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2/12/26Self-driving cars wildly unpopular in New York, poll findsgothamist.comREAD HERE
2/12/26You talkin’ to me? New York City official wants to turn yellow cabs into speech policethefire.orgREAD HERE
2/12/26Unlicensed e-hail app defies NYC taxi rules, offers cheaper rides than Uber and Lyftgothamist.comREAD HERE
2/12/26The Real Problem in Central Park Isn’t Speed — It’s Scarcitynyc.streetsblog.orgREAD HERE
2/12/26Gateway Tunnel: Federal funds still frozen after Trump admin appeals order to temporarily fund
Hudson River rail project		amny.comREAD HERE
2/11/26TLC’s Drive in 2025 Historic Accessibility Gains, Driver Pay and Protections, and More Medallion Reliefnyctaxinews.comREAD HERE
2/11/26Vienna Dispatch: Sharing New York’s AV Playbook With a Global AudienceautomarketplaceREAD HERE
2/11/26Uber ordered to pay $8.5 million after being found liable for sexual assault in landmark jury verdictfortune.comREAD HERE
2/10/26The Stolen Retirement: The Human Toll of the Medallion CrashNYC Taxi NewsREAD HERE
2/10/26Snow Problem: Can New York City Handle Big Winter Storms Anymore?nyc.streetsblog.orgREAD HERE
2/10/26Scale model of New York City goes on display in Manhattanyoutube.comREAD HERE
2/10/26Robotaxis Vs. New York City: Can Self-Driving Cars Survive the Toughest Streets on Earth?youtube.comREAD HERE
2/9/26“Let Me Finish… Mister!” — MTA Chair Gets Testywabcradio.comREAD HERE
2/9/26MTA Testing New AI-Powered Subway Gates to Reduce Fare Evasionboropark24.comREAD HERE
2/9/26Study: Bus Lanes Boost Speeds for Both Buses and Carsplanetizen.comREAD HERE
2/9/26Teen attacked, robbed by group on Queens subway platformshorenewsnetwork.comREAD HERE
2/8/26Autonomous vehicles may soon roll into Rochester as part of Governor Hochul’s state initiativewhec.comREAD HERE
2/8/26I’m Walking Here! New Model Maps Foot Traffic In New York Cityeurasiareview.comREAD HERE
2/8/26Judge orders funds released for Hudson Tunnel projecttrains.comREAD HERE
2/8/26Why Newsmax in NYC Taxis is Sparking a Political FirestormNYC Taxi NewsREAD HERE
2/7/26Bowing to leftist pressure to remove Newsmax in NYC cabs erodes freedom washingtontimes.comREAD HERE
2/6/26Keep the Meter Running With Mouhamadou Aliy & Zohran Mamdanikottke.orgREAD HERE
2/6/26Tesla, Waymo defend autonomous vehicle safety as Congress weighs federal standardsabc7news.comREAD HERE
2/6/26Who’s who in Zohran Mamdani’s administration?cityandstateny.comREAD HERE
2/6/26Killing congestion pricing is still a top White House priorityview.lists.wnyc.orgREAD HERE
2/5/26How a New York taxi driver and mayor Zohran Mamdani united for changeirishtimes.comREAD HERE
2/5/26Teamsters demand Waymos be pulled from California streets after robo-taxi hit childnypost.comREAD HERE
2/5/26Cyclists in Criminal Court Say Mamdani’s Bike Crackdown is a ‘Waste of Time’nyc.streetsblog.orgREAD HERE
2/5/26Matt Taibbi to Newsmax: NYC Cab Ban on Newsmax Would Be Unconstitutionalnewsmax.comREAD HERE
2/5/26Self-driving car industry 'trying to overcome human error,' asks for new federal standardskatv.comREAD HERE
2/5/26Waymo's self-driving taxis could be headed for the Chicago area despite safety concernsnbcchicago.comREAD HERE
