Not to hurt the tncs but to help the industry and therefore help our owners and drivers and that sort of thing so those are my questions which i realize border on advocacy a little bit but thats what i would like to hear about i realize you i realize you and i are meeting and this is happening before the meeting and i understand you are just stepping into this and given that were having a public discussion i wanted to air that. Thank you. He said a lot of the questions i had but i have a few more. You mentioned you have eliminated 2. 5 million in fees are they all Cost Recovery related or profit related to the agency. Im glad i printed out my handy dandy little sheet here so for new drivers we eliminated the driver application fees and that was about 130 thousand, for the medallion holders we reduced the renewal fee and eliminated a metal plate fee so about 106 or 107 thousand. The color scheme renewal was waived, and that was 120 thousand approximately reduction in the 8000 series use
I think were to a level of sophistication and a level of service i just wonder if maybe we as an agency should be thinking of looking at that through a survey or outreach to make sure we understand why the tncs are carving into the market so much and address that not to hurt the tncs but to help the industry and therefore help our owners and drivers and that sort of thing so those are my questions which i realize border on advocacy a little bit but thats what i would like to hear about i realize you i realize you and i are meeting and this is happening before the meeting and i understand you are just stepping into this and given that were having a public discussion i wanted to air that. Thank you. He said a lot of the questions i had but i have a few more. You mentioned you have eliminated 2. 5 million in fees are they all Cost Recovery related or profit related to the agency. Im glad i printed out my handy dandy little sheet here so for new drivers we eliminated the driver application
Greater certainty or come faster or people think their cars are cleaner and so playing catch up is harder especially in the Technology Game but the reality is i dont know i know what people in the Community Tell me i know what i hear but i think were to a level of sophistication and a level of service i just wonder if maybe we as an agency should be thinking of looking at that through a survey or outreach to make sure we understand why the tncs are carving into the market so much and address that not to hurt the tncs but to help the industry and therefore help our owners and drivers and that sort of thing so those are my questions which i realize border on advocacy a little bit but thats what i would like to hear about i realize you i realize you and i are meeting and this is happening before the meeting and i understand you are just stepping into this and given that were having a public discussion i wanted to air that. Thank you. He said a lot of the questions i had but i have a few m
Defaults on medallions . Thats correct. And we have people that want to buy the medallions that were selling . Thats good news and keeps us in perspective and the final question i have were hearing from people with whom weve worked for years me personally, many people with whom ive worked for years that this is the number 1 threat to the industry and could cause the industry to either increase or fade not only be sad to the to the people that work in the industry but a disservice to the city and i dont see anything in the plan or presentation where by were going to look and try to figure out why our residents prefer tmcs over taxi cabs and i think theres reasonable answers people think theres greater certainty or come faster or people think their cars are cleaner and so playing catch up is harder especially in the Technology Game but the reality is i dont know i know what people in the Community Tell me i know what i hear but i think were to a level of sophistication and a level of ser
What you will have is authorization for on board devices. This contract is unnecessary, we have the data, weve had it for a long time, we just need to know where and how you want that data. Thank you very much. Lori ann delchrist. Good afternoon, my name is lori ann delchrist and im here speaking on behalf of desoto cab, luxor cab and the yellow cab cooperative. Thank you for the opportunity to speak today. My clients understand that mta needs data to do its job and are willing to work to provide the data using the existing systems already required by your regulations. However, theres no justification for moving forward from a modest Software Contract to a 6 Million Contract for inintrusive on board hardware. There are a lot of red flags here. The fact theres been no real effort to use existing systems is very troubling. The new contract goes to fti without reopening the process, even though the amount is much bigger, it moving into hardware and fti did not produce its deliverables. Ex