- • Taking away TLC points from 38 non-safety-related violations (see next page). ley said, her husband insisted on inves- • Giving a 3-point reduction for taking a class instead of a 2-point reduction. tigating the public-transit options and, • Enabling drivers to get earlier notice of when they are in danger of penalties. if possible, taking a ride. “He loved public transportation,” she said. “I swear he thought it was his This document is for informational purposes. Official proposed and existing rules are available at www.nyc.gov/taxi Updated - 9/17/14 personal roller coaster.” OCTOBER 2014 • TAXI INSIDER • PAGE 21 Senator Schumer And Mayor De Blasio Announce of New York City’s Vision Zero– a bold initiative from Mayor de Blasio $25 Million In Federal Funding For NYC’S Vision Zero and Commissioner Polly Trottenberg – which already has a great track Massive Federal TIGER Grant and Mayor Bill de Blasio today an- of Transportation supporting this record of success.” for NYC’s Bold Vision Zero Initia- nounced that New York City Depart- project through the federal DOT’s “This investment will save lives. tive – A Cornerstone Initiative of the ment of Transportation (NYCDOT) TIGER (Transportation Investment It means better designed streets and de Blasio Admin and DOT Commis- will receive $25 million in federal Generating Economic Recovery) targeted initiatives that will help us sioner Trottenberg- Aims to Reduce funding to support critical improve- Grant program, which provides change behaviors like speeding and Fatalities & Injuries Through Safety ments as part of the New York City funding for road, rail, transit and failure to yield to pedestrians. We are Improvements. Vision Zero Initiative– a cornerstone port projects that promise to achieve proud to have strong federal partners Schumer, Mayor de Blasio High- safety plan crafted by City Hall and critical national objectives. like Senator Schumer, Secretary Foxx light that Money Will Fund 13 Safety NYC DOT Commissioner Polly “This major federal funding is and the Obama Administration as Projects In Locations That Have Been Trottenberg. The funding will help great news for New York City’s we work to protect our communities Identifi ed As High-Risk Areas Through support traffic calming, pedestrian cornerstone street safety initiative, and make Vision Zero a reality. From Crash Analysis & Community Input. and bike connections to employment which will use federal TIGER funds children near our schools school to Projects Will Help Support Pe- centers, creation of new public spaces to help make the City’s bustling seniors on the streets of their neigh- destrian & Bike Connections to and comprehensive safety improve- streets safer for children, bikers and borhoods, we will have more tools Employment Centers, Improve Safety ments for school children. The City’s commuters,” said Schumer. “I am than ever to protect our people,” said for School Children, Provide New application includes plans for 13 such pleased to announce this massive Mayor Bill de Blasio. Public Spaces & More projects. In April, Schumer wrote $25 million federal TIGER grant for The New York City Vision Zero U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer a letter of to the U.S. Department thirteen safety projects that are part Initiative aims to dramatically reduce fatalities and injuries by implement- ing safety improvements and increas- ing education and enforcement. The Vision Zero initiative involves targeted outreach to city schools, TLC Rules that No Longer Have Points (38 rules) creating new slow zones, and imple- menting more comprehensive driving curriculum for taxi and limousine drivers, among many other poli- Current New Reference Rule cies and programs. So far this year, Points Points pedestrian fatalities are down more Medallion Taxicab and Street Hail Livery/Boro Taxi Drivers than 20 percent of the same period 54-10(b) Unreadable License 1 0 in 2013. 54-11(b)(1) Must have Valid Chauffer's License 2 0 Today’s announcement will help 54-11(b)(2) Surrender TLC License 1 0 support projects at locations that have 54-11(c) Vehicle Must Be Licensed 3 0 been identified through crash analysis 54-12(a) Bribery 6 0 and community input. NYCDOT will 54-12(b) Failure to Report Bribery 3 0 implement safety projects includ- 54-12(h) Notice of Criminal Conviction 3 0 ing an extension of the Brooklyn 54-12(i)(1)-(2) Cooperate with Commission 2 0 Waterfront Greenway; street safety 54-12(j) Cooperate with Law Enforcement 2 0 improvements near schools in Man- 54-12(k) No Use of Vehicle for Unlawful Purpose 3 0 hattan, Queens and Staten Island; 54-12(l) Report Attempt to Use Vehicle for Unlawful Purpose 3 0 and pedestrian safety measures along 54-12(m) No Concealment of Crime 3 0 dangerous corridors like Fourth Av- 54-14(d) Limit on Consecutive Hours Driving 1 0 enue in Sunset Park. 54-16(b) Requests to Change Destination 2 0 “Thank you to U.S. DOT, Secre- 54-16(g) Other Reasonable Requests 2 0 tary Anthony Foxx, and U.S. Senator 54-17(g)(2)(ii)(v) Trips Beyond the City - Driver Must Inform Passenger of Fare Calculation, etc 2 0 Charles Schumer. I’m thrilled New York City was selected for this com- 54-17(g)(3)(ii)-(iv) Trips to Newark - Driver Must Inform Passenger of Fare Calculation 2 0 petitive TIGER Grant, which allows 54-17(g)(4) All Out-of-City Trips - Driver Must Record All Charges 2 0 NYC DOT to improve safety for stu- 54-19(a)(4) Driver Must Not Solicit Rides in Specific Locations 1 0 dents, pedestrians, and commuters. 54-19(a)(5) Off-Duty Light and Going My Way Trips 1 0 Vision Zero is a top priority of the de 54-22(f) No Unauthorized Equipment 1 0 Blasio administration and this fund- 54-23(a)(2) Taxicab Driver's License Must in the Appropriate Frame 2 0 ing proves the initiative’s importance 54-23(a)(3) Rate Card Must Be Located in Frame Beside License 1 0 and value,” said NYC DOT Com- 54-23(a)(6) SHL License 1 0 missioner Polly Trottenberg. “The 54-26(a)(2) Repair Defective Taximeter 1 0 grant covers projects throughout the 54-26(a)(3) Sealed Taximeter and Matching Serial Number 2 0 city, from Staten Island’s New Dorp 54-26(b)(4) Taximeter and Non-Paying Passenger 1 0 section to Harlem’s 125th Street and 54-26(b)(5) Flat Fare Trip 1 0 many areas in between, and millions 54-26(b)(7) Reset the Taximeter 1 0 of New Yorkers will benefit from this 54-26(c)(4) Taximeter Tampering 1 0 grant. We’re also excited to receive a For-Hire Drivers grant to coordinate recovery planning 55-10(b) Unreadable License 1 0 in the Rockaways with the New York 55-11(b)(1)-(2) Must Have Valid Chauffer's License 2 0 City Department of Housing Preser- 55-12(a)(1) Bribery 6 0 vation and Development.” 