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NYC looking to cap rideshare vehicles!

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jumpingship
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 Posted 5 years, 9 months ago

Wow, I have been wondering for a while when this would start to happen. I wonder how this will all go down. What drivers get to stay and which lose their jobs?

"New York City officials are moving to cap the number of vehicles driving for Uber and other ride-hailing services as part of an aggressive move to address mounting concerns that their explosive growth has led to worsening congestion and low driver wages."

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/26/nyregion/new-york-city-council-uber-limit.html

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    TonyAlmeida
    1149 Rider
     5 years ago

    It's a full cycle.  They will put another medallion system in place.  Great.... I hope they do it right this time.  The biggest mistake was that they made it transferrable and sellable last time.

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    DDominico69
    189 Driver
     5 years ago

    It's too late. taxis are dead.

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      B-girlAnderson11
      82
       5 years ago

      well, not in NYC, right?  there are a set number of medallions nad like 13K taxicabs. Always consistent.  They will get a reprieve.  

      It's very interesting to see what the rules will be on who gets the approval to drive those rideshares.  TLC has been making moves...

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    ippei
    1202 Rider Driver Guru
     5 years ago

    check this out for the graphs of how rideshare number has been skyrocketing.

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    bBerman81
    275 Rider
     5 years ago

    MEDALLION IS BACK!!!

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    bellylaugh
    50 Rider
     5 years ago

    Good. This is so needed. It takes hours to get anywhere by car now.

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    ce
    58 Rider
     5 years ago

    Finally! The traffic congestion has gotten out of control. Over half the rideshare vehicles don't even have passengers in them! It is ridiculous.

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    gerryFrank
    32
     5 years ago

    This is a big play, can they do this to Uber/Lyft/Juno etc? I am not sure of the legalize but I would think it would be hard to tell who can drive around in their own car and who cannot.

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      DrevenTremino
      21
       5 years ago

      They will work with Uber to create some system as to the amount of drivers that can be logged in at any one moment.