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Tag Archives: local
SFMTA takeover of Taxi Commission on track for March
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
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Driving: Lawyers, reporters and crackheads, oh my.
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
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Station Manager of 91.7 KALW San Francisco reaches out to listeners.
During my Tuesday shift I was pleasantly surprised to hear a radio station manager speaking directly to listeners for an extended period of time about the state of the station. In the past, I’ve heard station managers speak during pledge … Continue reading
Posted in media
Tagged 88.5, 91.7, alternative, am, bbc, broadcast, coverage, events, fcc, fm, harry shearer, kalw, kqed, local, media, modulation, national, news, npr, public, public radio, radio, regulation, san francisco, service, sf, sfusd, views, world
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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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The headline should read, “Mayor signs taxi gate fee increase, lowering pay for City workers.”
Mayor Newsom signed a bill last week that increases gate fees for most cab drivers by $5 (effectively a $.50/hr paycut) and increases the gate fee for Compressed Natural Gas and hybrid cab drivers by $13.50 (effectively a $1.35/hr paycut). … Continue reading
Teen killed Sunday in bright daylight. Chronicle doesn’t report it?
San Francisco is really a tale of two cities: the yuppie, high income, peaceful facade of the northern and western edge of town, and the rougher, minority majority, low income Bay View/Hunters Point district. But, you’d think that the San … Continue reading
Update: Supes badger over taxi gate fee increase
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
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KQED Perspective: Peak Medallions
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
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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
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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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“Peak Medallions” are the answer to evening cab rush.
You have a 7pm reservation with friends across town in the Mission. It’s 6:30 and you know MUNI won’t get you there in less than an hour, so you have to cab it. You walk to the nearest busy street … Continue reading
Posted in econ, taxi, transit
Tagged cab, demand, dispatch, econ, economics, local, medallions, partnership, peak, private, public, regulation, san francisco, sf, taxi
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