Taxi & Limousine Commission

Taxi fares to increase this fall
Taxi fares to increase this fall
News Billy Rennison 7/12/2012 at 4:40PM

Passengers will be dishing out more green in yellow taxis come September. The Taxi & Limousine Commission (TLC) today approved rate hikes in city cabs by a 6-2 vote with one abstention. It is the first increase in six years. A ride will cost passengers approximately 17 percent more after the increase, the TLC estimates. [...]

New $1 Flushing buses may be illegal
New $1 Flushing buses may be illegal
News Melissa Chan 7/10/2012 at 9:43AM

A battle is brewing in downtown Flushing between recently emerged $1 buses that are taking away customers from a cutthroat competitor, and authorities who say the new set of wheels could be operating illegally. Hordes of passengers lined up single file on 41st Avenue and Main Street for a $1 trip to Chinatown in Manhattan [...]