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New York City’s Green Taxi Program Red Lighted By Federal Judge Written by Jerry James Stone
Published on November 2nd, 2008
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Posted in Energy , Leader , Liberal , Other Politics
A federal judge has stopped Mayor Bloomberg ’s attempt to clean up the air in New York City by using fuel-efficient hybrid taxis .

The judge, Paul A. Crotty, of Federal District Court in Manhattan, issued a 26-page ruling (PDF) to stop the city from enforcing the rule because, he said in a written order, the plaintiffs were likely to succeed in a key legal argument — that only the federal government has the right to set fuel efficiency standards under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975, which bars state and local governments from setting their own, competing standards.
The hybrid-cab requirement was the centerpiece of Mayor Bloomberg’s PlaNYC 2030 package of environmental initiatives. It required all new taxicabs to be fuel-efficient hybrids and that all yellow cabs would be green by 2012. The initiative which would have started on Nov 1, specifically required a new cab coming in to service to get 25 miles per gallon, and the following year the standard would be 30 miles per gallon.
The standard yellow cab gets about 14 miles per gallon. Considering there are about 13,000 cabs in NYC and only about one-thousand of them are hybrids , this could’ve had a large positive effect on the city’s pollution.
Bloomberg said he was “very disappointed” and blasted the ruling for relying on “archaic Washington regulations” that keep New York and other cities “from choosing to create cleaner air.” He said the city was exploring options to appeal.
The Metropolitan Taxicab Board of Trade — they represent about a quarter of they city’s taxis –? sued to block the enforcement. They argued only federal government could impose such restrictions, not the city’s Taxicab & Limousine Commission. They also noted that Hybrid’s aren’t safe enough to use as cabs.
“Millions of people who ride taxicabs and the thousands of drivers, owners and other participants in the New York City taxi industry can breathe a sigh of relief today,” Trade association president Ron Sherman said in approval of the decision..
“Greening the taxi fleet is a major priority, and we are going to use every mechanism at our disposal to make New York a cleaner, healthier city,” Bloomberg vowed.
Hopefully Yahoo doesn’t mind donating a few more of those green cabs…
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17 Comments 1
Peter Mu said on November 2nd, 2008 at 4:10 pm
i think cities should ecourage more companies to advertise on taxicabs and use that money to subsidise cab owners who purchase hybrits. com’on, let capitalism work.
2 jonolan said on November 2nd, 2008 at 4:17 pm
I’m sad that the NYC taxi fleet won’t be going green in the near future, but I’m glad that Bloomberg got shot down.
Bloomberg is a narcissistic megalomaniac with an overly developed nanny complex. He needed to be put in his place. Sadly, he won’t stay there.
3 NY yellow taxicabs 'to go green' - The Environment Site Forums said on November 2nd, 2008 at 5:14 pm
[] A federal judge has stopped Mayor Bloomberg’s attempt to clean up the air in New York City by using fuel-efficient hybrid taxis. New York City’s Green Taxi Program Red Lighted By Federal Judge : Red, Green, and Blue []
4 ben said on November 2nd, 2008 at 5:27 pm
“no the state should decide…”
“no the feds should decide this…”
“no the city’s have local control…”
if right wing round and round we go, then ashes to ashes we all fall down
Stop global warming.
5 KI said on November 2nd, 2008 at 6:21 pm
California sets its own higher fuel economy standards, so it seems like Crotty’s argument has some holes in it when he says that only the fed government can set standards
Also New York WOULDN’T even be setting its own fuel economy standards, the standard would only apply to taxi cabs… there has to be something else going on here that this article isn’t saying
6 frank senbaynes said on November 2nd, 2008 at 7:03 pm
this is sad. reminds me of stuffididlastnight.com
7 Mark Jakubczak said on November 2nd, 2008 at 7:07 pm
I hope they get rid of those box partitions that trap the driver as well!
www.yellowcabnyc.com
8 Kristi said on November 2nd, 2008 at 8:41 pm
This is so typical of the red tape. A city tries to implement policies for the people to practice good “green” practices and a judge says no because they don’t want competition. STUPID!!
9 Craig said on November 2nd, 2008 at 10:21 pm
Another crappy reason we shouldn’t have a big government.
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Arya said on November 2nd, 2008 at 10:43 pm
Everyone has their head up their ass about this “going green” thing. Yeah I know Hybrids help reduce pollution but that does not justify FORCING a cab company to buy the clearly more expensive hybrids.
To the people supporting Bloomberg’s attempt:
How would you like it if the government forced you to take the bus to work to save mother earth?
Or the if government limited your water, or electricity use?
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