Eric Goldwyn raises a number of good points in this short piece he recently penned for New York magazine. Chiefly among them, is the issue of enforcement and regulation as it pertains to just how encouraging or discouraging this new policy, as proposed by the TLC, will be in helping to move the practice of hailing a [...]

If the financial crisis has taught us anything, or the oil spill in the Gulf, which served to highlight the results we should expect from top down risk assessments, as tallied by the gentlemen in charge, we should expect similar results in the future. Or, we can simply set up our own bottom up approach, and in [...]

Not much more must be said. I will let time, space, design and history do the rest of the talking. 2013 is just around the corner and the NYC taxi fleet is heading for a paradigm shift in terms of application and its impact on the fabric of our socially evolving transportation behavior.

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The mayor’s office has been consistent with their green transportation strategy. Their position has been, since Bloomberg’s first term, to seek new and innovative ways to transform the city into a more green concience place by proposing and implementing programs with various agencies throughout the city. From working with the DOT to transform places like [...]

Check out the press release.  It demonstrates that interest for the city’s cab-sharing solutions are growing.  A positive sign for CabCorner and other shared transportation logistics platforms.

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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 [...]

The media, much like your average shark, just absolutely loves blood.  And I fault neither predator for their preference.  Yet it is important to contextualize the reports concerning the first day of the TLC’s new “cab share” program.
The New York Times noted that few people took advantage of the service on its inaugural day.  DNA [...]

I have a penchant for calling a spade a spade, and a visionary a visionary.  And outgoing TLC commissioner Matt Daus is indisputably both, able to “move the earth” and “see into the future.”
Taxi commission announces start of ‘group rides’
Sir, we commend you, and look forward to building on your legacy.  You introduced the concept [...]

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 [...]

As if the world stock markets’ precipitous fall, beginning in 2008,  and the carnage that quickly spread from Wall St. to Main St. wasn’t enough to make one wonder if or how they could have avoided the downdraft, being a New Yorker in this recession has just gotten a little more poignant. [...]