New York City residents need many different forms of daily transportation services, including New York City taxis and those provided by Uber and other car sharing companies.1 A decision last month by the Court of Appeals2 and New York City officials’ proposal of a cap on the growth of car-sharing companies Uber and Lyft,3 now temporarily on hold,4 are clarifying and raising legal questions surrounding city transportation services.
The existing car service industry in New York City consists of approximately 70,000 for-hire vehicles including black and livery cars5; of these, some 26,000 are provided by Uber6 and of those, some 19,000 are Uber black cars or “about 65 percent of vehicles in the black car industry.”7 In addition, there are some 13,000 yellow taxis. Stated simply, all of these car service companies are needed to meet the ever increasing car service transportation needs of New York City residents.
Taxi of Tomorrow
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