N.Y. cabbies want to tack $1 gas fee onto fares
NEW YORK — A group of New York City taxi drivers wants a $1 fuel surcharge on fares.
Members of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance said they will meet today at the Manhattan headquarters of the Taxi and Limousine Commission to propose an extra $1 on their meters to offset high gas prices.
But the commission chairman, Matthew W. Daus says the drivers are out of luck.
“Under no circumstances is the TLC considering a gas surcharge,” Daus said.
Several other U.S. cities have implemented taxi fuel surcharges.
The taxi alliance says the city’s yellow-cab drivers each use about 20 gallons of gas per shift and lose more than $1,000 a month because the commission won’t help them.
The commission has granted taxi drivers two fare increases since 2004.
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