Bloomy still trying to make cabs green

NEW YORK The city had aimed to convert the entire fleet of 13,000 cabs into hybrids by 2012, but a federal judge said the local regulations were pre-empted by federal law.

On Friday, Bloomberg announced a new incentive aimed at encouraging fleet owners to purchase hybrids.

Fleet owners charge their drivers a fee for the use of taxicabs; the new proposal lets fleet owners raise those fees on hybrids.

The city says that even though a hybrid driver pays a higher fee, known as a "lease cap," the fuel savings more than make up the difference.

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