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Jamie Rubin & Cheryl Cohen Effron
Broken Meters: Fixing NYC’s Yellow Taxi System
33 minutes Posted May 26, 2020 at 2:53 pm.
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With the addition of Uber and Lyft to the street of New York City, the yellow — and green— taxis have faced an existential moment. Long considered part of the city’s mass transit, what does the future hold for this iconic brand? Mahir Dange and Zahid Biviji, co-founders of Wapanda, join us to talk about their hope for the taxi industry,what COVID-19 means for this important piece of urban infrastructure, and how much the public and private sectors have at stake.