55-12(a)(3) Failure to Report Bribery 3 0 The TIGER Discretionary Grant 55-12(h)(1) Notice of Criminal Conviction 3 0 program provides an opportunity for 55-12(j) Cooperate with Law Enforcement 2 0 DOT to invest in road, rail, transit and 55-19(b) Can't Pick-up Passengers at a Taxi Stand 2 0 port projects that promise to achieve 55-23(a)(1)-(3) Items Required in Vehicle - License and Certificates 2 0 critical national objectives. In each round of TIGER, DOT receives many applications to build and repair criti- cal pieces of freight and passenger This document is for informational purposes. Official proposed and existing rules are available at www.nyc.gov/taxi transportation networks. Violations that no longer have points still have other penalties associated with them, such as fines. Reprinted with permission from Serious violations, such as bribery, will no longer have points but continue to yield strict penalties, such as revocation or suspension. Updated - 9/17/14 Kate Hinds. PAGE 22 • TAXI INSIDER • OCTOBER 2014

Daus and fare payment technology; and (4) the already strong increase registered Transforming the Public Paratransit increased maintenance costs due to the in 2013 (+5%) and is well above the and Private For-Hire Transportation (Continued from Page 16) usage of equipment, such as ramps and long-term trend projected by UNWTO Systems by Matthew W. Daus, President Driver Training, whereby the lifts. The funding issue must be addressed for the period 2010-2020 (+3.8%).” of the IATR, and Jason R. Mischel, Model Regulations specifi cally ensure in order for most, if not all, of the solu- See http://media.unwto.org/press-re- Esq., the Counsel to the Accessibility that drivers are required to assist any tions contained in the model regulations lease/2014-07-21/international-tour- Committee, the implementation of ac- passenger when it is evident that the to work. Funding can be obtained and/ ism-strong-peak-season-anticipated. cessible taxicabs and For-Hire vehicles passenger is a person with a disabil- or preserved through administering the [6] See http://www.geekwire.com/2014/ within the paratransit industry would ity, elderly or otherwise in need of “lockbox” concept and in reducing the full-text-uber-lyft-struck-deal-seattle/. signifi cantly and drastically cut costs assistance, and that drivers must be costs of government paratransit programs [7] See http://www.london-taxis.co.uk/ while improving the environment. suffi ciently trained and subjected to by using taxicabs and sedans in lieu of jsp/index.jsp?lnk=830. Matthew W. Daus, Esq. , Part- a full vetting process, which should multi-passenger vans[11]. [8] See Australia’s Disability Stan- ner and Chairman, Windels Marx include a criminal and driver history [1] See Noel v. New York City dards for Accessible Public Transport Transportation Practice Group background check[10]; Taxi & Limousine Comm’n, 837 2002. President, International Associa- Accessible Dispatch Programs F.Supp.2d 268, 274 (S.D.N.Y.2011). [9] See Canadian Standards As- tion of Transportation Regulators and App Technology, whereby these [2] See http://www.nydailynews. sociation Standard No. D409-02 Distinguished Lecturer, Univer- regulations support the creation of com/new-york/deal-reached- [10] In order to further this im- sity Transportation Research Center an “Accessible Dispatch Program” albany-tuesday-livery-cabs-pick- portant and necessary mandate, the (City University of New York/City that: 1) allows disabled passengers street-hails-outer-boroughs-up- IATR is contemplating developing a College) to have access to accessible vehicles per-manhattan-article-1.994588. certifi cation process for accessible Jason R. Mischel, Esq., Counsel, in situations where such vehicles are [3] See http://www.opentaxis.com/. vehicle driver training programs in Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf, LLP outnumbered in supply by vehicles that [4] According to the United Nations, the future. Former Commissioner/General are not accessible, and 2) would have global population ageing is currently [11] As detailed in the article Counsel, NYC Mayor’s Office of to conform to a number of specifi c “unprecedented”, “pervasive”, “en- Accessible Transportation Reform: People with Disabilities. requirements; and during” and “has profound implica- Financing Accessible Transportation, tions for many facets of human life”. Would You Like To Receive...... as a seminal issue confronting full and See http://www.un.org/esa/population/ effi cient accessibility for all is money. publications/worldageing19502050/. • Weekly Traffi c Advisories In the transportation arena, the ability [5] According to the July 2014 press • Important Messages from The TLC for a vehicle to transport a person with release from the United Nations’ World a disability means: (1) the need for Tourism Organization, “destinations • Important Industry Notices a bigger and more expensive vehicle worldwide received some 317 million E-mail that may require a retrofi t; (2) the need international tourists (overnight visi- for a vehicle that uses more gas than a tors) between January and April 2014, [email protected] And we will place non-accessible vehicle; (3) the possible 14 million more than in the same period purchase of accessible communication of 2013. This 5% growth consolidates you on our Industy E-Mail List. Apply Online and Save Time!

• TLC would like to remind anyone interested in becoming a licensee that you can submit your TLC driver’s or vehicle application online through TLC’s License Application, Renewal and Summons Payments (LARS) system. Visit https://www1.nyc.gov/lars/. If you don’t have access to a computer, you can visit your local library branch for free Internet access.

