New York taxi fleet to go all-hybrid by 2012

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg dropped by the Today show to talk about cleaning up his city. No, it wasn't time for a get-tough-on-crime talk. Hizzoner used the morning news-and-lighter-fare show to say that by 2012, all of the city's taxis would be hybrid vehicles. "There's an awful lot of taxicabs on the streets of New York City, obviously" - 13,000 licensed yellow cabs, 90% of them Crown Victorias- "so it makes a real big difference. These cars just sit there in traffic sometimes, belching fumes." (Just sometimes?) New York is also working to get newer, cleaner technology into its fleet of buses - and maybe even garbage trucks someday. "Some things they just don't make yet, but we're trying to go in that direction," Bloomberg said.

peakoil.com -> biz.yahoo.com :

The city's yellow taxi fleet will go entirely hybrid within five years, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced. Nearly 400 fuel-efficient hybrids have been tested in the city's taxi fleet over the past 18 months, with models including the Toyota Prius, the Toyota Highlander Hybrid, the Lexus RX 400h and the Ford Escape. Under Bloomberg's plan, that number will increase to 1,000 by October 2008, then will grow by about 20% each year until 2012, when every yellow cab - currently numbering 13,000 - will be a hybrid.

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