Hundreds of Uber and Lyft drivers brought traffic on the FDR Drive to a halt Tuesday morning, in protest over what they say is unfair treatment.
The caravan of some 300 drivers began at Navy Street and Par Avenue in Brooklyn under the Brooklyn Queens Expressway at 7 a.m. and converged on the FDR toward Gracie Mansion, according to the Independent Driver’s Guild, which reps the drivers who work for the taxi apps.
The union says it’s demanding attention from Mayor Bill de Blasio in “a call to action to end the war on NYC for-hire TLC drivers,” according to the petition.
The union says it’s protesting recent changes that limit app drivers’ access to certain areas and times of low rider demand.
Video shows a line of traffic trailing behind the crowd of vehicles.
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