• To use the online system to submit your new application, make sure you have the following: - a valid e-mail address - a valid checking account, credit card or debit card - a DMV license and a Social Security Number - access to a printer - if you are submitting a vehicle application, have the VIN number and be sure to contact your base in advance

- You will receive an e-mail confirmation that your application was received - TLC will contact you via e-mail with updates on your application and let you know if any of your materials were missing or need clarification - Processing times are faster than paper applications

If your application is complete, TLC staff will notify you via email to come to our Licensing facility for fingerprinting. You will not need an appointment. When you come to Licensing, bring these with you: - Payment receipt - Printed copy of your online application - Part B of the Driver License Application - All additional requirements listed on the checklist and instructions

• Current licensees can also submit license renewal payments through LARS. • To use the online system to submit a renewal payment, make sure you have: - a TLC license and your DMV license or VIN number - a valid checking account, credit card or debit card - You will receive an e-mail confirming your payment

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Year Ago $3.788 $3.980 $4.123 $4.376 Airport Stats In June 2014, 10.6 million passengers fl ew into and out of the region’s air- ports, an increase of 3.8 percent from June 2013. Domestic air carriers accounted for 6.7 million passengers, a 3.0 percent increase from June 2013. 3.9 million passengers traveled with international air carriers in June 2014, a 5.1 percent increase from June 2013. Source: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Broadway Stats Total Broadway attendance was approximately 1.1 million during the fi ve weeks ending August 31, 2014, up 10.2 percent from the same period last year. Broadway revenue during this period was about $123.2 million, up 12.7 percent from last year. Note: Gross revenue and attendance fi gures may not include all shows. Source: The Broadway League. Hotel Stats In July 2014, the average daily hotel room rate was $259, a 1.4 percent increase from July 2013. Hotel occupancy was 91.2 percent in July 2014, up from 90.5 percent in July 2013. The average daily hotel room rate increased the most in hotels charging between $185 and $220 per night. DOS has collected 579 million pounds of recyclables thus far in 2014; 43% of this was metal, glass and plastic and 57% was paper and cardboard. Employment Stats An extensive study done by the Bureau of Waste Prevention, Reuse and Private sector jobs in New York City rose by 25,000 in July 2014 after a Recycling on waste characterization shows that many recyclables are still rise of 21,700 jobs in June 2014. Government jobs in the City rose slightly, tossed into the waste bin: of all residential waste in NYC, about 24% is resulting in a net overall increase of 25,100 total private and public sector jobs eligible for curbside recycling and 34% is suitable for composting. in July. Since July 2013, private sector employment has risen by 101,000 jobs For the fiscal year ending in June 2014, Staten Island was the borough or 3.0 percent. New York City’s unemployment rate was 7.8% in July 2014, with the highest Recycling Diversion Rate (the amount of material diverted down from 7.9% the month prior. Between June and July 2014, the number of from disposal to recycling) with 19%; Manhattan had the next highest rate employed City residents increased by 100, while the number of unemployed at 18%, and the citywide average was 16%. City residents fell by 4,900. Manhattan Offi ce Market In August 2014, the Manhattan Class A direct vacancy rate fell to 9.8 percent while the average rental rate rose slightly to $72 PSF. In the same month, the Downtown Class A direct vacancy rate fell to 10.6 percent and the rental rate remained at $54 PSF. The Manhattan Class A sublease vacancy rate decreased slightly in August over the previous month, from 1.9 percent to 1.8 percent. Construction For the twelve months ending July 2014: Building projects (including new, additions and alterations) that started construction in NYC rose by 22.3 percent, and infrastructure (non-building) project starts fell by 1.6 percent from the twelve months ending July 2013. Planned space for building project starts rose by 5.9 percent from the same period in 2013. 3,124 residential building project starts began construction, a 28.6 percent increase from the twelve months ending in July 2013. These starts contained 25,807 units, an increase of 23.4 percent from last year. Source: McGraw Hill Construction. In June 2014, the borough with the highest Recycling Capture Rate (the amount of recyclables that are actually being recycled) was also Staten Recycling in NYC Island at 64%, followed by Queens at 50%. The citywide average Capture More New Yorkers are becoming aware and concerned about the ecological Rate was 46%. impact we each have on our environment. The City of NY has responded by On the demand side, individuals are becoming more concerned with their building out recycling and composting programs as well as educational portals own carbon footprints. While not yet ubiquitous, this awareness is widespread where one can learn the what, how and where of recycling and composting in the and growing; top-down initiatives such as the upcoming UN summit as well city. Supply and demand for recycling determines the extent to which recycling as bottom-up micro evidence (see below) attest to this. has become institutionalized in NYC. The supply of such programs is largely a Microdata is often collected in the form of surveys, the accuracy of which consequence of the demand for recycling, given the public nature of this good. is constrained by whether the sample is sufficiently randomized and the reli- That demand is, in turn, met with more assistance and information as the supply ability of reported numbers. A Big Data approach has the potential to improve of recycling services improves. A higher equilibrium is therefore attained through upon these measurements by building large samples from information col- this dialogue. On the supply side, the Department of Sanitation provides regularly lected consequential to another activity. The DOS encourages New Yorkers scheduled curbside recycling collection for every residential household and public to call the 311 hotline to report any and all disturbances and malfunctions building as well as many other large institutions in New York City. in city infrastructure, including missed collection of recycling. PAGE 28 • TAXI INSIDER • OCTOBER 2014

