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Vans Vs. Buses: Swarm of Unlicensed Operators Battles MTA for Street Space and Commuters

Seven adults and one child in a Spiderman backpack walk out onto Utica Ave to board the B46 Bus. A commuter van is seen on the left, parked in the bus lane.

Even as licensed “dollar vans” all but vanish from city streets, unregulated commuter carriers remain obstacles to MTA buses in parts of Brooklyn and Queens. The number of Taxi and Limousine Commission–affiliated commuter vans in service has shrunk by 93% since 2015, TLC data shows, with just 39 such vehicles still licensed to operate as […]

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