NYC Taxi News founder Abe Mittleman, taxi industry expert Carolyn Protz and AutoMarketplace’s Dawood Mian discuss all things NYC for-hire transportation (TLC). From current events in the industry to whether taxi medallions might eventually turn into self-driving vehicle permits, we hope you enjoy the conversation!

Disclaimer: Nothing in the discussion should be interpreted as financial advice.

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*TABLE OF CONTENTS*

0:00 Intro
3:02 Catching up on current events & TLC news
7:37 Mistakes were made, does TLC understand what they were?
9:56 How do we solve current issues in the NYC for-hire transport market?
13:16 What is the right number of NYC for-hire vehicles (FHVs)?
20:20 Does there still need to be 13,500 NYC taxi medallions?
23:05 How do you reduce the number of FHVs?
29:42 Rise of driverless cars / autonomous vehicles (AVs)?
30:57 AVs aren’t science fiction anymore
32:50 Taxi medallion = AV license? Who’s regulating NYC AVs?
35:47 People are buying NYC taxi medallions. Why? AV license speculation?
37:09 Corporations will control AVs?
39:34 Administrations change, rules change
41:40 Taxi medallion comeback?
45:08 Does Uber make money?
47:28 What’s the taxi medallion pitch?
49:27 Who’s lending to the taxi medallion market? Marblegate?
50:12 Regulatory risks of investing in taxi medallions
52:16 Can messy NYC TLC politics change?
53:57 Is the NYC yellow cab coming back?
55:14 What would you pay for a NYC taxi medallion today?
57:11 Who should buy taxi medallions?
58:58 Singapore vehicle “medallion” & future city regulation
1:01:05 Will history always repeat itself?
1:03:09 Utilization rate (UR) vs. taxi medallion system
1:06:52 UR-based min. pay formula promotes Uber & Lyft duopoly
1:07:41 Doubling down on bad policymaking? Real life impacts

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