The head of New York City’s Taxi and Limousine Commission will step down in March, a move that rattled an industry that has already struggled over the proliferation of app-based ride-hailing vehicles. Meera Joshi was celebrated by Mayor Bill de Blasio, transit experts and taxi advocates for expanding services to the disabled, reducing fatal crashes among for-hire vehicles and taxis, and pushing for regulation that allowed the agency to collect data from app-based companies like Uber.

Source: Wall Street Journal January 06, 2019 23:48 UTC