The City Council's Transportation Committee meeting may have had grim news for straphangers yesterday, but it did have some good news for taxi riders. Though the MTA will most likely have fare hikes coming in 2013 and 2015, the TLC most likely won't be increasing the cost of a cab ride. Not in the next year at least.
Though the TLC has lots of changes in the works (less "confusing" taxi lights, iPad Taxi TV replacements) the cost of those will not be trickling down to the riders. At yesterday's meeting TLC chair David Yassky told the Council that an increase in the city's next fiscal year (which starts this spring) is "not on our agenda."
Of course if gas prices keep going up drivers may try and force the TLC's hand, but we'll deal with that when we get there.
