N.Y. Supreme Court Ruling Spells Victory for Pedicabs
Taken from: The New York Sun
New York Supreme Court delivered a victory yesterday to the pedicab industry, whose fleet of about 600 bicycle taxis has been the subject of new regulations by the city. The regulations, voted into law by the City Council last April, placed a registration cap on the industry, allowing only 325 pedicabs to operate in the city at one time.
Several provisions of the law, enforced by the Department of Consumer Affairs, were struck down yesterday, according to a lobbyist for the pedicab industry, Chad Marlow. The court invalidated a qualification that would have allowed license applicants not yet active in the industry to compete equally with current pedicab owners, as well as a rule that one owner could apply for up to 30 licenses.”The City Council law put the pedicab industry on life support and the Department of Consumer Affairs pulled the plug,” Mr. Marlow said.”Yesterday, the Supreme Court threw the New York pedicab industry a lifeline.”
The cap on licenses remains in writing, but the city will not be able to enforce it until new qualifications are issued, Mr. Marlow said.
26. April, 2008 at 20:01
I own ATX Pedicab here in Austin. I was unaware there was a pedicab owners alliance of any kind, as such, I have had meetings with ALL of the Austin operating authority holders, and, they ALL agreed that any alliance between company’s, was “unnecessary”. I am curious to know which operating authority is the sponsor of this website and what are the functions of this alliance and which company’s are included? Please send your reply to me at atxpedicab@yahoo.com with their contact information. Thank you.
William Schoebert, ATX Pedicab Co.
23. June, 2008 at 00:47
Hey will,
Thanks for the sausage last Saturday night.
Please keep in mind that no where on this site doe it claim to be a “pedicab owners alliance”. I have not sought “sponsorship” of this website by any Austin pedicab company. Frankly I have wanted this website to operate as independently of any politics that may go on among pedicab company owners as possible.
Please note that I have recently requested that anyone interested in submitting articles to this site please contact me.
As per your request I will send you an email.
-Ken