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MINIMUM BID PRICE & IMPORTANT DATES FOR UPCOMING MEDALLION AUCTION
New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) Commissioner/Chairman Matthew W. Daus has determined that the Minimum Upset (Bid) Price for each of the 43 available lots of two Minifleet (Corporate) Accessible Medallions that will be auctioned on May 2, 2008 will be $700,000. One Individual Accessible Medallion will likewise be available for bid on that date at a Minimum Upset Price, also set by the Chairman, of $189.000, as will two Individual Alternative-Fuel Medallions at a Minimum Upset Price of $300,000.
The Minimum Upset Price is the minimum amount that will be considered valid. The highest valid bids will be named apparent winners. Any bids below the Minimum Upset Price will be rejected as being non-responsive.
IMPORTANT DATES
BIDS ACCEPTED:
- April 28, 29, 30 and May 1 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
40 Rector Street, 5th Floor, New York, N.Y. 10006
BIDS OPENED:
Please call 311 and visit the Medallion Sale website for the latest information about the medallion sale:
http://www.nyc.gov/html/tlc/medallion/html/home/home.shtml
ATTENTION:
TAXI TECHNOLOGY CUSTOMERS (ONLY)
Additional Extension to Install Taxicab Technology Systems in Medallion Taxicabs
If you are a customer of Taxi Technology (TTC) and signed a contract with them, you have received an additional extension to install the taxicab technology (T-PEP) system. You must have the new equipment installed by the date of your next regularly scheduled inspection between May 1 and August 31, 2008.
Taxicab Technology Corporation (TTC) has provided notice to the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) that on November 13, 2007, it filed a voluntary petition under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York, Case Number 07-13562 (BRL).
You will not receive a summons for failing to install T-PEP in your taxicab at inspection dates or at hack-up before May 1, 2008.
You are still required to have your vehicle inspected on your regularly scheduled inspection date.
If you have any questions regarding your contractual relationship with the Chapter 11 debtor, TTC, please contact them directly at:
Taxi Technology Corporation
622 W. 57th Street, New York, New York 10019
or their bankruptcy counsel:
Jonathan S. Pasternak, Esq.
Rattet, Pasternak & Gordon Oliver, LLP
550 Mamaroneck Avenue, Suite 510
Harrison, New York 10528
Phone: (914) 381-7400
Fax: (914) 381-7406
Email: jsp@rattetlaw.com
NEW TAXI STAND AT GRAND CENTRAL
The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) is pleased to inform the medallion taxicab industry that the Grand Central Partnership, in cooperation with the MTA Police Department, the NYC Department of Transportation and the TLC will be operating a new taxi stand at the northwest corner of 43rd Street and Vanderbilt Avenue, conveniently located across from Grand Central Terminal (see map below).
This new taxi stand, which will be operational as of Monday, April 7, will offer commuters an alternative site to hail taxicabs at Grand Central Terminal, in addition to the existing taxi stand on East 42nd Street at Vanderbilt Avenue. A Grand Central Partnership taxi dispatcher will staff the new taxi stand Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
FEMALE TAXI DRIVER SURVEY
The NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission and the NYC Commission on Women’s Issues are interested in learning more about female taxi drivers. We would greatly appreciate your taking the time to fill out our brief survey. Please know that all information obtained will remain confidential; you do not need to submit your name.
If you have any questions concerning the survey please contact our Call Center at (212) 227-6324. Please return your completed survey to The Office of Constituent Affairs, NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission, 40 Rector St., 5th fl., New York, New York 10006 by April 30, 2008. Or, you can email your responses to: tlcfmsurvey@tlc.nyc.gov.
Thank you for your help!
Background:
1. Why did you become a driver?
2. What type of work did you do before you became a driver?
3. How did you get your job? (please circle or check all that apply)
• I answered an ad in a newspaper or circular.
• I answered an ad found on a taxi.
• I was recruited. (If so, can you tell us by whom?)
• Someone in my family or a friend is a driver.
• Other, please specify.
Driver Information:
4. Do you have prior experience driving professionally? Please explain.
5. Once you decided you wanted to become a taxi driver, how did you find work?
6. How many more years do you plan to drive?
7. What do you enjoy about being a taxi driver?
8. What do you find difficult about being a taxi driver?
9. If you decided you no longer wanted to drive a taxi, what would be the reason?
10. For whom do you drive?
• Fleet
• Family Member
• Friend
• Myself
• Other
11. What days do you typically drive? (check any or all that apply)
• Monday
• Tuesday
• Wednesday
• Thursday
• Friday
• Saturday
• Sunday
12. What shifts do you typically drive? (check any or all that apply)
• Day Shift
• Night Shift
• Weekend Day Shift
• Weekend Night Shift
• Other, please explain.
Financial Information:
13. About how much do you make each day after expenses? (Please check the range that applies)
• $0 - $50
• $50-$100
• $100-$150
• $150 - $200
• $200- $250
• $250- $300
14. Do you have any children or dependents? If so, how many?
15. Are you single or married?
Recruitment:
16. Would you recommend being a taxi driver to another woman?
• Yes
• No
17. There are currently 155 licensed female medallion taxicab drivers. Why do you think more women are not taxi drivers?
• Suggestions:
18. What do you think the City could do to attract more female drivers?
19. How do you think the taxi industry could be improved?
20. May we contact you to further discuss our survey? (Please note that all information we gather from you will remain confidential.)
• Name:
• Phone Day:
• Phone Evening:
• Email:
TAXI LIMOUSINE COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVES REGULATIONS LEADING TO A CLEANER, GREENER NYC BLACK CAR FLEET
On April 17, 2008 the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) voted unanimously to approve a regulation requiring that beginning January 1, 2009, all black car vehicles coming into service must be capable of achieving a city mileage rating of 25 miles per gallon (mpg). This regulation also provides that one year later, as of January 1, 2010, all new Black Car vehicles must have a minimum city driving rating of 30 mpg. The city’s approximately 10,000 black cars service corporate clientele.
“The Commission’s unanimous vote has once again proven that New York is the most progressive city in the nation. As did the similar requirements for medallion taxicabs, this regulation – the first of its kind anywhere – will create the cleanest, greenest large city black car fleet in the world,” said TLC Commissioner and Chairman Matthew W. Daus. “Thanks to the leadership and vision of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg the steps we took today will reverberate around the world, and I anticipate that they will have a profound positive effect in the For-Hire industries of many major cities with similar environmental challenges.
“Perhaps the most exciting aspect of this initiative for the black car industry itself will be the fuel savings realized by driver/owners. Black will be the new green for the black car industry, and drivers will see a new shade of green when they save money every time they fill up at the fuel pump.”
Following the vote, Commissioner Daus thanked the TLC’s Board of Commissioners, and the business and environmental leaders whose companies are working closely with City government and partnering to create an investment fund that will to help black car drivers finance the clean vehicles’ higher down payments.
Those present included John Acierno, President of the Executive Transportation Group; Kathryn Wylde, President of the Partnership for New York City; Seth Waugh, CEO, Deutsche Bank Americas; and Scott Freidheim, Co-Chief Administrative Officer of Lehman Brothers. He also thanked black car industry leaders Berj Haroutunian and Victor Dizengoff for their hard work and cooperation on this important initiative.
Black cars release 272,000 tons of CO2 equivalents annually which make up 2% of the City’s transportation related emissions. Under the new standards, emissions from black cars will be cut in half.
Office of the Deputy Commissioner for Public Affairs
40 Rector Street, 5th Floor
New York NY 10006
Tel: 212-676-1013, Fax: 212-676-1101
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