Carlyle Hotel 1568 Broadway 35 E 76th Street between 47th & 48th Streets TAXI INSIDER between Madison & 5th Avenues Drake Swissotel Hotel MANHATTAN HOTEL LIST !!! Carnegie Suites Hotel 440 Park Avenue at 56th Street 229 W 58th Street between 7th & 8th Avenues Dream Hotel Dear Readers of TaxiInsider, 210 W 55th Street bet. Drivers always tell me that they cannot know the location of every hotel in Casablanca Hotel 7th & 8th Aves. Manhattan. A lot of work went into the list of Manhattan Hotels below. Drivers, 147 W 43rd Street please send Taxi Insider any corrections or additional hotels not mentioned. between 6th & 7th Avenues Dylan Hotel Also, when you are finished reading this issue of Taxi Insider, do not throw this 52 E 41st Street at Madison Ave. Chambers Hotel newspaper in the garbage, give it to another taxi driver ! Thank you ! 15 W 56th Street Eastgate Tower Suites Hotel between 5th & 6th Avenues 222 E 39th Street 60 Thompson Street 226 W 54th Street at Broadway Benjamin Hotel between 2nd & 3rd Avenues Between Broome and Spring Streets between 7th & 8th Avenues 125 E 50th Street at York Avenue Hotel Chandler 12 E 31st Street off 5th Avenue Edison Hotel 70 Park Avenue Amsterdam Inn Hotel Bentley Hotel 228 W 47th Street at 38th Street 340 Amsterdam Avenue 500 E 62nd Street at York Avenue Chelsea Hotel between 7th & 8th Avenues at W 76th St. Best Western Convention Center 222 W 23rd Street 414 Inn Hotel between 7th & 8th Avenues Elysee Hotel 414 W. 46th Street Arlington Hotel 522 W 38th Street 60 E 54th Street between 9th & 10th Avenues 18 W 25th Street at 5th Avenue between 10th & 11th Avenues Chelsea Lodge Hotel between Park & Madison Avenues 318 W 20th Street Affi nia 50 Suites Avalon Hotel Best Western Hospitality between 8th & 9th Avenues Embassy Suites Hotel 155 E 50th Street at 3rd Avenue 16 E 32nd Street House Hotel 102 North End Ave. between Madison & 5th Avenues 145 E 49th Street Chelsea Savoy Hotel World Financial Center, Manhattan Affi nia Dumont between 3rd & Lexington Avenues 204 W 23rd Street 150 E 24th Street Beacon Hotel between 7th & 8th Avenues Fairfi eld Inn & Suites Chelsea- between 3rd & Lexington Avenues 2130 Broadway at 75th Street Best Western President Hotel 116 W. 28th St 234 W 48th Street Chelsea Star Hotel (near 6th Ave) Affi nia Manhattan Hotel Bedford Hotel between 7th & 8th Avenues 300 W 30th Street at 8th Avenue (formerly the Southgate Tower Hotel) 118 E 40th Street Four Points Manhattan SoHo- 371 Seventh Avenue at 31st Street Best Western Seaport Inn Hotel City Club Hotel 66 Charlton St. Beekman Tower Hotel 33 Peck Slip at Front Street 55 W 44th Street (near Spring St) Algonquin Hotel 3 Mitchell Place 49th Street between 5th & 6th Avenues 59 W 44th Street & 1st Ave. Blakely Hotel Fairfi eld Inn & Suites Times Square between 5th & 6th Avenues 136 W 55th Street Clarion Park Ave. Hotel 330 W. 40th St Belleclaire Hotel between 6th & 7th Avenues 429 Park Avenue South at (near 9th Ave) Allerton Hotel 250 W 77th Street at Broadway 29th Street 302 W 22nd Street Broadway Plaza Hotel Fairfi eld Inn & Suites Fifth Avenue Belnord Hotel 1155 Broadway at 27th Street Club Quarters Downtown Hotel 21 W. 37th St Americana Inn Hotel 207 W 87th Street 52 William Street 69 W 38th Street between Amsterdam & Bryant Park Hotel between Pine & Wall Streets 5th Avenue Club Hotel between 5th & 6th Avenues West End Aves. 40 W 40th Street 3 W 51st Street at 5th Avenue between 5th & 6th Avenues Club Quarters Midtown Hotel Ameritania Hotel Belvedere Hotel 40 W 45th Street Fitzpatrick Grand Central Hotel 230 W 54th Street at Broadway 319 W 48th Street Carlton New York Hotel between 5th & 6th Avenues 141 E 44th Street between 8th & 9th Avenues 88 Madison Avenue at 29th Street between 3rd & Lexington Aves. Amsterdam Court Hotel Comfort Inn Central Park Hotel 31 W 71st Street Fitzpatrick Manhattan Hotel between 687 Lexington Avenue at 57th St. Central Park West & Columbus Ave. Four Points Sheraton Chelsea Hotel Comfort Inn Manhattan Hotel 160 W. 25th Street 42 W 35th Street between 6th & 7th Avenues between 5th & 6th Avenue Four Points Midtown Times Square Comfort Inn Midtown Hotel 326 W. 40th St (near 9th Ave) 129 W 46th Street between 6th & 7th Avenues Four Seasons Hotel 57 E 57th Street Comfort Inn New York Hotel between Park & Madison Aves. 442 W 36th Street between 10th & Dyer Avenues Flatotel International Hotel 135 W 52nd Street Cosmopolitan Hotel between 6th & 7th Avenues 125 Chambers Street at W Broadway Franklin Hotel Courtyard Manhattan 5th Avenue 164 E 87th Street 3 E 40th Street between 3rd & Lexington Avenues between Madison & 5th Avenues Gershwin Hotel Courtyard Midtown East Hotel 7 E 27th Street 866 3rd Avenue between Madison & 5th Avenues between 51st & 52nd Streets Giraffe Hotel Courtyard Times Square Hotel 365 Park Avenue South at 26th Street 114 W 40th Street between 6th & 7th Avenues Gramercy Park Hotel 2 Lexington Avenue at 21st Street Crowne Plaza Times Square Hotel 1605 Broadway Grand Hyatt New York Hotel between 49th & 50th Streets Park Avenue & 42nd street

Crowne Plaza UN Hotel Grand Union Hotel 304 E 42nd Street 34 E 32nd Street between 1st & 2nd Avenues between Park & Madison Avenues

DaVinci Hotel (Hampshire Hotel) 244 W 56th Street Quality Times Square Hotel between 6th & 7th Avenues 157 W 47th Street between 6th & 7th Avenues Deauville Hotel 103 E 29th Street Hampton Inn between Park & Lexington Avenues Times Square Hotel 851 8th Avenue at 51st Street Doubletree Times Square Hotel (Continued on Page 30) OCTOBER 2014 • TAXI INSIDER • PAGE 29 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 ! The Best Museums In NYC The Museum of the City of New York is located at 1220 5th Ave in East Screw the Smithsonian, the Louvre, collection of modern and contemporary Harlem (212-534-1672, mcny.org) $10 the Prado and the Uffi zi Gallery. The art is nothing to sneeze at. suggested admission. best museums in the world are right And the last-but-not-least of these here in NYC, and there are about a most celebrated New York institutions million of them, boasting everything is the American Museum of Natural from 13th century folk art to curious History, where we presume gigantic sex positions and embalmed baby dinosaurs and the Ghost of Teddy kittens. It’s hard to suss out which of Roosevelt haunt the halls at night. You The Museum of The City of NY these are the best of the best, but we’ve don’t have to like science to appreciate MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW sorted out some of our favorites for these adorable penguins, but this mu- YORK: The MCNY’s been culling art, you. Leave yours—and your preferred seum touches every