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TLC Requires App Services to Reduce Time Spent Minus Fares in Manhattan

By BOB HENNELLY
Posted 8/9/19

The Taxi and Limousine Commission’s decision to maintain the cap on for-hire-vehicles such as Uber and Lyft for an additional year was applauded by the New York Taxi Workers Alliance, which represents 21,000 professional drivers.

The TLC also voted at its Aug. 7 meeting to require that all app [Uber/Lyft] companies cut the average amount of time they are on the road without a fare in Manhattan, 96th Street and below, from the current 41 percent to 31 percent over the next 12 months.

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