Category Archives: taxi

When I get mad about employers screwing me over, I think of Robert Reich and then direct that anger at the government. You can too! Here’s how.

Posted on February 8, 2008 by kfarr

When I drive an 11 hour shift and make only fifty or sixty bucks I feel pretty sour. This doesn’t happen often. But, it does happen a few times a month during this time of year when demand for cabs … Continue reading →

Posted in econ, politics, taxi, work | Tagged california, care, clinton, club, commonwealth, company, corporate, corporate greed, coverage, econ, economics, greed, health, health care, health insurance, increase, insurance, labor, macro, marketplace, micro, npr, politics, radio, reich, robert, salary, secretary, social, socialism, wage, wages, wal-mart, walmart, welfare | Leave a comment

Sunday and Monday driving

Posted on February 4, 2008 by kfarr

Some highlights from working the past few days. I took an older Mexican lady to see her family and grandchildren in Daly City. She was one of the chattiest passengers I’d ever had. At first, I could barely understand her. … Continue reading →

Posted in taxi, work | Tagged butterfly, cab, city, crazy, driving, evening, graveyard, hipster, lepidopterist, middle, middle of the night, midnight, night, night shift, san francisco, sf, shift, specimen, taxi, taxicab | 1 Comment

Update: Supes badger over taxi gate fee increase

Posted on January 30, 2008 by kfarr

The Examiner has an update on the saga of supervisor Alioto-Pier’s original proposal to considerably increase gate fees. (A gate fee is the rental price of a taxicab charged to cab drivers.) A much more reasonable $5 increase (compared to … Continue reading →

Posted in politics, taxi, transit | Tagged addition, alioto-pier, amendment, board, board of supervisors, cab, change, charge, fee, gate, gate fee, increase, legislation, local, modification, price, proposal, regulation, rental, san francisco, sf, supervisors, taxi, taxicab | Leave a comment

Going with the flow

Posted on January 30, 2008 by kfarr

I drove 33 hours during the past 3 days. During my shifts: I began to truly enjoy my graveyard (12am – 11am) shift. I whined at first because I didn’t retain a normal sleep schedule. Now I’m starting to realize … Continue reading →

Posted in taxi, work | Tagged architecture, bars, building, business, cab, city, drinking, driving, earthquake, graveyard, hour, jobs, morning, partying, pubs, restaurants, risk, rush, rush hour, san francisco, seismic, seismology, sf, shift, taxi, taxicab, weekday, working | Leave a comment

Bike coalition makes good signage.

Posted on January 25, 2008 by kfarr

I like good signage. Good signage is clear in communicating a simple point or set of points. Good signage is a rare find. I was surprised to see these well-designed signs posted at the cab garage when I went into … Continue reading →

Posted in marketing, taxi, transit | Tagged awareness, bicycle, bike safety, bikes, cab, collision, cycle, cycling, helmet, lanes, muni, pedals, pedestrian, prevention, right of way, safety, summit, taxi, taxicab | 1 Comment

Driving forward

Posted on January 20, 2008 by kfarr

During my shift today The City was slow as usual for this time of year. With just under one hour remaining on my shift, a lady hailed me in the Marina asking to head toward Tiburon to see her mother … Continue reading →

Posted in taxi, work | Tagged bart, cab, day, day shift, heavy rail, rail, san francisco, sf, sfo, shift, taxi, taxicab, train, work | 2 Comments

Driving the slow winter days

Posted on January 13, 2008 by kfarr

I drove Friday and Sunday during the day. During my shifts Fridays are usually busy, and this Friday was no different. Even though I didn’t get out until an hour later than usual I was still able to make almost … Continue reading →

Posted in taxi, work | Tagged boring, cab, day, drive, driving, long, money, poor, san francisco, sf, shift, slow, taxi, taxicab, tired, tiring, winter | Leave a comment

KQED Perspective: Peak Medallions

Posted on January 8, 2008 by kfarr

I condensed my usual rant about peak medallions down to a 2 minute piece for a KQED‘s Perspective. It’s a quick op-ed that airs during the morning drive time. It will air again on Saturday morning. It sounds a bit … Continue reading →

Posted in media, politics, taxi | Tagged cab, find, hail, kqed, local, local policy, medallions, op-ed, opinion, peak, perspective, perspectives, policy, politics, regulation, san francisco, sf, supply, taxi, taxicab, variability, variable supply | 13 Comments

Driving the storm

Posted on January 5, 2008 by kfarr

(Source) I drove on Friday during the heavy storm that hit most of Northern California. It was a great day to drive. Details after the break.

Posted in taxi, work | Tagged cab, california, driving, falling, flood, norcal, northern california, rain, san francisco, sf, shift, storm, taxi, taxicab, thunder, thunderstorms, trees, weather, wind, work | 2 Comments

Should the City allow cab companies to charge higher gate fees to taxi drivers?

Posted on January 4, 2008 by kfarr

In some ways, blogs are great. They present frequently updated writing with a nice user interface that emphasizes recent postings first. But, most blog interfaces (including this one) bury old postings even if new, interesting and worthy comments are posted. … Continue reading →

Posted in econ, politics, taxi | Tagged alioto-pier, blogs, board, board of supervisors, earnings, fee, gate, gate fees, gui, hourly, increase, rates, san francisco, sf, supervisor, taxi, user interface | Leave a comment

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