aspect of biology, photos and objects out of New York’s mummifying techniques—in the com- ecology and geology imaginable, and history since it was housed in Gracie ments, and be sure to check out our you can even take a trip into space at Mansion in the 1920s. And now they’ve list of some of the city’s lesser-known the Hayden Planetarium next door. The Morgan Library & Museum got a collection of about 750,00 artifacts museums, too. The Museum of Modern Art is MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSE- squirreled away in a landmarked man- located at 11 West 53rd Street in Mid- UM: J.P. Morgan may be better known sion at the northern tip of Museum Mile; town West (212- 708-9400, moma. for his fi nancial services empire, but it these include images made by 19th cen- org) $25 admission. The Metropolitan turns out he was a pretty prolifi c art and tury printmaking fi rm Currier and Ives, Museum of Art is located at 1000 5th manuscript collector, too. The Morgan classic Broadway theater scripts, and a Ave at Central Park (212) 535-7710, houses this collection, along with newer 12-room dollhouse that once belonged metmuseum.org) $25 recommended acquisitions, in its Midtown East space, to socialite Carrie Walter Stettheimer admission. The Whitney Museum of boasting everything from original Sir and features tiny doll-sized artworks by American Art is located at 945 Madison Walter Scott and Charles Dickens man- artists like Marcel Duchamp. MCNY Ave on the Upper East Side (212-570- uscripts, ancient Neo-Babylonian stone unleashes some of its collection through 3600, whitney.org) $20 admission. The cylinder seals, renowned Renaissance The Met ongoing and temporary exhibitions, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is artwork and Einstein’s “Fundamentals THE BIGGIES: MOMA, MET, like “Activist New York”, “City As A located at 1071 5th Ave on the Upper and Methods of the Theory of Relativ- WHITNEY, GUGGENHEIM & Canvas” and the erstwhile “The Greatest East Side (212-423-3500, guggenheim. ity.” Past and present exhibitions have AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATU- Grid: The Master Plan of Manhattan, org) $22 admission. And the American included a look at The Little Prince RAL HISTORY: These fi ve museums 1811-2011.” Museum of Natural History is located (Continued on Page 42) include four internationally-renowned at 79th Street and Central Park West on art institutions and arguably the best the Upper West Side (212-769-5100, science museum in the world, and amnh.org) $22 suggested admission. though each one warrants its own sprawling encomium, their virtues have been extolled so often we’re clumping them together to save space for some Dragonfl y of the city’s other worthy destinations. Even without a mind-blowing special exhibit, The Met’s permanent collection is worth a fi ve hour visit alone, boast- Graphics llc. ing everything from Greek sculpture to modern Pop art; the Cloisters, which •Design and Print is also under the Met’s jurisdiction, The Frick features some of the most spectacular FRICK COLLECTION: The Met media experts. medieval and religious art in the coun- might have the city’s most famous col- try. MoMA’s (and its Queens satellite lection of art, but the Frick may have •Over 25 years PS1) permanent collection of modern the most elegant. The museum, housed and contemporary art is unparalleled, in the former home of art collector experience in and the special shows that migrate and former Andrew Carnegie partner through its galleries are nothing short Henry Clay Frick, boasts an elegant Graphics. of breathtaking. Past exhibitions have collection of primarily European art, focused on Salvador Dali, Andy Warhol, including works by Johannes Vermeer, •Certifi ed Union Vincent Van Gogh and Rene Magritte, Francisco Goya, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Printers. and ne’er forget recent Drudge Siren Rembrandt van Rijn and François blog events like The Clock, Sleeping Boucher. And though the art itself is Tilda and the Rain Room. certainly a draw, it’s the presentation 4 Court Square As for The Whitney, well, that that draws you in here; much of the Long Island City, NY 11101 Upper East Side standby and famed collection on view remains arranged (718) 392-3460 Biennial holder is on its way to a new as it was during Frick’s lifetime, spread Fax (718) 786-5931 out through the mansion’s rooms, halls, home in the Meatpacking District at www.dragonfl ygraphics.info vestibules and galleries. Be sure to save the end of the year. But for now, it’s e-mail: dragonfl [email protected] worth stopping by the bizarre Marcel time for a lengthy visit to the museum’s Breuer bunker to see the museum’s mas- spectacular Garden Court, check out sive Jeff Koons retrospective, on view all the amazing clocks, and note that a through October 19th. And then there’s secret bowling alley, billiards room and the Guggenheim, whose Frank Lloyd woodshop lurk beneath all that art. Wright building itself is perhaps more The Frick is located at 1 East 70th famous and beautiful than some of the Street between 5th and Madison Aves artwork inside, though its compelling on the Upper East Side (212-288-0700, frick.org) $20 admission. PAGE 30 • TAXI INSIDER • OCTOBER 2014

Moderne Hotel 161 Lexington Avenue at 30th Street Stanford Hotel Manhattan Hotel List 243 W 55th Street 43 W 32nd Street between 7th 7 8th Avenues Ramada New Yorker Hotel between 5th Avenue (Continued from Page 28) 481 8th Avenue at 34th Street & Broadway Hampton Inn SoHo between 2nd & 3rd Avenues’ Morgans Hotel Renaissance Hotel Super 8 Times Square Hotel 54 Watts St 237 Madison Avenue 714 7th Avenue at 48th Street 59 W 46th Street (near Varick St) La Quinta Manhattan Hotel between 37th & 38th Streets between 5th & 6th Avenues 17 W 32nd Street Regency Hotel Hayden Hall Hotel between 5th & 6th Avenues Morningside Inn Hotel 540 Park Avenue at 61st Street Surrey Suites Hotel 117 West 79th Street 235 W 107th Street 20 E 76th Street Le Parker Meridien Hotel between Amsterdam Ave. & Broadway between Columbus & Amsterdam Aves. Rihga Royal Hotel between Madison & 5th Avenues 118 W 57th Street 151 W 54th Street between 6th & 7th Avenues Murray Hill East Suites Hotel between 6th & 7th Avenues Thirty Thirty Hotel Helmsley Carlton House Hotel 149 E 39th Street 680 Madison Ave 30 E 30th Street Lombardy Hotel between 3rd & Lexington Avenues Riverside Terrace Hotel between Madison & 5th Avenues between 61st & 62nd Sts. 111 E 56th Street 350 W 88th Street between Lexington & Park Avenues Murray Hill Inn Hotel between West End Ave. & Riverside Drive Time Hotel 143 E 30th Street Helmsley Middletowne Hotel 224 W 49th Street between Lexington & Park