✅ Livery Pilot Proposed, 2,500 "Restricted" TLC Plates Could Be Issued Soon

TLC will vote on a Street Hail Livery (SHL) Pilot. Creation of new "SHL Permit" seems to be an answer to traditional Livery & Black Car industry calls for more vehicle access. We explain.

The NYC Green Cab 🚕✅ industry, formally known as the Street-Hail Liveries (SHL) sector, is often the forgotten child of the City’s for-hire transportation industry.

That’s about to change though if a newly proposed SHL Pilot is approved at this Wednesdays, May 3rd Taxi & Limousine Commission (TLC) public meeting. Our understanding & analysis of the proposed Pilot indicates it’s actually more about addressing the traditional Black Car & Livery industries repeated calls for more “base-restricted” FHV Licenses (a/k/a TLC Plates).

Before we discuss the details of the new SHL Pilot, let’s provide some high level background on the market, often referred to as NYC green taxis.

NYC Green Taxis (a/k/a SHLs)

“Street Hail Livery vehicles [a/k/a Green Cabs] can pick up passengers by street hail anywhere outside of Manhattan (except for the airports) and in Manhattan north of West 110th street and north of East 96th street. Street Hail Livery vehicles may also accept dispatches in Manhattan north o…