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Uber and Lyft NYC Trips Hit Record — But Drivers Aren’t Busier
Uber and Lyft averaged more than 713,000 daily NYC trips in December as driver utilization stayed flat and taxi growth slowed. EV/WAV rides nears city's…
Mar 3
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February 2026
NYC Drivers Get 3.4% Raise While Insurance Jumps 14.3% — Is CPI-W Breaking the TLC Pay Formula?
As vehicle prices, maintenance, repairs, and TLC commercial insurance outpace regional CPI-W, AutoMarketplace’s AIX index reveals real inflation…
Feb 26
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Driverless Cars Delayed in New York (For Now), Focus on AV Licensing Must Remain
New York taxi and for-hire drivers may have won a tactical delay, but the long-term fight is still about who controls the licenses when autonomous…
Feb 19
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Miami Dispatch & Intro 94: NYC Robotaxis Are Coming. The Real Fight Is Licensing.
While AVs have arrived in Miami and other markets, in New York the battle will be over who captures AV licensing rights. City Council's Intro 94 is a…
Feb 18
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Empower’s Business Model and Regulatory Arbitrage: Sales Tax, MTA Surcharges, Insurance, and Workers’ Comp
Whether you agree or disagree with Empower’s argument that it is nothing more than a software subscription, obligations relating to insurance, sales…
Feb 13
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Vienna Dispatch: Sharing New York’s AV Playbook With a Global Audience
New York’s approach to autonomous vehicles can shape the global taxi and for-hire debate
Feb 10
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January 2026
NYC’s Deactivation Bill Is About More Than Drivers — It’s About Who Regulates Work
New York City reins in Uber and Lyft's deactivation power as DCWP emerges amid duopoly consolidation and the approach of autonomous vehicles
Jan 30
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New City Council Committee Votes 9–0 to Override Adams Veto on Driver Deactivations as DCWP Prepares for $73 Million Expansion
Watch now | Unanimous vote highlights shift from prior mayoral and Council skepticism as newly formed Transportation and Infrastructure Committee…
Jan 29
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FH-AVs Are Coming to New York. Drivers Must Fight for FHV Licensing Rights
New York State Governor Kathy Hochul will back legislation that allows for-hire autonomous vehicles, FH-AVs, to operate in New York State, paving way…
Jan 23
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NYC’s TLC Insurance Crisis, Explained: A 30-Year Car Crash — and a Path Forward with Cira Angeles (L.A. Riverside)
Cira Angeles of L.A. Riverside explains how the TLC insurance market evolved, unraveled, and what comes next
Jan 21
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Insurance Is Breaking NYC’s Taxi & For-Hire Vehicle Industry
As TLC premiums surge faster than CPI-W, AutoMarketplace introduces the AIX Insurance Index to measure the true cost inflation facing NYC for-hire…
Jan 16
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Mamdani Appoints Midori Valdivia as Next NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission Chair
MTA board member and former TLC deputy replaces David Do with backing from New York Taxi Workers Alliance
Jan 14
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