2/5/26From New York to Port, big yellow taxi is turning headscairnslocalnews.com.auREAD HERE
2/4/26‘Stop Super Speeders’nyc.streetsblog.orgREAD HERE
2/4/26Manhattan Official Urges NYC To Pull Newsmax From Taxi Screens as Network Calls Move ‘Censorship’themedialine.orgREAD HERE
2/4/26New York lawmakers want to keep AI out of newscityandstateny.comREAD HERE
2/4/26Alphabet’s robotaxi startup Waymo looks to raise $16B at $110B valuation siliconangle.comREAD HERE
2/4/26How NYC's Congestion Toll Benefits Suburban Driversbloomberg.comREAD HERE
2/3/26NY Times Profiles NYC Taxi Driver Who Helped Bring Mamdani to Powervinnews.comREAD HERE
2/3/26The Fed didn’t cut interest rates. Here are 5 things to watch nextspokesman.comREAD HERE
2/3/26New York mayor urged to ban Newsmax from taxi TVsthedesk.netREAD HERE
2/3/26How Congestion Pricing Proved the Haters Wrong and Is Changing New York for the Betternyc.streetsblog.orgREAD HERE
2/3/26Does Hochul’s 125th Street Subway Have to Be That Expensive?nyc.streetsblog.orgREAD HERE
2/3/26Off-duty NYC correction officer sideswiped NYPD vehicle, taxi while drunk:yahoo.comREAD HERE
2/2/26Congestion Pricing’s Unexpected Winners: Suburban Driversbloomberg.comREAD HERE
2/2/26NY Times Profiles NYC Taxi Driver Who Helped Bring Mamdani to Powervinnews.comREAD HERE
2/2/26Uber Stock Slides as It Coughs Up $3M to Settle 48,000 Delivery Workerstipranks.comREAD HERE
2/1/26Commentary: Auto insurance reforms would restore accountability and ease costs for driverstimesunion.comREAD HERE
2/1/26Coast Guard breaks up ice in Hudson River, NY Harbor as NYC Ferry remains suspendedgothamist.comREAD HERE
2/1/26NYC Mayor Mamdani announces new crop of commissionerscbsnews.comREAD HERE
2/1/26Mayor Mamdani and the Taxi Drivernytimes.comREAD HERE
2/1/26Rideshare drivers show support for NYC bathroom expansionriverdalepress.comREAD HERE
2/1/26Mamdani urged by Manhattan borough president to pull Newsmax from NYC taxicab screens nypost.comREAD HERE
2/1/26A flying taxi for $150? New York is about to put it to the testmsn.comREAD HERE
1/31/26Expert Analysis | After one year of NYC congestion pricing, the mobility jury is still outamny.comREAD HERE
1/31/26Council overrides veto of bill meant to protect rideshare driversny1.comREAD HERE
1/31/26Second Avenue Subway extension to East Harlem will continue, but could hit snag if feds don’t restore funds soon: MTAamny.comREAD HERE
1/30/26Waymo Driverless Taxi Hits Child Near Santa Monica Elementary Schoolpatch.com/californiaREAD HERE
1/30/26How do driverless taxis work and how safe are they?thenational.scotREAD HERE
1/30/26‘Unfair deactivation’ ban bill designed to protect NYC rideshare drivers gets new life in City Council after Adams’ vetoamny.com/new-yorkREAD HERE
1/30/26Tokyo and London are Test-Driving Waymo. New York, Take Notes.vitalcitynyc.orgREAD HERE
1/29/26How to tell a legal taxi from an unlicensed scam cab in NYCgothamist.comREAD HERE
1/29/26New City Council Committee Votes 9–0 to Override Adams Veto
on Driver Deactivations as DCWP Prepares for $73 Million Expansion		automarketplaceREAD HERE
1/29/26Hochul’s Robotaxi Push Ignites Clash Between Innovation and 140,000 Driver Livelihoods webpronews.comREAD HERE
