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The Council study, “Curbing For-Hire Vehicle Stockpiling in the Manhattan Core” [link] says that instead of trying to reduce the overall
percentage of time that app-based fleets are “deadheading” (i.e. driving around or merely sitting empty before or after transporting a customer), the city should use a flat per-minute fee of 11 cents per cab during peak hours and 5.5 cents during off-peak or weekend times in Manhattan south of 96th Street.
The study was prepared by mobility expert (and Streetsblog contributor) Charles Komanoff and it’s no surprise to readers of Streetsblog. Last year, after Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Lyle Frank threw out a Taxi and Limousine Commission proposal to reduce the
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Among the notable protected bike lane projects completed this year is in Broad Channel: Cross Bay Boulevard from the Addabbo Bridge to East 6th Road.
By Forum Staff
Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday announced that the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) has constructed a record 28.6 lane miles of new protected bike lanes across all five boroughs in 2020. Combined with another 35.2 miles of conventional bike lanes, 83 miles of car-free Open Streets, more than 10,800 Open Restaurants on city streets and sidewalk, and 16.3 miles of new bus lanes – another one-year record – New York City’s streetscape was transformed more dramatically during 2020 than in any year in modern history.