Tag Archives: cabbie

Kieran and John on KPOO San Francisco

Posted on February 10, 2010 by kfarr

As part of my ongoing work with Cabulous, John Wolpert (Founder and CEO) and I had great fun doing a radio interview about the Cabulous app on San Francisco’s KPOO 89.5 FM. Harrison Chastang was our host. It was great … Continue reading →

Posted in taxi | Tagged android, app, application, cabbie, cabulous, droid, fare, google phone, gps, hail, iphone, mobile, nexus, phone, san francisco, sf, taxi, taxicabs, taxis | 1 Comment

My First Hail Using Cabulous

Posted on October 27, 2009 by kfarr

I’ve been advising the team working on Cabulous, a new mobile location-enabled app that makes it easier for cabbies to advertise their locations — and for passengers to find them. I drove last Saturday and helped with an early beta … Continue reading →

Posted in internets, taxi, tech | Tagged android, app, application, at&t, blackberry, ca, cab, cabbie, cabulous, california, gps, gps-enabled, hail, iphone, location, location-aware, location-enable, mobile application, san francisco, sf, taxi, taxicab, taxis, transit, transportation, web | 4 Comments

Back in the Saddle: Driving Fleet Weekend

Posted on October 13, 2009 by kfarr

It’s been a long time since I’ve taxi blogged. I drove last Saturday for the first time in a few weeks. I’ve been working dispatch phones and doing VidSF work instead of driving over the past few weeks. Novel-length post … Continue reading →

Posted in taxi, transit | Tagged bay area, cab, cabbie, Chrysler, city, city planning, mta, muni, planning, pricing, san francisco, saturation, sf, sf cabbie, sfcta, sfmta, supersaturation, supply, taxi, taxicab, taxis, transportation, variable, verifone | 1 Comment

Built-for-Purpose Taxi Concept Car Stops by San Francisco

Posted on May 6, 2009 by kfarr

I happened to be driving past City Hall a few minutes ago and caught sight of the MV-1 manufactured by Vehicle Production Group. I was able to speak with John Gaydash a former GM executive. Here are the important details: … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged automobile, automotive industry, built-for-purpose, cabbie, city hall, disability, disable, general motors, gm, mv-1, ramp, ramp cab, ramp taxi, san francisco, sf, standard taxi, taxi, taxicab, vehicle, vpg | 1 Comment

SFMTA takeover of Taxi Commission on track for March

Posted on December 15, 2008 by kfarr

San Francisco’s Municipal Transportation Agency absorbs the Taxi Commission in March, but SFMTA Chief Nathaniel Ford says progress will be slow.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged cab, cabbie, commission, dpt, government, local, local regulation, mta, muni, regulation, san francisco, sf, sfmta, taxi, taxi commission, taxi regulation, taxicab | Leave a comment

Cabbies face financial burden from impending Yellow Cab contract changes

Posted on August 27, 2008 by kfarr

I’m still new at this whole ‘reporting’ thing. This was my attempt at figuring out what was going on with Yellow’s contract change. It’s rather long, and it’s rather boring unless you’re involved with the industry, but my goal was … Continue reading →

Posted in politics, taxi, transit, work | Tagged cab, cabbie, commission, contract, contractor, drivers, employee, independent, independent contractor, long-term lease, san francisco, sf, status, taxi, taxicab, yellow, yellow cab | Leave a comment

Taxi driving: conferences + tourists = seasonal demand

Posted on June 12, 2008 by kfarr

My shifts were busy and lucrative this past weekend. Two big conferences were in town: the Apple WWDC and some sort of diabetes convention. Two special events — the Haight Ashbury Street Fair and the Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon — … Continue reading →

Posted in taxi, work | Tagged alcatraz, apple, ashbury, ball, bocce, boules, cab, cabbie, conference, demand, diabetes, driving, escape, fairs, France, french, haight, obama, pétanque, san francisco, sf, street, summer, taxi, taxicab, tourists, transit, triathlon, visitors, wwdc | Leave a comment

Driving: Lawyers, reporters and crackheads, oh my.

Posted on June 4, 2008 by kfarr

Sunday was a busy and good day, buoyed by City events and nice weather. Monday and Tuesday were a bit slow. As usual, I picked up a few lawyers going to or from work. (Work seems to always be the … Continue reading →

Posted in media, taxi, work | Tagged addict, bavc, bayvac, blog, blogging, ca, cab, cabbie, california, Canada, cocaine, com, crack, crackheads, cray, dot, driving, drug, drugs, internets, law, law school, lawyers, local, market, media, news, Philippines, reporters, reporting, san francisco, school, sf, soma, south, south of market, startup, taxi, taxicab, television, tender, tenderloin, tendersoma, tourism, tv | 3 Comments

Cab driving: earnings update

Posted on June 4, 2008 by kfarr

Time for an earnings update. My earnings floor — the lowest take-home pay I can expect — is increasing from the record lows of the winter. In other words, it’s rare this time of year to see a shift that … Continue reading →

Posted in econ, taxi, work | Tagged average, ca, cab, cabbie, california, cents, chart, cluster, dollars, driver, driving, earnings, euro, gas, gas prices, graph, historical, how, how much does a cab driver earn, inflation, many, mean, median, mode, money, much, pay, prices, san francisco, sf, shift, summer, take-home, taxi, taxicab, tourist | 2 Comments

More Bay to Breakers

Posted on May 22, 2008 by kfarr

This is a continuation of a previous post. Toward the end of my shift, around 3pm, I picked up an elderly Chinese couple hailing on the street downtown. They were heading all the way out to the deep Richmond on … Continue reading →

Posted in taxi, work | Tagged b2b, bay, bay to breakers, breakers, cab, cabbie, city, demand, driving, econ, economics, event, francisco, geography, medallions, peak, pricing, race, road, roadrace, run, running, san, san francisco, sf, taxi, timing, to, urban | 1 Comment