NYC Taxi Medallions' steep fare
NYC Taxi Medallions' steep fare
Even before Uber and Lyft pulled into town, NYC yellow cabs were having a rough ride. Reckless lending practices and inflated taxi medallion prices racked up profits for the city and debt for drivers. Then, the bubble did what bubbles do.
GUESTS
Nathan Willensky — collector of taxi memorabilia
David Pollack — former host of the Taxi Dave Show, born in a cab
Brian Rosenthal — New York Times investigative reporter
Gary Roth — former policy analyst at the Taxi and Limousine Commission
Miriam Rosin — taxi medallion owner
Ted Landsmark — Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Director of the Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy
David Yassky — former chair of the Taxi and Limousine Commission
Bhairavi Desai — co-founder of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance
Hari Singh — cab driver
SELECTED SOURCES
‘They Were Conned’: How Reckless Loans Devastated a Generation of Taxi Drivers — Brian Rosenthal
Taxi!: A Social History of the New York Cab Driver — Graham Hodges
“The Daily”: The Taxi Driver’s Plight
JUST FOR FUN
Classic “Taxi” clip feat. cocaine cookies
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