At one point there were 20,000 livery drivers servicing the city, now only about 5,100 drivers are available to pick up passengers.
"One blanket-approach to congestion, for the entire industry, does not work," says José Altamirano, president of LBO. "While our industry is being punched into extinction by policy-makers, people in our communities are paying the price with less transportation alternatives and exorbitant surge pricing by digital apps due to shortage of drivers."
The LBO members are urging the mayor and TLC to change the cap for new licenses so that the competitive field can be leveled and affordable transportation alternatives can be brought back to working-class communities.
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