It seems that the NY Taxi and Limousine Commission will raise taxi fares. As the Daily News calculates it, the fare hike, which works out to be about 26%, will make NYC the sixth most expensive city for cab rides, after San Francisco, Honolulu, Boston, Las Vegas and Los Angeles. Transportation consultant Bruce Schaller thinks it's still a good deal: "What is a heck of a bargain will still be a good deal for what I think is one of the best cab industries in the country." The increase would increase the driver's income only slightly (which the Taxi Workers Alliance isn't happy with but does feel it's a step in the right direction) and may also address passenger benefits, like paying with credit or debit card. Gothamist on the details on the fare increase ("Base fares jump to $2.50 from $2.00).
Schaller Consulting gives the Daily News average cab fares for major U.S. cities, based on a 2.8-mile trip with 4.77 minutes of waiting time:
San Francisco $10.85
Honolulu $10.58
Boston $10.08
Las Vegas $9.30
Los Angeles $9.19
N.Y.C. (proposed) $8.65
Houston $8.40
Atlanta $8.08
Detroit $8.05
Miami $8.03
Chicago $7.77
Philadelphia $7.49
Dallas $7.35
New Orleans $7.09
N.Y.C. (current) $6.85
Schaller Consulting also has some great studies on taxi usage in New York. And the photo above is from New Yorkish New York in 20 Years photograph series - Day 5 is up and it covers the subways. "In the year 2024..."
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Will the cab drives be 26% more competent and 26% better insured? Will traffic in NYC be 26% more efficient?
I once had a cab driver jump out of the car in the middle of an intersection to beat up a cyclist . I have been threatened twice when questioning a fare,... once a threat of rape, once with a cro-bar.
Will they also be 26% more likly to take me to Greenpoint on a Friday night? I think anyone who lives in Brooklyn can tell many stories about dealing with cabbies who will yell at you to get out after telling you where you are going. Good thing a call to 212-NYC-TAXI does the trick. Oh, wait.
Are they also 26% more likely to take a thru street when I am going across town, or will they still insist on go up a side street with construction, parking on both sides and someone in front of the traffic line going 5mph looking for a parking spot.
You should get what you pay for. If a retail outlet pays their salespeople $20 an hour, it should attract better workers than a company that'll only pay their workers $8/hr. Hopefully there'll eventually be a 26% increase in the quality of taxi driver applicants.
how much as the cost of gas gone up since the last increase? insurance? tlc tickets??? sure, there are some arrogant pricks in the field who couldn't find times square if their life depended on it, but most of these guys are hard-working people trying to make a buck.
I support paying cabdrivers more, because they are providing a service. We're all riding the subway after the 33% increase because it's a great option.
There's a typo in your link. Amazing, I must have been the first to click it. I guess San Diego doesn't rate to get a mention.
> I support paying cabdrivers more...
Three cab drivers i've spoken to have said they won't see any of the increase because the fleet owners have raised the rates at which the drivers get the cars. One said that the owners were raising the rates earlier than the taxi rates were going up so that the cab drivers will actually be making less money than they usually do until the rates go up.
OTOH, the NYDN says "Fleet owners say they are only getting a meager increase in what they can charge cabbies to lease cars" but it doesn't go on to report what that meager increase is. So i don't know who is spinning - the fleet owners or the drivers. I googled for more on this but didn't find anything.
For more on driving a cab in NY, see
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/03/nyregion/03medallion.html
More on maximum lease rates (PDF) the fleets/medallion owners would be allowed to charge.
As a driver, the proposed lease rate increases seem to be fair. But I am opposed to the actual taxi fare increase on other grounds. The TLC's public hearing, scheduled for March 30, 9:30am at 40 Rector Street is likely to be a cozy rubber-stamp formality, but I plan to be there to voice my opinion nevertheless.
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Several things are wrong with the increase!! 1. never heard of a night differential taken away. New propsal has no surchage for night drivers after 8pm!! Bus drivers have a night differential!! Black cars (radio car service) charge for additional stops. Cabs don't!! Not fair!! Especially when busy or in rush hours, we lose a "drop" on the meter, $2.00 or $2.50 at night when an extra stop is made. Credit cards will delay payment at destination and increase chances of tickets for blocking traffic. Lease increases from $112 for night shift to $129, is that a small increase? lol have a good day...HY
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Just forgot to mention, waiting time has not increased in 14 years(1990)!! We still get a meager $12 an hr. Las vegas is $22 an hr. There is no adjustable fuel surcharge. At present las vegas has a $.20 a trip surcharge which is adjustable from time to time up or down.
With gas going up the way it is..(by the summer $2.25 for regular), the raise will be obsolete without a surcharge!!!
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Mayor Fenty's cab fares are higher than rates in New York and other major cities. Sign this petition demanding fair cab rates for DC:
http://go.care2.com/11640639
Right now we have a chance to change that. Fenty's proposed rates are not final, and we still have a few days to participate in a public comment period to demand a lower drop rate fare. Please sign now!