Avenues 148 E 48th Street Lowell Hotel Riverside Inn Hotel between 7th & 8th Avenues Muse Hotel between Lexington & Park Aves. 28 E 63rd Street 319 W 94th Street between Madison & 5th Avenues 130 W 46th Street between West End Ave. & Riverside Drive Travel Inn Hotel between 6th & 7th Aves. Helmsley Park Lane Hotel 515 W 42nd Street Lucerne Hotel 36 Central Park South Riverside Tower Hotel between 7th & 8th Avenues 201 W 79th Street at Palace Hotel between 5th & 6th Avenues 80 Riverside Drive at 81st Street Amsterdam Avenue 455 Madison Avenue TriBeCa Grand Hotel Herald Square Hotel between 50th & 51st Streets Affi nia Gardens Suite Hotel Roger Smith Hotel 2 6th Avenue 19 W 31st Street 501 Lexington Avenue at 47th Street between White & Walker Streets between 5th & 6th Avenues (formerly Lyden Gardens) Newton Hotel 215 E 64th Street 2528 Broadway at 95th Street between 2nd & 3rd Avenues Roger Williams Hotel Trump International Hotel Hilton Garden Inn Time Square 131 Madison Avenue at 31st Street 1 Central Park West Novotel Hotel (formerly the Days Hotel New York) at Columbus Circle Madison Hotel 226 W 52nd Street 790 8th Avenue Roosevelt Hotel 21 E 27th Street at Madison Avenue between 7th & 8th Avenues between 48th & 49th Streets 45 E 45th Street at Madison Avenue W Court Hotel 130 E 39th Street Manhattan Broadway Hotel Off SoHo Suites Hotel Hilton New York Hotel Royalton Hotel between Lexington & Park Avenues 273 W 38th Street 11 Rivington Street near Christy Street 1335 6th Avenue between 7th & 8th Avenues 44 W 44th Street between 53rd & 54th Streets between 5th & 6th Avenues W New York Hotel Omni Berkshire Place Hotel Manhattan Seaport Suites Hotel 541 Lexington Avenue at 49th Street 21 E 52nd Street Hilton Times Square Hotel 219 Front Street Salisbury Hotel between Madison & 5th Avenue 234 W 42nd Street between Pine & Wall Streets 123 W 57th Street W Tuscany Hotel between 7th & 8th Avenues between 6th & 7th Avenues 120 E 39th Street On the Ave Hotel Mansfi eld Hotel between Lexington & Park Avenues 2178 Broadway at 77th Street Holiday Inn 12 W 44th Street San Carlos Hotel Downtown Hotel between 5th & 6t Avenues 150 E 50th Street Waldorf Astoria Hotel Paramount Hotel 138 Lafayette Street between 3rd & Lexington Avenues 301 Park Avenue 235 W 46th 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I don’t think is $25 million (though that’s nothing seemed poised to take place by the end that’s a secret.) compared to this palace in Florida, of August. When pressed on the bike-share the most expensive U.S. property on But at an event Wednesday morning program’s expansion plans, Trottenberg the market right now). If you think trumpeting New York City’s crown- said it would be “premature” to provide of it in terms of monthly expenses ing as the most bike-friendly city in details, but confi rmed the blue bikes (which is how most people deal with the country (according to Bicycling will stretch to the Upper East and Up- buying property) adding $1 million Magazine), there was no update on per West Sides in Manhattan. When? A woman walks past the construction to the price of these units adds just a the talks. WHEN? “I think I can confi dently say site at 42 Crosby Street, where 10 few thousand dollars to the cost. “There will be an announcement. I 2015 and not get myself in trouble,” parking spaces are priced at $1 million These parking spaces aren’t the wish I could tell you exactly when, [but] she said. each. equivalent to a typical home’s garage, I still can’t,” said Polly Trottenberg, Other neighborhoods that will It’s common knowledge New York which the owner would pay for as part the city’s transportation commissioner. eventually see bike share include City is home to some of the priciest of a mortgage. The buyer won’t own “The city has made tremendous prog- Greenpoint, Williamsburg, Astoria, real estate in the country, but still, the parking space in the same way ress in our part of the deal, and now Long Island City, the rest of Bedford- paying $1 million for a parking space she would own the apartment -- they really REQX and Alta are fi nalizing Stuyvesant, Park Slope, Harlem, East is a little excessive. A luxury build- are being sold as 99-year licenses, their piece of the deal.” Harlem, Sunnyside, Prospect Heights, ing under construction in the trendy allowing the owner to use the spot What’s the holdup — especially Carroll Gardens, Red Hook, Prospect/ SoHo neighborhood will offer the as long as he or she is a resident of since Alta’s cash fl ow problems have Lefferts Gardens and parts of Crown pricey parking spots on a first-come, the building. If she moves, she must been public knowledge since the win- Heights. first-served basis, and they cost more sell the spot. ter? “This is a complicated deal,” Trot- To support the cycling infrastructure per square foot than the apartments Even for New York, where parking tenberg said, adding that it involved not in New York, Trottenberg said the city above. spaces like these sell for $136,052, just Alta and New York City, but lead was adding 58 miles of bike lanes this Owning a car is often extremely according to the Times, $1 million sponsor Citigroup and Goldman Sachs, year, including fi ve miles of protected expensive if you live in one of the is an eye-popping figure for such which is helping to put the deal together. lanes. New York now also has 21,320 biggest cities in the country -- there an amenity. It almost certainly costs “New York has the largest program in bike racks, and has fi lled 430,000 pot- are all sorts of fees, insurance rates more than any car that would sit in the country and there are a lot of mov- holes so far this year. are generally higher, and, oh yeah, it, because people don’t generally ing parts to it, but I think we will have Reprinted with permission from you need to find somewhere to put it. drive excessively luxurious sports a deal and we will be seeing Citi Bike Kate Hinds. In densely populated areas, that’s no cars in Manhattan traffic. This build- easy task. If you want a guaranteed ing stands out among other luxury Mother Of Boy Struck And spot, you’ll pay a premium. For cost properties because there are as many reasons alone, many city dwellers private spaces as residences, which choose to ditch their personal ve- the developer was able to accomplish Killed By Cab Pushes For hicles for public transportation or by getting a special permit - the city bicycles. usually limits parking spaces in new Tougher Standards For Drivers For the likely tenants of this new buildings to 35% of the units. building in SoHo, a $1 million slab Dana Lerner, whose 9-year-old it easier to suspend or revoke the Reprinted with permission from of concrete