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Taxis seem to keep their status by being a very focused interest group. In NYC there are never enough. Why not just sell more medallions? I don't buy the "Th
by mathattack 14y ago
Taxis seem to keep their status by being a very focused interest group. In NYC there are never enough. Why not just sell more medallions? I don't buy the "There's too much traffic" argument. Or why not sell regional ones? Try getting a taxi in Harlem. The city's approach has been to look the other way on private cars. I would rather see Bloomberg allow disrupters to break the system. What's he have to lose? He can't get elected anyway...
- untog 14y agoIn NYC there are never enough. Depends very much on where you are in the city. Aside from shift changeover periods, I'd say that there are plenty of cabs in Manhattan. In the outer boroughs, less so- Bloomberg proposed a plan to allow 'green cabs' that could pick up passengers in the outer boroughs only. It was swiftly beaten in the courts by the taxi industry.