Uber and Lyft NYC Trips to Non-Taxi For-Hire Vehicles (FHVs) Rose 1.2% YoY in Sep 2025: Uber regained market share from recently resurgent Lyft.
Yellow Cab Trips Up 17.0% in September; 3,069 Medallions in Storage: Growth driven by more cabs returning to service and Uber / Curb e-hail dispatches — ~10,520 taxis active, including 5,746 medallions attached to WAVs.
Green Rides Record: In September, 21.8% of all Uber and Lyft trips in NYC were completed in an EV or WAV. The mandated 25% EV / WAV requirement for 2026 is likely to be met, making an EV-only plate release highly unlikely.
Total NYC for-hire vehicle (FHV) trips across all sectors grew by 5.6% YoY in August 2025, reaching an average of 811,249 daily trips.
NYC Taxi Medallions Continue Gaining Ground on TLC Plates as 1,000+ Cabs Return to Streets
Since September 2024, over 1,000 taxi medallions have come out of storage, as Uber and Curb dispatches have redirected app demand from TLC-plated FHVs to yellow cabs.
