Posts Tagged ‘taxi’
(PDF Link) I’m returning from my blogging hiatus at an amazingly unique time in the history of San Francisco taxi regulation. In the past I’ve written extensively about the San Francisco medallion system and other regulations, including: What would be a fair medallion price if they were transferable? (Answer: between $200,000 and $350,000) Pricing analysis [...]
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Tags: sf, taxi, san francisco, transportation, medallion, transferable, mta, sfmta, permit, permitting, authority, cta, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, municipal transportation agency, transferability
Driving April 22
It’s time to try this blogging thing again. Yesterday I drove a normal “extra” day shift from 7a-5p. Some notes: I drove my favorite taxicab: the Toyota Camry Hybrid. Ample space, great handling, adequate (but not stellar) gas mileage, smooth ride, good stereo and accessories, nice pickup. I thought I would tire of cab driving [...]
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Tags: cab, cabulous, dispatch, driving, earnings, order taking, phone, radio, san francisco, sf, taxi, taxicab, work
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 to see the KPOO studios, comfortably nested in a nice office near Geary and Divis. [...]
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Tags: sf, taxi, san francisco, hail, fare, taxicabs, cabbie, mobile, phone, gps, app, taxis, cabulous, iphone, application, android, nexus, droid, google phone
My First Hail Using Cabulous
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 test. John taped the first successful Cabulous hail: A few weeks back, Cabulous had nice [...]
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Tags: sf, taxi, transit, san francisco, transportation, cab, california, taxicab, hail, cabbie, at&t, gps, web, app, ca, taxis, cabulous, iphone, blackberry, location, application, location-aware, location-enable, gps-enabled, mobile application, android
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 after the break.
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Tags: 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
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: Given its pricing and options, the vehicle is intended to compete directly with ramp (disabled) [...]
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Tags: 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
San Francisco’s Municipal Transportation Agency absorbs the Taxi Commission in March, but SFMTA Chief Nathaniel Ford says progress will be slow.
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Tags: cab, cabbie, commission, dpt, government, local, local regulation, mta, muni, regulation, san francisco, sf, sfmta, taxi, taxi commission, taxi regulation, taxicab
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 to be as objective as possible in presenting everyone’s viewpoints.
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Tags: cab, cabbie, commission, contract, contractor, drivers, employee, independent, independent contractor, long-term lease, san francisco, sf, status, taxi, taxicab, yellow, yellow cab
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 — also brought in many regional visitors. Sunday and Monday earnings were far above average; I [...]
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Tags: 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
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