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Tag Archives: city
Cab earnings update: seasonal rise in demand for taxis offsets increased fuel and gate costs.
San Francisco cab drivers face two recent cost pressures: a recent gate fee increase combined with the recent climb in gas prices. Fortunately, these cost pressures come at a time when aggregate demand for taxis in the City is increasing. … Continue reading
Posted in econ, politics, taxi, transit
Tagged aggregate, cab, city, cost, demand, earnings, econ, employment, fee, forecast, fuel, gas, gate, gate fee, home, hourly, increase, infrastructure, labor, macro, micro, oil, pay, rise, san francisco, seasonal, sf, shift, take, take-home, taxi, taxicab, tips, transit, transportation, wage, winter, worker
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Driving a slow weekend in the City
It was another slow weekend in San Francisco. During my shifts I witnessed a non-trivial collision. A Toyota pickup truck was traveling behind me south on South Van Ness. As we approached the 16th Street intersection he passed me on … Continue reading
Posted in econ, politics, taxi, work
Tagged aid, attempts, ca, cab, california, car, caravan, career, Chrysler, city, cost, counseling, culture, dodge, downtown, durango, english, espanol, gallon, gas, gas mileage, help, homeless, intrepid, language, left, mexican, mexico, mileage, miles, mpg, oil, per, poverty, price, program, rent, right, san francisco, sf, spanish, speaking, subsidy, taxi, taxicab
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Driving highlights
A bit delayed, but here it is. Driving highlights during my shifts this past week. Right after I left the garage early Monday morning (late Sunday night to my passengers) I picked up 4 Mexican guys in the heart of … Continue reading
Posted in taxi, work
Tagged bite-sized, cab, city, competition, conversation, ditch, driving, fish wharf, fisherman's wharf, freeload, hospital, interaction, midwest, no, no-pay, nopay, nugget, pay, people, san francisco, sandwhich, sf, small, taxi, taxicab, tidbit, tourism, tourist, wharf
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Sad news: New York City congestion fee proposal killed by New York State.
The NY Times reports on the sad news that the New York State Assembly vetoed New York City Mayor Bloomberg’s proposal to charge drivers to enter Manhattan during peak times. While I do not understand the legal wrangling between agencies … Continue reading
Posted in econ, politics, transit
Tagged albany, bloomberg, city, congestion, fee, hour, mayor, new york, new york city, nyc, peak, personal, pricing, proposal, road, roadway, san francisco, sf, throughput, toll, vehicle
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Driving highlights
I only worked 2 days this week as I had an interview during my regular Tuesday shift. The City was busy, especially Monday morning. The 2008 RSA Security conference started Monday at Moscone Center. I was surprised to hear a … Continue reading
Driving highlights
It was a tough weekend. It was slow Monday and Tuesday in the City. I am learning, albeit slowly, to let go of the natural feelings of elated success or critical failure that come from a high or low earning … Continue reading
Posted in taxi, work
Tagged aggregate, cab, cabbie, cabbing, care, city, commission, compensation, demand, drivers, driving, elder care, elderly, health, health care, hospital, management, pay, performance pay, pricing, roads, san francisco, sf, socialism, taxi, taxicab, the city, tourism, traffic, transportation
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News flash: Livable cities are sustainable cities.
NPR’s Morning Edition recently featured an excellent two part series on the aggregate effects of our living decisions on the environment. The stories hit hard from the angle that suburbia increases per capita carbon footprint while denser, urban living offers … Continue reading
Posted in happiness, politics, transit
Tagged ATL, atlanta, carbon, cities, city, commute, cost, cost of living, dense, denser, emissions, families, family, footprint, georgia, green, life, living, morning edition, npr, of, planning, quality, quality of life, suburban, suburbia, sustainable, transit, transportation, urban
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Website highlights financial stress of driving a taxi in the City
I point your temporary attention to a Flash website produced by UC Berkeley j-school grad students Eric Zassenhaus and Amy Jeffries. The video clips thumbnailed along the bottom are accurate and colorful paintings of a typical taxi shift. Well worth … Continue reading
Posted in econ, politics, taxi, transit
Tagged cab, city, commission, county, driver, econ, economics, fee, gate, gillespie, government, heidi, increase, industry, jim, labor, local, machen, macro, micro, oversight, policies, politics, regulation, san francisco, sf, taxi, taxicab, transportation, union, united, utw, worker, yellow, yellow cab
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Fire destroys low-income resident’s apartment. Archaic rent control forces her to leave City.
The Chronicle has a touching and well-written article about the aftermath of the Mission District fire that completely destroyed a 30-unit apartment building Monday evening. Central to the article is the story of Griselda Paleo. Ms. Paleo is 59 and … Continue reading
Posted in econ, happiness, politics
Tagged affordable, ceiling, city, control, demand, econ, economics, housing, macro, market, micro, new york, new york city, nyc, policy, price, price ceiling, price control, regulation, rent, rent control, rental, san francisco, sf, subsidies, supply, unit
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