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Tag Archives: san francisco
Cabbies face financial burden from impending Yellow Cab contract changes
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 … Continue reading
Posted in politics, taxi, transit, work
Tagged cab, cabbie, commission, contract, contractor, drivers, employee, independent, independent contractor, long-term lease, san francisco, sf, status, taxi, taxicab, yellow, yellow cab
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Thoughts on group ownership with unfunded startups
Good news! Steve and I finally released our website, VidSF.com, to the public. More good news! We had a great initial meeting with content producers. We recruited them via craigslist and we made absolutely clear that a) we are unfunded … Continue reading
Posted in internets, media, tech
Tagged boot, bootstrap, bootstrapped, san francisco, sf, startup, strap, unfunded, vid, vidsf
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When should public transportation systems be private?
A recent episode of Russ Roberts’ EconTalk podcast featured a wonderful intersection of interests: economics, public policy and public transit. One of Russ’ academia friends, economist Michael Munger, speaks at length on the program about the public transportation system quality … Continue reading
Taxi driving: conferences + tourists = seasonal demand
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 — … Continue reading
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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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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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
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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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Muni strikes again.
I wouldn’t be doing my Civic Duty if I didn’t link to yet another Municide. This time the culprit was an articulated standard coach (non-trolleybus) 71-Haight/Noriega heading inbound on Market at 6th. A 77 year old female pedestrian was struck … Continue reading
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