is probably a small price son Cooper died in January after being hack licenses of cabbies involved in The New York Times. hit by a cab, made her appeal during accidents involving serious injury a Taxi and Limousine Commission or death. City Home To The World’s hearing Thursday. Measures were The rules are necessary to imple- discussed and could be voted on next ment Vision Zero legislation passed month that would make it easier for earlier this year and signed into law Largest Traffi c Monitoring System the agency to suspend the licenses by Mayor de Blasio. Vision Zero New York City now home to the single system of signalized intersections of hacks involved in accidents that aims to eliminate traffic fatalities in world’s largest traffi c monitoring system in the world,” said Transportation Com- cause injuries or deaths. the city. with a network that oversees 10,000 sig- missioner Polly Trottenberg said in a The Taxi and Limousine Com- One measure would enable the nalized intersections. statement. mission held a hearing Thursday on TLC to take drivers off the road The city’s transportation department The city created the $100 million rules that would make it easier for temporarily once they are ticketed announced Tuesday it will have 12,800 system in 2006 with TransCore and it has the agency to suspend the licenses of or charged with a crime related to a signalized intersections controlled by one expanded throughout the fi ve boroughs. cabbies involved in accidents. serious accident. A conviction would management center by the end of next year It has helped reduce travel times 10% on The mother of a 9-year-old boy not be required for a suspension. If and the service has already eased traffi c in corridors such as Third Avenue, Sixth struck and killed by a taxi called on found guilty, the TLC would have to some of the busiest intersections. Avenue and Lexington Avenue, accord- the city to go even further than new revoke the drivers’ cab licenses. “New York City is on the cutting edge ing to DOT. Vision Zero laws to improve safety The rule would enable the TLC of technology and I’m pleased to say Reprinted with permission from Ivan for pedestrians and bicyclists. to enforce the city’s so-called “Coo- that the DOT now can boast the largest Pereira. “We need you to do much, much per’s Law,” named after Lerner’s more,” Dana Lerner told the members son. Another rule would enable the “Taxi drivers should be the safest long-haul truck drivers,” Michael of the Taxi and Limousine Commis- TLC to suspend a hack license even drivers on the streets,” Lerner said to O’Loughlin, of Cab Riders United, sion Thursday morning. “While I if the police have not issued a ticket the commission members. “In what said during the hearing. agree that there are many safe taxi or filed charges. other profession is such sloppiness The TLC’s vote on the rules could drivers on the road, I also believe “These rules increase the TLC’s allowed?” come next month. many drivers are not safe. They don’t ability to remove unsafe TLC-li- After the hearing, Lerner said she Some TLC members expressed understand the rules. They are not censed drivers from the street quickly, believes the TLC should give its own concern that drivers with long and paying attention.” promoting the safety of passengers, cabbie road test to potential drivers. stellar careers could lose their live- Lerner’s son, Cooper Stock, was pedestrians, bicyclists and other mo- She also agreed with Cab Riders lihoods after an accident that didn’t killed by a turning cab while crossing torists,” the proposed TLC resolution United that seat belt use should be involve recklessness or negligence. the street with his father on the Upper states. Lerner said she was shocked to required in cabs and the authorized “These rules could be a slippery West Side Jan. 10. The driver was not learn the TLC doesn’t require cabbies length of cabbie shifts — 12 hours slope,” commission member Nora charged criminally or issued a ticket. to take a taxi-specific road test in addi- — should be reduced. Constance Marino said. 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Neil Young, rock legend signing copies of Special Deluxe Fabio Viviani, “Top Chef” favorite 10/14/14 Noon at Barnes & Noble signing copies of Fabio’s American Home Kitchen Fifth Avenue. New York, NY. 10/21/14 7:00 PM Book Revue New York Avenue. Huntington, NY. Neil Patrick Harris, star of “How I Met Your Mother” signing copies of Choose Your Own Autobiography Gene Simmons, lead singer of KISS, signing copies of Me Inc. 10/14/14 7:00 PM at Barnes & Noble 10/21/14 6:00 PM at Barnes & Noble Union Square. New York, NY. Warren Street. New York, NY. 10/16/14 7:00 PM at Books & Greetings 10/22/14 7:00 PM at Books & Greetings Livingston Street. Northvale, NJ. Livingston Street. Northvale, NJ. 10/23/14 6:00 PM at Barnes & Noble Chris Jericho, WWE wrestler Richmond Avenue. Staten Island, NY. signing copies of The Best In the World 10/14/14 7:00 PM at Barnes & Noble (Continued on Page 42) PAGE 42 • TAXI INSIDER • OCTOBER 2014 The Best Museums In NYC commissioned subway station, and you crisis. You can marvel at a portion of can peek into a functional control room Keith Haring’s Pop Shop ceiling at (Continued from Page 29) to see the whole system at work. the admissions desk, or snap photos author Antoine Saint-Expurey, J.D. special stuff, though, this second largest The New York Transit Museum is of the statues of Abraham Lincoln and Salinger’s love letters, and fi rst edition museum in NYC has a massive perma- located at Boerum Place and Schermer- Frederick Douglass perched outside the works by modern masters like William nent collection, with noteworthy works horn Street in Brooklyn Heights, museum’s two entrances. Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Allen including Judy Chicago’s celebrated Brooklyn (718-694-1600, mta.info/ The New York Historical Society Ginsberg; book nerds will also appreci- feminist installation The Dinner Party, mta/museum). $7 admission. is located at 170 Central Park West ate Pierpont Morgan’s sublime library, Gilbert Stuart’s 1796 portrait of George at 77th Street on the Upper West Side which was restored to its 1906 glory a Washington (used on the $1 bill!) and (212-873-3400, nyhistory.org). few years ago. many, many mummies, which once gave The Morgan is located at 225 an acquaintance of my grandmother’s Madison Ave between 36th and 37th a rash back in the 1940s. Street in Midtown East (212-685-0008, The Brooklyn Museum is located at themorgan.org) $18 admission. 200 East Parkway at Washington Ave in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. (718- 638-5000, brooklynmuseum.org) $12 suggested admission.