1/29/26In case you haven’t had enough: it’s about to get dangerously cold in NYCtimeout.comREAD HERE
1/29/26Hit the Road, Mac: The Future of Self-Driving Cars commerce.senate.govREAD HERE
1/29/26Car services, taxi drivers seeing influx of riders traveling in snow, ice in Williamsburgbrooklyn.news12.comREAD HERE
1/29/26Five Big Wins for the Big Apple from Congestion Pricingearthjustice.orgREAD HERE
1/28/26Uber unveils a new robotaxi with no driver behind the wheelautos.yahoo.comREAD HERE
1/28/26Mamdani's early moves as mayor clash with affordability pledge: 'Ripple effects are significant'aol.comREAD HERE
1/28/26The Entire History of New York CityThis Is History/You TubeREAD HERE
1/27/26Hochul is poised to welcome Waymo. Mamdani may be a different story.politico.comREAD HERE
1/27/26Can our cities cut millions of car rides like New York?mumbaimirror.indiatimes.comREAD HERE
1/27/26Robotaxis could be coming to New York City… if they clear the political minefieldthe-independent.comREAD HERE
1/26/26Governor Of New York PANICS As New DMV System Could Cost Drivers Up To $10,000America According To Cerv
/youtube.com		READ HERE
1/26/26Driverless Vehicles — Who Needs Them?nyc.streetsblog.orgREAD HERE
1/25/26Zohran Mamdani Takes On Adams, Hochul and Billionaires as NYC Budget, Homeless Crisis Explodesmoneycontrol/youtube.comREAD HERE
1/25/26Woman Gets In ‘Taxi’ After Landing At New York’s JFK.
Then She Realizes It’s Not Really A Taxi: ‘Literally 10 Thousand Signs That Say Don’t Do This’		brobible.comREAD HERE
1/25/26Judge rejects DoorDash, Uber bid to block New York City tipping lawsmsn.comREAD HERE
1/24/26FH-AVs Are Coming to New York. Drivers Must Fight for FHV Licensing Rightsautomarketplace.substack.comREAD HERE
1/24/26SLAM The Brakes on Driverless Cars in NYC NY Post/youtube.comREAD HERE
1/24/26Most economists see Fed holding key interest rate through March: Surveythehill.comREAD HERE
1/24/26NYC Authority to Sell $750 Million of Notes Backed by Congestion Pricing Revenuemorningstar.comREAD HERE
1/24/26This Florida City Wants to Welcome Mamdani Exilescity-journal.orgREAD HERE
1/24/26Blakeman: Congestion Pricing Ends ‘on Day One’lilifepolitics.comREAD HERE
1/23/26New York City’s Worst Highways Can Lead Somewhere Betterbloomberg.comREAD HERE
1/23/26New York’s Congestion Pricing Marks a Turning Point for Urban Mobilityeinpresswire.comREAD HERE
1/23/26Marblegate Capital Secures $137 Million to Accelerate NYC Taxi Fleet Expansion and Strategic Growthtipranks.comREAD HERE
1/23/26Mamdani’s new DOT honcho looks abroad for inspiration as he plans changes to NYC streetsview.lists.wnyc.orgREAD HERE
1/23/26Rideshare drivers raise concerns over robo-taxi proposalbronx.news12.comREAD HERE
1/22/26What Drivers Need To Know-Illegal Appsnyc.govREAD HERE
1/22/26New York Taxi Workers Show Support During Nurses Strikeyahoo.comREAD HERE
1/22/26OPINION: To Move Past the ‘Agony and Terror’ of the Adams Years, DOT Must Lean Into Researchnyc.streetsblog.orgREAD HERE
1/22/26NYC rideshare drivers worry Hochul's robotaxi proposal will kill jobsny1.comREAD HERE
1/21/26FULL PRESSER: Mayor Mamdani Launches $4M Plan to Expand Public Bathrooms Across All BoroughsDRM NewsREAD HERE
1/21/26NYC’s TLC Insurance Crisis: A 30-Year Car Crash & a Path Forward with Cira Angeles (L.A. Riverside)AutoMarketplaceREAD HERE
