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Tag Archives: earnings
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 … Continue reading
Cab driving: earnings update
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
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Driving in the City is beautiful.
I eeked by on Sunday with my lowest Sunday earnings in a long, long time — only $87. This was offset by better than usual earnings Monday and Tuesday, both over $170 (over average). I notice that fares run together … Continue reading
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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My taxi earnings: are City tourists back?
I sure noticed when tourists to the City took a vacation from vacationing. Now it appears they might be back in force. Monday I had 3 trips to Pier 33, the most common departing point to catch the ferry to … Continue reading
My taxi earnings begin to increase. Is it temporary?
December and January were tough months. Holidays meant many people left the City. There was very little tourism and few, if any, special events that draw large numbers into the City. This weekend and last weekend produced relatively high earning … Continue reading
Posted in econ, taxi, work
Tagged cab, california, center, earnings, econ, economics, estimate, estimates, events, expo, fare, fee, financial, gate, income, loss, macro, micro, moscone, profit, projection, revenue, san francisco, sf, shift, taxi, taxicab, tourism, tourists, trend, trendline, visitors
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Should the City allow cab companies to charge higher gate fees to taxi drivers?
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
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It’s quiet in the City driving between holidays.
Above: an elevated view of Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. (Source) I didn’t want to fart around and write more blog entries yesterday, so I showed up to DeSoto early in the morning to see if they had an … Continue reading
Tourists hibernate for winter. My earnings decrease.
Tourism is San Francisco’s top industry by revenue. San Francisco is the 3rd most popular destination for overseas tourists. (1) (2) During the summer at least a quarter of all of my fares were tourists. Sometimes these visitors are aggravating … Continue reading
Posted in econ, taxi
Tagged business cycle, cab, cycle, earnings, econ, economics, industry, local, local economy, san francisco, season, sf, summer, taxi, tourism, tourists, winter
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