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NYC TLC’s SHL Pilot is now live & accepting applications 2,500 “restricted” TLC Plates set aside for individual drivers Given unique structure of Pilot, TLC drivers need to consider several factors before applying NYC’s Taxi & Limousine Commission (TLC) recently launched an SHL Pilot Program. We’ve reported on the Pilot and surrounding controversy. The program was approved by the TLC Board of Commissioners earlier this month. SHL Pilot & structure

That’s the overwhelming sentiment for me this week: You know I get sad! Nothing feels important enough to topple that as the lede. The Uvalde shooting coming so soon after the Buffalo shooting. It all just really sucks and makes me really sad! ncG1vNJzZmigpaPBpr7HmqmroaNjwLau0q2YnKNemLyue89oZKJll5rBbr%2FAnQ%3D%3D

“This is a story without end. All the world is still an America. The most promising words ever written on the maps of human knowledge are terra incognita — unknown territory.” Daniel J. Boorstin, The Discoverers: A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himself The Conservative Futurist: How To Create the Sci-Fi World We Were Promised “With groundbreaking ideas and sharp analysis, Pethokoukis provides a detailed roadmap to a fantastic future filled with incredible progress and prosperity that is both optimistic and realistic.

NYC Taxi News founder Abe Mittleman, taxi industry expert Carolyn Protz and AutoMarketplace’s Dawood Mian discuss the current state of the NYC for-hire transportation (a/k/a TLC) market. After speaking about TLC industry current events, a recent bribery scheme involving JFK taxi dispatchers and self-driving vehicles being tested in NYC, the discussion focuses on the NYC taxi medallion market. We hope you enjoy the conversation! Also available on YouTube ⬇️TABLE OF CONTENTS 👋 0:00 - Intro 🛬 06:41 - JFK taxi dispatch bribery scheme 🤖 19:40 - Self-driving vehicles come to NYC 🚕 25:45 - Taxi medallion = rights to self-driving vehicle permit?

How many times have I written this column? How many years have we thought that perhaps the MLS champion would start a trend of sustained success in the Concacaf Champions Cup only to see Liga MX Lucy pull back the football? It wasn’t Liga MX beating MLS on Saturday night. It was Pachuca beating the Columbus Crew, and doing it 3-0 in a Concacaf Champions Cup final that felt over from Salomón Rondon’s opening goal in the 12th minute.

💀 Registration is open for Cosmic Collage! ALL SOULS 💀 This is my last offering for 2023. Also, the last time I offer a cosmic collage workshop! I hope you can join for this final spooky edition! At this time of year, the veil between the realms is thin.... and magical. How do you connect to what is unseen? Can you open to what is not rational? Come explore sacred thresholds through meditation, contemplation and creativity.

NYPD said Dominic Cruz Aguilera, 19, was killed by a neighbor in what appears to be a dispute that started over a double-parked vehicle Dispute happened outside of a deli on Featherbed Lane and Inwood Avenue in the Morris Heights section of the Bronx on Thursday morning, April 18th Community members say parking is a chronic problem that sometimes leads to disputes and fights, but has never resulted in a serious crime

Paco Palencia loves Mexico. He loves Mexican soccer. You don’t really need his credentials to believe that, but I’ll give them anyway: Palencia is a two-time World Cup veteran with more than 475 first-division matches played in a career that saw him suit up for three of the four grandes of the league. He won the league on three occasions. With El Tri, he won three Gold Cup trophies and the 1999 Confederations Cup.

Hi, it’s Alexandre from Eurazeo. I’m investing in seed & series A European vertical solutions (vSol) which are industry specific solutions aiming to become industry OS and combining dynamics from SaaS, marketplaces and fintechs. Overlooked is a weekly newsletter about venture capital and vSol. Today, I’m sharing a deep-dive on ServiceNow. Today, I’m excited to share a deep-dive on ServiceNow. I co-authored this post with my friend Chirag Modi, who curates the weekly newsletter "