1/20/26Hochul switches up the Second Avenue subwaywnyc.orgREAD HERE
1/20/26Driving costs down: Hochul says new proposals will lower car insurance rates in New York while fighting fraudamny.comREAD HERE
1/20/26Congestion Pricing Delivers Fewer Cars on the Road, Windfall for NYC Transittheenergymix.comREAD HERE
1/20/26Hochul's NYC Transit Plan: Game-Changer Or Empty Promise?nycnewsnetwork.comREAD HERE
1/18/26Blocked fire hydrant complaints soared in 2025 – as FDNY issues criminal summonses to derelict driversyahoo.comREAD HERE
1/18/26Mamdani facing financial challenges, nabs housing win ny1.comREAD HERE
1/18/26NYC's spider-man exposes gaps in MTA’s new fare gate system | Exclusivefox5ny/youtubeREAD HERE
1/18/26Brooklyn supreme court judge tosses lawsuit against Court Street bike lane redesignbrooklyn.news12.comREAD HERE
1/17/26Study uncovers astonishing side effect of first-of-its-kind US traffic law: 'It's really exciting'yahoo.comREAD HERE
1/17/26NY Governor Wants to Allow Robotaxis Statewide — Except in NYCplanetizen.comREAD HERE
1/17/26MTS officially opposes self-driving vehicles as Waymo begins SD plansnbcsandiego.comREAD HERE
1/17/263 students at 3 NYC schools caught with guns in 1 weekcbsnews.comREAD HERE
1/17/26Hochul wants homeless people forced out of NYC subways. Mamdani urges softer approach.gothamist.comREAD HERE
1/16/26RPA Statement on Midori Valdivia's Appointment as Taxi and Limousine Commissioner rpa.orgREAD HERE
1/16/26Mayor Zohran Mamdani Is Already Delivering for New York Taxi DriversyoutubeREAD HERE
1/16/26A New Day for NYC Taxi Drivers Under Zohran Mamdani?jacobin.comREAD HERE
1/16/26Mamdani Vows to Bring Taxi Workers’ Movement Into City Hall With Taxi and Limousine Commission Pickdocumentedny.comREAD HERE
1/16/26Upper West Side Politician Named Majority Leader of the NYC Councilwestsiderag.comREAD HERE
1/16/26Texting taxi driver jailed for fatal crashbbc.comREAD HERE
1/15/26Marblegate’s $137 Million Financing Signals Capital Is Ready To Finance NYC Taxi Medallion ComebackautomarketplaceREAD HERE
1/15/26Hochul’s self-driving for-hire AV pilot program draws anxiety from NYC groups, polsamny.comREAD HERE
1/15/26A New Day for NYC Taxi Drivers Under Zohran Mamdani?jacobin.comREAD HERE
1/15/26Zohran Mamdani’s Taxi Agenda Pulls Up to City Hallthenation.comREAD HERE
1/15/26Wednesday’s Headlines: Hochul Has Her Say Editionnyc.streetsblog.orgREAD HERE
1/15/26Mamdani to name Midori Valdivia new head of Taxi and Limousine Commissionyahoo.comREAD HERE
1/15/26Mayor Mamdani picks transit wonk as NYC's chief taxi regulatorgothamist.comREAD HERE
1/14/26Mayor Mamdani Nominates a Chair and Commissioner of the Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC)NYC Mayors Office/youtubeWATCH VIDEO
1/14/26NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani nominates Midori Valdivia to lead Taxi and Limousine Commissioncbsnews.comREAD HERE
1/14/26Mamdani to name Midori Valdivia new head of Taxi and Limousine Commissionyahoo.comREAD HERE
1/14/26New York plans limited rollout of self-driving taxisthenews.com.pkREAD HERE
1/14/26Not So Fast: Advocates Aren’t Sold on Gov. Hochul’s AV Pushempire.streetsblog.orgREAD HERE
