TLC DRIVER PODCAST
16
TLC plates & scholarships for drivers
Mario discusses additional TLC plates and a scholarship offer that is no longer available.
Mario Sena
From the Agape archive. Offers and regulations discussed reflect the original recording.
[0:00] the TLC of New York have just approved
[0:02] an extra
[0:04] 2500 new plates new play for DLC in New
[0:09] York let's start
[0:11] [Music]
[0:20] welcome to the podcast job for the taxi
[0:24] drivers of New York City my name is
[0:26] Mario Sena I'm the president of agave
[0:28] transportation is a non-emergency
[0:31] non-emergency medical transportation
[0:33] here in New York City we are very
[0:36] excited but the new regulation TLC have
[0:39] approved an extra 200 I mean 2500 new
[0:44] plates 25 new plates for the taxi
[0:47] drivers of New York City we have some
[0:49] restriction and we we're gonna explain
[0:52] shortly but before that before that
[0:55] before that a lot of a lot of things
[0:56] cooking here and Agave transportation we
[0:59] in need we have plenty of calls plenty
[1:02] of trips from six three o'clock in the
[1:05] morning to 11 o'clock at night the whole
[1:08] day we have some jobs also on the
[1:10] weekend Saturday and Sunday we also have
[1:13] jobs but but we have plenty of Jordan
[1:15] and five Borough was just a long island
[1:18] I mean every anywhere we have plenty of
[1:21] job for you try it out we have an
[1:23] average of 30 per trip average 30 dollar
[1:26] per trips and being the minimum 15
[1:28] dollar per chip no commission we don't
[1:31] charge commission the 15 the 30 average
[1:34] is the old for yourself here and we need
[1:38] more drivers because we have plenty of
[1:40] code thanks guys now let's go something
[1:43] for the driver we have a scholarship we
[1:45] have a scholarship for our drive for the
[1:47] kids with our driver you're driving for
[1:49] for uh with us for more than two years
[1:52] you might qualify your kids might
[1:54] qualify for a scholarship of two twenty
[1:57] five hundred dollars we're gonna and
[1:59] we're gonna give out two twenty five
[2:01] hundred dollars a scholarship for this
[2:03] uh August for this semester coming for
[2:06] the August semester and then we have two
[2:08] more uh for the spring semester so we're
[2:11] given two 2500 which is 5 000 for this
[2:15] year and five thousand for the Sprint
[2:17] ten thousand dollars a scholarship for
[2:20] our kids for for the hour drive you have
[2:23] to have two more years or more driving
[2:25] two more two two more two or more years
[2:28] driving for agape to be uh to qualify
[2:31] for this uh beautiful uh thing that we
[2:35] have
[2:36] uh we improved another another system we
[2:39] improve it we Improvement system here
[2:41] the ticket we can't take any request
[2:43] that you have uh the price is not okay
[2:45] uh the the toll was
[2:48] uh you submitting a a some paper that
[2:51] you're missing uh you either you call
[2:53] you email you go to the website without
[2:56] request you're gonna create a ticket so
[2:59] we have a ticket and then you will
[3:01] inform you will you'll be informed about
[3:04] the the process of that of that request
[3:07] that you submitted so everything is
[3:09] going to be documented it's not yet you
[3:12] don't know what's going on with that
[3:13] requirement when when the price was not
[3:16] correct or all the toll was missing uh
[3:18] because you maybe you drop off before
[3:21] you you cross the bridge uh of course
[3:24] that the ticket system we covered so
[3:26] you'll be aware of what's going on with
[3:29] that so we have a person just to answer
[3:32] those those requests from our drivers uh
[3:36] what else is going on yeah plenty of
[3:38] call ladies and gentlemen plenty of call
[3:40] we still have our Zoom more information
[3:43] Tuesday and and Thursday English and in
[3:46] Spanish so you can you know request and
[3:49] we send you the link for what we have
[3:52] for you especially in in this industry
[3:55] plenty of job so let's go to the point
[3:57] 2500
[3:59] a new add a plate 25
[4:04] those 25 new plates that they're not new
[4:08] but they they have different category
[4:11] now it's going to have the same
[4:14] regulation for the Green Card remember
[4:16] the Green Card the bottle car that they
[4:19] can pick up on the street the green card
[4:21] in Manhattan on the website you'll be
[4:24] 110 and upper or 96 on the east side and
[4:28] upper not in the center on the on the
[4:31] yellow uh Zone but those uh the the
[4:34] yellow now this place that the TLC is
[4:38] giving out uh it's sort of the yellow
[4:41] that the the the green car that the the
[4:45] people returned it was in stack and the
[4:48] TLC had now has it available for the
[4:51] public now out of those 24 2500 plates
[4:55] uh it's gonna be for three different
[4:58] cars now so they add one category do we
[5:01] have the for the electric car for the
[5:05] wheelchair accessible Wave car and now
[5:07] they are in for the hybrid cars any
[5:10] hybrid car is going to be eligible for
[5:13] one of those new plates the this May 5th
[5:18] May 16 May 16 this this month is when
[5:22] they started to ex expedite those new uh
[5:27] news uh plates so you can qualify if you
[5:30] have one of those vehicle electric
[5:32] vehicle a wave vehicle or a hybrid big I
[5:38] know a lot of drivers for a lot of our
[5:40] drivers are getting the new hybrid
[5:42] vehicle excellent so what is the catch
[5:45] what is the the new regulation for this
[5:47] so we have the green we have the yellow
[5:49] so this new category is going to be
[5:52] something in between the green and the
[5:55] yellow so there's no one it's gonna have
[5:58] part of the regulation of the yellow you
[6:01] can pick up anywhere you want this patch
[6:04] only
