NYC Taxi News founder Abe Mittleman, taxi industry expert Carolyn Protz and AutoMarketplace’s Dawood Mian discuss all things NYC for-hire transportation (TLC). Recorded on October 17, 2024.
Disclaimer: Nothing in the discussion should be interpreted as financial advice.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 Intro 1:05 Rise of autonomous vehicles (AVs)? Getting rid of streets & cars? Speed limits? Tesla trying to get rid of all taxi drivers? Robotaxis? 10:29 Commuter Vans legally allowed to do NYC street hails? 15:30 NYC FHV / taxi insurance crisis 19:04 Uber & Lyft insurance outside of NYC 20:30 Why NYC is so important to Uber and Lyft (related to insurance) 21:45 Issues at American Transit 22:39 State captive insurance for FHVs / taxis? 23:08 Are Uber and taxi fares too cheap? 26:57 Why is driving a NYC taxi a minimum wage job now? 30:24 NYC TLC Chair David Do Q&A at City Council 33:53 Comments about Independent Drivers Guild (IDG). Cap NYC TLC driver’s license? 38:30 Taxi drivers used to be in the middle class 40:58 Abe’s earnings as a taxi driver through the decades 42:11 “All the happiness in the world won’t buy you money” 42:44 NYC politics & TLC industry 48:40 Taxi Improvement Fund (TIF) & yellow cab WAV mandate 59:35 How can we fix TIF? 1:02:07 Talking about the taxi WAV mandate 1:03:50 The NYC taxi franchise was not protected 1:05:25 Concluding thoughts
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