1/13/26Uber faces sexual assault trial in Arizona that puts its safety record under scrutiny channelnewsasia.comREAD HERE
1/13/26Uber faces an important sexual assault trial this weektheverge.comREAD HERE
1/13/26NYC carriage horse runs into traffic, hits multiple vehicles, sparking debate over Ryder's Lawcbsnews.comREAD HERE
1/13/26Trump rips congestion pricing, calls for immediate end: 'A disaster for New York'foxnews.comREAD HERE
1/13/26Union Pressure Over Long-Sought Safety Report Prompts Emergency Repairs at Quill Bus Depot w42st.comREAD HERE
1/12/26MAMDANI’S FIRST 100 DAYS:
Mayor pledges to expand public bathroom access, complete stalled Madison Avenue bus lane		amny.comREAD HERE
1/12/26NYC to extend Madison Avenue bus lanes to speed up trips for nearly 100K ridersgothamist.comREAD HERE
1/12/26Pee-pee to the people? Mamdani rolls out plan to boost public bathroom access in NYCgothamist.comREAD HERE
1/12/26Congresswoman Claims Uber and Lyft Take Up to 70% of Fares as New Bill Is Promiseddmnews.co.ukREAD HERE
1/12/26Marblegate Capital Closes on $137MM in Financings to Support Fleet Operationsmonitordaily.comREAD HERE
1/11/26In the dark: After a blackout meltdown, Waymo stays mumsfstandard.comREAD HERE
1/11/26NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani announces $4 million to expand public bathroom accesscbsnews.comREAD HERE
1/11/26Man dies after falling out window of Uber ride on Belt Parkway: sources pix11.comREAD HERE
1/11/26Calif. Uber and Lyft drivers protest Waymo taxis, urging state officials to further regulationsaol.comREAD HERE
1/9/26Major companies gearing up for robotaxi rolloutsnbcnews.comREAD HERE
1/9/26Police identify suspect in killing of NYC Uber driver on New Year’s Daygothamist.comREAD HERE
1/9/26MTA is looking into using AI to monitor transit system cameras6sqft.comREAD HERE
1/9/26Weekend woes: Most MTA subway lines impacted by construction-related disruptions starting late Friday nightamny.comREAD HERE
1/9/26Congress Could Pave The Way For Tesla's Robotaxi Dreamsinsideevs.comREAD HERE
1/9/26Irish in New York cheer on Mayor Zohran Mamdani and a "new story" for NYCirishcentral.comREAD HERE
1/9/26As Mamdani pushes bike lanes, Brooklyn's Bedford Ave. looms largewnyc.orgREAD HERE
1/8/26Mayor Zohran Mamdani Holds Press Conference to Make an Appointment AnnouncementNYC Mayor's OfficeREAD HERE
1/8/26Less Traffic, Better Transit: On Its First Anniversary, Governor Hochul Celebrates Transformational Success of
Congestion Pricing		.governor.ny.govREAD HERE
1/8/26Hochul: Congestion Pricing Raised $550M for MTA and Cut Traffic by 27M Cars in Year Oneourtownny.comREAD HERE
1/8/26This is the Most Advanced Autonomous Vehicle You Can Actually Buy in ?e?very U.S.? State fox4kc.comREAD HERE
1/8/26Lyft (LYFT) Valuation Check As Chicago’s New Congestion Surcharge Raises Ride Costssimplywall.stREAD HERE
1/7/26Congestion pricing hits first anniversary qchron.comREAD HERE
1/7/26Marblegate, NYC's largest taxi fleet operator just raised $137M to add more cabs stocktitan.netREAD HERE
1/7/26Uber’s Not Done With Self-Driving Cars Just Yet. It’s Designing a New Robotaxi With Lucid and Nuro gizmodo.comREAD HERE
1/7/26We Still Don’t Know if Robotaxis Are Safer Than Human Driversbloomberg.comREAD HERE