[6:04] dispatch this new category you cannot
[6:08] pick up on the street nowhere you cannot
[6:11] now you can be dispatched from any base
[6:15] you can be dispatched
[6:17] in in the zone that you designated as a
[6:21] green licensee so when in Manhattan 110
[6:25] 96 and above dispatch from any base now
[6:29] the Cachet the good the good catch it
[6:32] that we have there that now that car
[6:35] with the the new plate is going to be
[6:39] able to receive coal anywhere in the
[6:41] city uh as long as that is a
[6:45] non-emergency emergency medical
[6:47] transportation trips in other words if
[6:50] you work for agape Transportation you're
[6:52] going to be eligible to to answer any
[6:56] trip anywhere in the city including
[6:59] middle Manhattan Wall Street you can
[7:03] answer it as long as you'll be
[7:05] dispatched for a non-emergency emergency
[7:08] trips going to a hospital or returning
[7:12] to a hospital you can't receive the call
[7:14] all over the place now with them enter
[7:17] and with that I mean Agape now is even
[7:21] more perfect for you to work with those
[7:24] new plays or any any base that dispatch
[7:27] non-emergency transportation uh this is
[7:31] a blessing for us we were waiting for
[7:32] that because we need more drivers as I
[7:34] started telling you we we have plenty of
[7:37] gold plenty of trips all over the place
[7:39] so we need more driving guarantee
[7:42] guarantees average 30 per trip
[7:44] guaranteed 15 minimum I guarantee we
[7:48] have no surcharge no charge no
[7:51] percentage no commission the doctor from
[7:54] your check we have instant payment you
[7:56] can request once you have the money
[7:57] there you can request it send a text we
[8:00] have a special special number for that I
[8:03] mean whatever you need we have it here
[8:05] thank you always to the driver our our
[8:08] job is to get more trips your job is
[8:12] going to be uh giving good service to
[8:14] this uh our special clientele that we
[8:17] have we keep growing we need more
[8:20] drivers and thanks God for those 2500
[8:23] plates where you can use over here 100
[8:26] uh Transportation since that's all we do
[8:30] all what dispatch is non-emergency
[8:32] medical transportation in the city of
[8:34] New York and we have plenty of job if
[8:37] you want to work in Long Island only
[8:39] Long Island we have plenty of job you
[8:41] want to work in Westchester alone we
[8:43] have plenty of jobs starting Island
[8:45] Manhattan Brooklyn Queen brought you
[8:47] name it you have it you have to have
[8:49] your goal set your dream what is it that
[8:52] you want out of this industry and you
[8:55] can have it with us but you have to know
[8:57] what what are you working for take care
[8:59] of your health take care of your family
[9:02] this is the most important thing that
[9:04] you have so it doesn't matter how rich
[9:06] you get if you're not healthy and it
[9:09] doesn't matter how much money you you
[9:10] make if you're not getting along with
[9:13] your family so your family you you your
[9:15] health is the most important thing
[9:17] talking about that the next podcast is
[9:20] going to be an interview we have with
[9:22] the black iPhone is the the workers
[9:25] compensation
[9:26] uh known uh non-profit organization
[9:30] called the black car phone uh they have
[9:33] a lot of a lot of uh
[9:36] new new thing for the driver they have
[9:39] life insurance if some of you pass away
[9:43] and you subscribe with them your family
[9:47] will receive only one hundred thousand
[9:49] dollars
[9:51] for beloved belonging to to subscribe
[9:54] with the black iPhone but we have all
[9:56] the information on the next podcast uh
[10:00] you have visual you have dental you have
[10:02] a lot of the teledoctor that the driver
[10:05] can use is free for the drivers no
[10:09] non-payment we already the basis the
[10:12] blacker base we already paying for that
[10:14] services but you have to use it please
[10:16] so that's going to be on our Net podcast
[10:20] the blacker phone we have an interview
[10:22] exclusively with them so about that you
[10:25] have all the detail but in the meantime
[10:27] we have another an extra 2500 new plate
[10:30] for green card not green no yellow but
[10:33] for Loma Duro
[10:36] said you can do everything that a green
[10:39] card do plus you now can cover any any
[10:44] job anywhere in the city as long as you
[10:47] dispatch uh from the non-emergency see a
[10:52] base which is exactly what you need I
[10:55] have a transportation so I hope you're
[10:58] ready with that hybrid car or electric
[11:00] car a wave card for this new plate you
[11:04] want to work if you want to make money I
[11:07] mean you have it May 16 is the day to
[11:11] apply for those uh plates so I wish you
[11:14] luck with that wish you the best and any
[11:17] question please you call us at those our
[11:19] numbers our website uh we have answer
[11:22] for you if you're looking to make money
[11:24] to have peace of mind peace of mind
[11:27] working because it's safe uh we we
[11:30] salute of course our ladies working with
[11:33] us a lot of women ladies working with us
[11:35] because they feel safe okay especially
[11:39] the the woman right of course the main
[11:41] is looking for safety also but this is
[11:44] peace of mind no exchange passenger we
[11:47] know all our our customer we have social
[11:50] security number we have the address we
[11:52] we know where they live there is not
[11:55] dangerous I mean you're going to be of
[11:56] course out on the street but it's
[11:58] minimum risk to work for agape
[12:01] transportation
[12:03] pay attention to that and have your
[12:05] dream very clear what is it that you
[12:07] want but you can achieve it thank you
[12:10] God bless you and see you on the next
[12:12] podcast