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Taxi 07 Roads Forward, a collaborative effort of the New York City TLC and the Design Trust for Public Space, is a comprehensive look at the taxi industry and the ways in which it could better serve the public over the next decade.

This document is the culmination of a creative exercise and contains recommendations that have not been endorsed by the TLC, but rather will serve as the foundation of discussions and explorations to come.
 
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What's New

New For-Hire Vehicle Rules Web site

We have created a Web site to help you understand the new for-hire vehicle rules. These new rules will affect how for-hire vehicles (more commonly known as “car service cars”, “livery cars”, “gypsy cabs”, “black cars”, and “dollar cabs”) look and operate. 
 
The Web site is separated into two sections, each section having links specific to who you are. If you are a driver, vehicle owner, or base owner, please look at the links under the ‘For Licensees’ heading. If you are a passenger, please look at the links under the ‘For Passengers’ heading.

Go to New For-Hire Vehicle Rules Web site


TLC ISSUES REQUEST FOR INFORMATION on an Enhanced Education Training Program

The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission has released a Request for Information seeking to explore ways to expand, enhance, and improve the current education program in order to further professionalize licensees and enhance their abilities to deliver exceptional services to the riding public. The goal of the RFI is to give the agency the opportunity to gather more specific information on training methodologies, psychometrics, and the means of assessing driver knowledge and skills, as well as how to best measure whether or not applicants and licensees are meeting standards and to assist us in determining whether standards should be enhanced in certain areas or whether new standards need to be developed. We also seek to gain knowledge of new ideas and innovative techniques to develop future training programs that can be expanded to all of our licensees.
Visit the Education Enhancement Web site


TLC ISSUES REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON
“TAXI TECHNOLOGY 2.0”

The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission has released a Request for Information (RFI) to seek input and information on ways to enhance the technology systems in each taxicab for the benefit of passengers, drivers and owners alike.

The RFI’s goal is to proactively seek and gauge input from the riding public, the taxicab industry and the technology community on the ways that we may bring the Taxicab Passenger Enhancement Program (or T-PEP) to the next level of functionality before the expiration of the City’s contracts with service providers.

The comment period for the Request for Information officially opens April 14, 2009 and ends June 15, 2009.  The RFI is posted on the TLC Web site (see link below), and those interested may comment either through the Web site (see e-mail link below), via US Mail at NYC TLC, 40 Rector Street, 5th Floor, New York, N.Y. 10006; via Fax at 212-676-1002, or by e-mail at policymail@tlc.nyc.gov.

Read the RFI
Respond to RFI Via E-Mail
Read the Press Release


TLC Approves Clean-Air Taxi Incentive Plan

From left to right are event hosts Neomi, Zion and Meir Yakuel, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, City attorney Scott Pasternack, TLC Commissioner/Chairman Mathew W. Daus, and Congressman Jerrold Nadler.
From left to right are event hosts Neomi, Zion and Meir Yakuel, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, City attorney Scott Pasternack, TLC Commissioner/Chairman Mathew W. Daus, and Congressman Jerrold Nadler.

On March 26, 2009, the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission approved a series of lease cap modifications proposed by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg this past Fall ( Read November 14, 2008 Press Release ) with the goal of incentivizing the purchase and use of environmentally friendly taxicabs.

TLC Approves Hybrid Incentive Plan


TLC Announces Short Hauls for Five Towns

The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission has announced that, in cooperation with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ), the drivers of medallion taxicabs will receive Short Haul (“shorty”) tickets for rides to destinations in the Five Towns area of Nassau County from John F. Kennedy (JFK) International Airport as a pilot program starting on Monday April 6, 2009.

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TLC Announces Nassau Reciprocity

New York City TLC Commissioner/Chairman Matthew W. Daus, Nassau Consumer Affairs Commissioner Roger C. Bogsted and Westchester TLC (WCTLC) CEO and Chairperson Barbara Z. Monohan area pleased to announce that the Nassau County Taxi & Limousine Commission has met the requirements allowing vehicles and drivers licensed by the Nassau County Taxi & Limousine Commission (NCTLC) to provide inter-municipal transportation into and out of New York City and Westchester County.

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The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) has begun an experimental program to provide wheelchair accessible service in taxis via dispatch through 311.

The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) has begun a two-year experimental program to provide wheelchair accessible service in taxis via dispatch through 311.

Accessible Dispatch System
Dispatch User Guide
Dispatch User Survey
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Accessible Dispatch: New Priority Line at JFK

As of March 1, 2009, wheelchair accessible taxi drivers will only receive priority at JFK International Airport when they pick up a wheelchair passenger through the 311 dispatch service. After they have completed their pickup and drop-off through 311, they will have Four (4) hours to get priority status at JFK’s Central Taxi Holding Lot.

For more information on the new priority line at JFK, visit our Accessible Dispatch System page (see links above) or click on the industry notice below.

View Industry Notice


New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission Explores the “Taxi of Tomorrow”

The TLC has embarked on a project to explore the ways in which a “Taxi of Tomorrow” may be designed and manufactured.  The agency has distributed a Request For Information (RFI) that sought input, specifically from the auto industry, on the possibilities of creating a more appropriate vehicle for the New York City taxi fleet that incorporates the needs of diverse stakeholders-passengers, drivers, owners, and New York City residents. The TLC is currently in the process of analyzing the responses it has received.  Learn more about the “Taxi of Tomorrow” project by clicking on the links below…

Visit Taxi of Tomorrow Web site
View Press Release


Accessible and Clean Air Vehicles

Accessible and Clean Air Vehicles

New accessible and green/clean air markings are here! All licensed medallion taxicabs and licensed for-hire accessible and clean air vehicles must display these new stickers for their first TLC inspection on or after February 1st, 2008. Vehicle owners will be able to purchase the stickers from authorized printers. Check with your favorite meter shop to see when they will have the new stickers ready to print. If you want to print them yourself, please see information on how to become an authorized printer.
 
Accessible Dispatch System
Accessible and Clean Air Vehicles Site
View Industry Notice


Taxicab Customer Service Technology Enhancements

New York City taxicabs are now equipped with an assortment of customer service-intensive technology-based improvements that include an interactive electronic passenger map and information screen, and credit/debit card acceptance.  Other enhancements will assist in the recovery of lost passenger property, and provide drivers with both business opportunities and important emergency information while electronically replacing the handwritten trip sheet.

For more information:

Click here for Passenger Information
Click here for Industry Information
Enhancements Seminar Presentation (PDF Format)


Wear NYC: TLC and other City merchandise are offered online

For the first time, the City will offer a variety of officially licensed TLC merchandise as well as other City products on one authorized Web site. The new online shop was launched on Thanksgiving Day by Mayor Bloomberg as part of the City’s new ‘Wear NYC ’ marketing campaign. In time for the holiday season, the site will allow visitors to purchase official merchandise from a total of seven municipal agencies. Anyone with internet access now has the chance to show their pride and support by owning a piece of NYC. A portion of proceeds will go to promoting and protecting the City.

Click here to visit Web site

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