The cover of the report.
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