As of today, New York City, following in the foot steps of other cities such as Portland and Philadelphia, to name a few of the more progressive leaders in this area of car sharing, has adopted a financially prudent and environmentally empathetic system for car sharing. With the aid of Zip Car and thier truly revolutionary [...]

Setting aside the issue of how to measure the success of cab sharing in NYC thus far, one thing can be surmised from the programs that have been proposed by both the current and former commissioners of the TLC, cab sharing will play an important role in New York City’s transportation future.
In light of congestion problems and [...]

Back in 2003, David Yassky took up the campaign to green up the New City Taxi fleet. He proposed presenting legislation that would require a certain percentage of the NYC taxi fleet to use hybrid vehicles by a certain date and for that number to increase over time until the entire fleet had [...]

Innovation and transportation are words not often found in the same sentence when referring to the current state of New York City’s transportation infrastructure. Innovators have tried and failed to bring about meaningful change with regards to the way New Yorkers get around this great city. Most recently, Mayor Bloomberg’s attempt at instating a congestion [...]