July 20, 2015
Uber’s Fight for Unlimited For-Hire Cabs in New York City
Introduction
![Uber and Traffic Congestion](https://web.archive.org/web/20150906025614im_/http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2015/07/17/opinion/RFDUberCongestion/RFDUberCongestion-sfSpan.jpg)
Citing worsening congestion in Manhattan, New York City Council — with the support of Mayor Bill de Blasio — has proposed capping the number of cars that for-hire companies like Uber and Lyft can have on the road until a traffic study can be completed in about a year. The number of official taxicabs has long been limited to reduce traffic. But the for-hire car services say this move would devastate their business and limit access to on-demand cars in the outer boroughs.
Is this a fair and useful experiment?
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