New York Historical Society NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCI- ETY: When I was a child, there was an Lower East Side Tenement Museum exhibit in the basement of the New York LOWER EAST SIDE TENEMENT Historical Society dubbed “Kid City,” MUSEUM: This is another one for in which the museum had transformed the time travelers. This 19th century The Queens Museum West 82nd Street and Broadway into a fi ve-story tenement building housed QUEENS MUSEUM: The Queens tot-friendly version of its 1901 self. I around 7,000 immigrants from the Museum never gets enough love, and The Museum of Moving Image spent many hours there commandeering 1860s to the 1930s, and the Tene- that’s a real shame. The four-decade old a turn-of-the-century grocer’s market ment Museum’s restored the rooms art institution is a cultural gem, located THE MUSEUM OF MOVING IM- and forcing other children to make de- to mirror what they looked like from in a pavilion building built specifi cally AGE: You don’t have to be a fi lm buff to liveries to the neighboring horse goods the 1860s to the 1930s. Museum staff for the 1939 World’s Fair and used enjoy MoMI’s expansive special exhibi- store, and though “Kid City” has since provide guided tours of the rooms and briefl y as headquarters for the United tions on, say, The Muppets, or Breaking been replaced with a larger children’s businesses, which include a garment Nations General Assembly. Now, the Bad. But if you do love movies, this exhibition, I like to think it taught me workshop and a German saloon; there Queens Museum harbors a hefty col- Astoria museum is stuffed with all sorts a lot about New York’s history—what are even costumed staff members who lection of fi ne arts, Tiffany glass, and of memorabilia, interactive exhibitions nine-year-old knew Central Park didn’t take on the characters of the building’s collections stemming from the 1939 and and special programming that’ll tickle simply sprout fully-formed out of the former residents. Beyond the Orchard 1964 Worlds Fairs, the latter of which is your inner cinephile. MoMI’s ongoing ground? The NYHS underwent a major Street building, the museum provides currently on view as part of temporary exhibition, “Behind The Screen,” runs renovation a few years ago, and it’s walking tours of the neighborhood to exhibition Behind the Curtain: Collect- through the history of cinema, tackling since returned with some excellent remind you of what the LES was like ing the New York Fairs. everything from the earliest moving programming. before Max Fish moved in (and then But the museum’s best and most picture camera to makeup from Sex And There is, for instance, a show featur- out, and then back in again). famous offering is its Panorama of the The City. They also hold frequent fi lm ing 90 artworks by Madeline creator The Tenement Museum is located City of New York, a 9,335-square-foot screenings—all summer long, they’ve Ludwig Bemelmans; through the end at 103 Orchard Street between Broome model of the city’s fi ve boroughs that been continuously showing fi lms from of the month, the museum is showing and Delancey Streets on the Lower East was originally commissioned by Rob- the 1939 and 1964 Worlds Fairs, and re- work by street style photographer Bill Side (212) 982-8420, tenement.org). ert Moses for the 1964 World’s Fair. cent screening offerings have included Cunningham, and past exhibitions have $25 admission. Though the panorama hasn’t under- The Searchers, 2001: A Space Odyssey included works from the 1913 Armory Reprinted with permission from The gone a full-throttle update since 1992, and the original Godzilla. Stay tuned for Show and a look at the city’s AIDS Gothamist and Rebecca Fishbein. developments like Brooklyn Bridge their upcoming permanent Jim Henson Park and Citi Field have slowly gotten installation, planned for 2015. Book Signings added over time thanks to the museum’s The Museum of the Moving Image (Continued from Page 41) “Adopt A Building” program, though it is located at 3601 35th Ave in Astoria, seems Williamsburg’s condos have yet Queens (718-777-6888, movingimage. Kris Jenner, reality TV star to receive treatment in miniature. us). $12 admission. signing copies of In the Kitchen With Kris The Queens Museum is located at 10/21/14 7:00 PM at BookEnds the New York City Building in Flushing East Ridgewood Avenue. Ridgewood, NJ. Meadows Corona Park (718-592-9700, 10/22/14 7:00 PM at Barnes & Noble queensmuseum.org) $8 suggested Old Country Road. Carle Place, NY. admission. Herbie Hancock,Grammy winning jazz artist signing copies of Possibilities 10/28/14 7:00 PM at Barnes & Noble New York Transit Museum 82nd & Broadway. New York, NY . NEWYORK TRANSIT MUSEUM: Speaking about famous book signings Visiting the New York Transit Museum is a bit like traveling back in time. in New York City & New Jersey is The nation’s only museum dedicated to public transportation, the NYTM a great way to engage your boasts an astonishing collection of MTA The Brooklyn Museum memorabilia, not the least of which is passenger in conversation. BROOKLYN MUSEUM: The its collection of antique subway cars, Brooklyn Museum has really been on a complete with antique ads that predate roll this century with a series of block- Dr. Zizmor. You can also peruse an Need a buster exhibits, including 2008’s stellar extensive collection of subway tokens Takashi Murakami show, 2012’s Keith (ah, memories of watching my bus fare Printer or Design Company? Haring exhibition, last year’s innovative roll under a car...) and fare collectors, Jean Paul Gaultier show, “Ai Weiwei: and for the young and young at heart, See The Insider Directory According to What?” which is on view there’s a child-sized taxi cab, trolley car until August 10th, and a site-specifi c and bus to play on. It’s also noteworthy On Page 32 piece by street artist Swoon. Beyond the that the museum is located inside a de- OCTOBER 2014 • TAXI INSIDER • PAGE 43 Events For You and Your Passengers in The Big Apple Broadway Shows Off Broadway Shows

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