New Livery Bill

Photo Credit Michigan Lemon Law Blog

The Daily News Blog covered a story about a possible new livery bill:

"Nearly 100 taxi drivers from across the city gathered today in City Hall Park to rail against the bill, which would allow livery cabs -- or "black cars" -- to purchase special permits to pick up street fares in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, and Upper Manhattan, where yellow cabs are often scarce." ~Daily News Blog

Read the entire story Here:
NYC Cabbies Blast Bloomberg On Livery Bill

Smartphone Apps for Dispatch Use

The NYC TLC Responds to the following:

http://www.nyc.gov/html/tlc/downloads/pdf/industry_notice_11_16.pdf

Their response:
"In response to inquiries regarding the status of smartphone apps that offer or appear to offer for-hire transportation services to the general public, the Commission is clarifying the circumstances in which a smartphone app is required to hold a base license, and also to remind licensees of Commission rules that may be pertinent to FHV bases which contract with smartphone app developers and FHV drivers who use these apps."

Read More at: http://www.nyc.gov/html/tlc/html/home/home.shtml

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