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Driving highlights

Posted on March 30, 2008 by kfarr

(Last week) I picked up an attractive young lady from a hospital out in the Richmond and took her back toward work downtown. She was (and my best guess says she still is) British and we chatted about about how … Continue reading →

Posted in taxi, work | Tagged airport, alcatraz, cab, cabbie, coit tower, curby, elderly, festivus, fornicate, fornication, gold medal, grade, hitting, ladies, legion of honor, lombard, miracles, OAK, on, san francisco, sf, sfo, steep, street, taxi, taxicab, windy | Leave a comment

Website highlights financial stress of driving a taxi in the City

Posted on March 26, 2008 by kfarr

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 | 2 Comments

Dear Transgender Prostitute: Why did you have to take my bag?

Posted on March 24, 2008 by kfarr

Dear Transgender Prostitute I picked you up, you looked legit. Alright, it was a little late, 2 am, and it was in the Tenderloin. Larkin and O’Farrell doesn’t produce the best of customers even during the day. But, I’ve encountered … Continue reading →

Posted in happiness, taxi, work | Tagged anger, annoyance, bags, cab, crime, frustration, grand larceny, larceny, larkin, o'farrell, petty, petty theft, police, prostitute, san francisco, sf, sfpd, steal, take, taxi, taxicab, tenderloin, tendernob, theft, transgender, transvestite | 4 Comments

My taxi earnings: are City tourists back?

Posted on March 19, 2008 by kfarr

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 →

Posted in econ, taxi, work | Tagged cab, city, daily, earnings, hotel, industry, motel, san francisco, sf, shift, sightseeing, take-home, taxi, taxicab, touring, tourism, tourist, tours, travel, travelers, vaca, vacation, Visit, visitors | Leave a comment

Driving highlights

Posted on March 19, 2008 by kfarr

I drove 3 shifts in the past 3 days. One of them starts early at 5 am, the other two are graveyard shifts starting at 1 am. Each lasts 11 hours. During my shifts I picked up two young, professional … Continue reading →

Posted in taxi, work | Tagged bretagne, britain, british, cab, california, commonwealth, english, francais, France, french, gate, golden, golden gate bridge, indiana, iowa, japan, japanese, midwest, nice, nova, saint-brieuc, san francisco, sf, taxi, taxicab, teacher, teaching, tourist, travel, trip, Visit | 2 Comments

The headline should read, “Mayor signs taxi gate fee increase, lowering pay for City workers.”

Posted on March 13, 2008 by kfarr

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 →

Posted in politics, taxi, transit | Tagged alioto-pier, bill, cab, charge, fee, gate, gate fee, gavin, gavin newsom, increase, law, legislation, local, newsom, politics, rental, san francisco, sf, sign, taxi, taxicab | 1 Comment

Driving highlights

Posted on March 12, 2008 by kfarr

There’s a new traffic light at California and (upper) Stockton. It’s a real buzz-kill when you’re flying up or down California Street, but it’s a wonder there was never one before. This intersection splits 2 segments of California which both … Continue reading →

Posted in taxi, transit, work | Tagged airport, cab, calm, city, comfortable, drive, driving, drugs, hill, mission, passengers, potrero, projects, robbery, rude, safe, san francisco, sf, steal, taxi, taxicab | 5 Comments

Driving highlights

Posted on March 5, 2008 by kfarr

While driving Sun-Mon (1am-12pm) These few days were slow, slow, slow. I find it funny that I have such a hard time estimating how much I’ll make beforehand. It’s almost like gambling. The only ‘sure-fire’ well-paying weekends are those with … Continue reading →

Posted in econ, taxi, work | Tagged cab, congestion, driving, graveyard, morning, night, rush, san francisco, sf, shift, taxi, taxicab, traffic, work | 1 Comment

Driving

Posted on February 27, 2008 by kfarr

My shift starts around midnight. I usually eat ‘breakfast’ around 1 or 2am if it’s slow. I’ll sit in line at the 18/Castro unofficial taxi stand, at the 24-Divisadero bus stop, and eat a slice of pizza for my first … Continue reading →

Posted in taxi, transit, work | Tagged alcohol, cab, castro, city, community, congestion, driver, driving, drugs, fee, financial, forward, heights, lgbt, pacific, pacific heights, pricing, san francisco, sf, taxi, taxicab, tipping, tips, traffic | 4 Comments

My taxi earnings begin to increase. Is it temporary?

Posted on February 14, 2008 by kfarr

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 →

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