Cyclist Awareness Decal

Online comments: 3

• Alan Mukamal

  Requiring that all taxicabs and for-hire vehicles add cyclist awareness decals inside the rear passenger doors is a no-brainer. It should include ride share vehicles, too.
  This a a very cheap way to affect taxi-passenger behavior when opening doors and stepping into traffic. At a cyclist in NYC, I fully support this rule.

  Comment added August 20, 2025 2:31pm

• Daniel Bersohn

  I am supportive of a requirement to require safety messaging for passengers of FHVs.

  The fines seem inadequate for deterrence for larger, luxury FHVs. These vehicles also often have heavily tinted passenger door windows restricting visibility of cyclists and are generally a greater danger to cyclists. The incentives these drivers face to present riders with a luxurious, visually uncluttered interior may entice them to remove or not post required decals. The fines should be higher–perhaps $150 similar to a second bus lane violation–with an initial 3-month education/grace/warning period at as enforcement begins. Alternatively, the fines could be stepped up for second and further violations similar to bus lane camera violations.

  FHV operators should also be required to operate hazard lights within 50 feet of stopping at a passenger drop-off or pickup location. FHV operators should be required to check side mirrors for approaching traffic while stopping for a drop off and to verbally advise passengers to wait to exit if the operator has noted approaching traffic and/or cyclists.

  I think additionally blind spot sensors in these vehicles should be required to be programmed to create a visual and audible alert for approaching cyclists or other vehicles whenever the FHV is stopped and any of the following conditions are true:
  1. seat occupant sensor (weight) detects an occupant but the seatbelt is not fastened (i.e. someone in the vehicle is preparing to exit)
  2. the doors are unlocked (i.e. someone in the vehicle could exit quickly)
  3. the FHV is not in gear (i.e. it is otherwise safe for someone to exit the vehicle)

  Comment added August 28, 2025 5:15pm

• Kathleen Collins

  In the annexed letter please see my comments in response to the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission’s request for comments regarding the TLC’s proposal to amend its rules with respect to the following four topics:

  1-Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle Conversion, Reference Number 2025 RG 005,

  2-Cyclist Awareness Decals, Reference Number 2025 RG 058,

  3-Personal Injury Insurance Coverage Requirement, Reference Number 2025 RG 057, and,

  4-Driver Pay Rule Amendment, Reference Number 2025 RG 062.

  Very truly yours,
  Kathleen M. Collins

  Comment attachment
  9-2-2025-Final-Letter-to-NYC-TLC-Conversion-of-Taxis-Etc.pdf

  Comment added September 2, 2025 5:49pm