NYC Yellow Taxis to Go Green by 2012
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The New York City mayor, Michael Bloomberg, plans on having all yellow taxis replaced with hybrid cars by 2012.? He released his plans today, and I must say I’m well impressed and hope other large cities take note.
The plan is to replace 1000 yellow cabs by 2008, with the rest (13 000 in total) being phased out by 2012.? NYC already has over 300 on the streets now, more than any other metropolitian city in the USA.?New York City law states that all commerical taxi cabs must be replaced every 5 years at max.
There are numerous and obvious benifits to this plan, but the negatives include cabs that are still not accessible to wheelchair and other handicaped riders and this scheme will also not govern call-for-hire cars (which moreso work in Brooklyn and Queens, opposed to the yellow cabs of Manhatten).
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