Taxi & Limousine Commission Presentation by Commissioner Yassky

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Citizens Budget Commission Breakfast Princeton Club April 26, 2011

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2 U.S. Transit Systems: Average Daily Ridership Rank System Name City 2008 Daily Passenger Trips 1 MTA New York City Transit(NYCT) New York 9,140,800 2 Chicago Transit Authority(CTA) Chicago 1,442,000 3 Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority(LACMTA) Los Angeles 1,304,200 4 NYC Taxi and Limousine: All Regulated Industries New York 1,200,000 5 Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority(WMATA) Washington 1,165,000 6 Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority(MBTA) Boston 1,015,700 7 Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority(SEPTA) Philadelphia 934,100 8 New Jersey Transit Corporation(NJ TRANSIT) Newark 759,300 9 San Francisco Municipal Railway(MUNI) San Francisco 606,000 10 Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority(MARTA) Atlanta 413,500 Source: 2010 Public Transportation Fact Book, 61st Edition, April 2010, American Public Transportation Association and NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission Estimate

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3 Share HHs with a Vehicle 2009 Manhattan 24% Bronx 41% Brooklyn 44% Queens 64% Staten Island 83% Westchester 87% Nassau 93% % of Households with a Car 2009 Manhattan 24% Bronx 41% Brooklyn 44% Queens 64% Staten Island 83% Westchester 87% Nassau 93 % National Average 91% Car Ownership Source: 2005-2009 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates

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4 Taxi as Icon

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5 Taxi as Icon

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6 Percentage of Trips Paid with Credit Card in NYC Taxis Source: NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission TPEP Data

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8 Goal and Vision Goal : Create a long-term partnership with an auto manufacturer to design a purpose-built taxicab: Image by Hybrid Product Design + Development Safe – crash-tested with taxi equipment Comfortable for drivers and passengers Affordable for vehicle owners Low-impact on the environment Small on the outside but large on the inside (think Checker!) Universally accessible Visually appealing, with an iconic look

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9 The Checker Cab

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10 From off the rack…

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11 …to at the design table

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13 Permanently Off Duty taxi is designed to cruise midtown at rush hour. Doorless feature underscores unavailability. Flat three-dollar rate for pleading with driver at stoplights. (Note pay slot.) U-Drive-It taxi dramatically slashes operating costs, but safety risks of rear-seat steering mean sky-high insurance that doubles average fare. Rumble-Seat cab leaves riders out in the open so driver in passenger-free cabin can smoke, talk on cell phone, turn up radio, and bask in pungent odorizer fumes unmolested. Kash-Kab concept adds welcome extra revenue streams from vending and slot machines, pay TV, and even electric shoe polisher. Captive rider must pay five dollars to exit. Taxi of Tomorrow suggestions from The New Yorker The Permanently Off Duty taxi The U-Drive-It taxi The Kash-Kab Rumble-Seat cab

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14 Taxi of Tomorrow

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15 Yellow Taxi Pickup Locations June 9, 2010 Source: NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission and NYC GIS Base Map 97% of yellow taxi pick ups are in Manhattan or the airports…

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16 Source: NYC Taxi and Limousine and NYC GIS Base Map …but there is a demonstrated demand for street hails outside Manhattan.

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17 Car Services Street Hail Call-Ahead Yellow Taxis Available Service Car Services Legal service not available. X Manhattan Other Boroughs Underground market with many defects

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Street Hail Summonses Issued to Drivers Year Street Hail Summonses 2009 708 2010 2,584 Q1 2011 1,716

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19 Annual Average Medallion Price, Adjusted for Inflation Note: Figures are in 2010 Dollars. Source: NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission

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20 Some men see things as they are and say why. I dream things that never were and say why not. R.F.K.