1/6/26I have some good news and some bad newsBernie Sanders/youtubeREAD HERE
1/6/26NYC taxis and buses pick up speed with congestion pricing tollstraitstimes.comREAD HERE
1/6/26Latest MTA Fare Hikes In Effect This Week: What To Knowpatch.comREAD HERE
1/6/26Experts 'deeply skeptical' of Elon Musk's robotaxi amid broken promises and rival Waymo surge:
'There is quite a lot … not talked about'		finance.yahoo.comREAD HERE
1/6/26How Congestion Pricing Proved the Haters Wrong and Is Changing New York for the Betternyc.streetsblog.orgREAD HERE
1/5/26Man stabbed on 34th Street in Midtown NYC cbs new york/youtubeREAD HERE
1/5/26Mamdani PROMISES to govern ‘audaciously’mumbaimirror.indiatimes.comREAD HERE
1/5/26As NYPD hunts suspect in Bronx Uber driver killing, cabbies’ eyewitness presser comes under fireyahoo.comREAD HERE
1/5/26Mamdani’s Swearing-In: Democratic Socialist Pledges to Govern Boldly in NYCdavisvanguard.orgREAD HERE
1/4/26New York Mayor Mamdani With His Wife Rama Duwaji Arrives at Inauguration in a Taxicnbc-tv/youtubeREAD HERE
1/4/26Mamdani says city will complete redesign of McGuinness Boulevardny1.comREAD HERE
1/4/26MTA To Begin Fining NYC Drivers Blocking Bus Stops On 2 NYC Routesmsn.comREAD HERE
1/4/26How commuters are planning for MTA fare hikesbronx.news12.comREAD HERE
1/4/26Not Los Angeles or New York: This is the U.S. city with the worst traffic where drivers lose up to 112 hours a
year behind the wheel		en.as.comREAD HERE
1/4/26NYC records its lowest number of traffic deaths ever in 2025gothamist.comREAD HERE
1/3/26Mamdani appoints transportation pro Mike Flynn as DOT commissioner brooklyneagle.comREAD HERE
1/3/26MTA, Trump administration set to square off in court over additional $9 fee to enter Manhattan nj.comREAD HERE
1/3/26Who’s who in Zohran Mamdani’s administration?cityandstateny.comREAD HERE
1/3/26Mamdani went on a hunger strike with this cab driver in 2021.
He drove the NYC mayor to his inauguration four years later		the-independent.comREAD HERE
1/3/26Study shows Uber and Lyft users overpay when they don't price check hub.jhu.eduREAD HERE
1/3/26How Uber Broke the Taxi Cartel—and Triggered a New Regulatory Backlashindependent.orgREAD HERE
1/2/26Zohran Mamdani delivers first speech as NYC mayoryoutubeREAD HERE
1/2/26Mamdani’s inauguration – through the eyes of five New Yorkerscityandstateny.comREAD HERE
1/2/26‘Welcome to a New Era for NYC’: Zohran Mamdani Sworn In as New York City Mayor commondreams.orgREAD HERE
1/2/26name transportation veteran Mike Flynn to lead departmentgothamist.comREAD HERE
1/2/26Rideshare driver found shot in head in car in the Bronx, NYC's first homicide of 2026https://abc7ny.com/READ HERE
1/1/26Nearly half of NYC voters opposed Zohran Mamdani. What do they do now?yahoo.comREAD HERE
1/1/26The year of NYC congestion pricing, Trump threats and Mamdani promiseslists.wnyc.orgREAD HERE
1/1/26MTA 2025 Year in Reviewmtainfo/youtubeREAD HERE
1/1/26NYC’s most delayed subway lines of 2025 revealed: Did your train make the list? nypost.comREAD HERE
1/1/26A $20 US Payment to Close the Doors of a Waymo Taxi: Welcome to 2026motorillustrated.comREAD HERE
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