NYC Taxi News founder Abe Mittleman, taxi industry expert Carolyn Protz and AutoMarketplace’s Dawood Mian discuss all things NYC for-hire transportation (TLC). From current events in the industry to whether taxi medallions might eventually turn into self-driving vehicle permits, we hope you enjoy the discussion!
Disclaimer: Nothing in the discussion should be interpreted as financial advice.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 Intro 3:02 Catching up on current events & TLC news 7:37 Mistakes were made, does TLC understand what they were? 9:56 How do we solve current issues in the NYC for-hire transport market? 13:16 What is the right number of NYC for-hire vehicles (FHVs)? 20:20 Does there still need to be 13,500 NYC taxi medallions? 23:05 How do you reduce the number of FHVs? 29:42 Rise of driverless cars / autonomous vehicles (AVs)? 30:57 AVs aren’t science fiction anymore 32:50 Taxi medallion = AV license? Who’s regulating NYC AVs? 35:47 People are buying NYC taxi medallions. Why? AV license speculation? 37:09 Corporations will control AVs? 39:34 Administrations change, rules change 41:40 Taxi medallion comeback? 45:08 Does Uber make money? 47:28 What’s the taxi medallion pitch? 49:27 Who’s lending to the taxi medallion market? Marblegate? 50:12 Regulatory risks of investing in taxi medallions 52:16 Can messy NYC TLC politics change? 53:57 Is the NYC yellow cab coming back? 55:14 What would you pay for a NYC taxi medallion today? 57:11 Who should buy taxi medallions? 58:58 Singapore vehicle “medallion” & future city regulation 1:01:05 Will history always repeat itself? 1:03:09 Utilization rate (UR) vs. taxi medallion system 1:06:52 UR-based min. pay formula promotes Uber & Lyft duopoly 1:07:41 Doubling down on bad policymaking? Real life impacts
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