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Tag Archives: taxicab
Rainy Monday night and Tuesday morning
During the shift It rained. It rained a lot. It rained from the start of my shift (12:30 am) until the end (11:30 am). I took a gay Filipino guy from the Castro out to the Sunset. He was a … Continue reading
A busy Thursday in the City
I showed up as an ‘extra’ to work on Thursday. I wasn’t regularly scheduled to work, so that makes me an ‘extra’. I show up to the garage around 6am and wait for a car to become available. As a … Continue reading
Sunday by day, Sunday by night
This past weekend I worked Sunday 5am-3pm, slept from 4pm-11pm, and then worked Monday from 12am-11am. A group of about 6 hipsters flagged my van down in the Mission around 1am: It was a friend’s 21st birthday and they got … Continue reading
Posted in taxi, work
Tagged airport, cab, midnight, night, night shift, san francisco, sf, sfo, shift, taxi, taxicab
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More cabs on City streets in 2008, but we still need peak medallions.
The Examiner reports the City will finally see more cabs on the streets in 2008. As both a cab driver and a City resident, this is bittersweet. As a resident, this seems like City progress. Finally, I’ll have a better … Continue reading
Posted in econ, taxi, transit
Tagged cabs on the street, medallions, peak medallions, san francisco, sf, taxi, taxicab
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San Francisco Supe proposes taxi gate fee increase. Drivers need gradual implementation.
The Examiner reports Supervisor Michela Alioto-Pier recently proposed a significant increase in taxi gate fees charged to cab drivers. (Quick background: A ‘gate fee’ is the rental fee charged to a taxi driver for a shift. Taxi drivers pay the … Continue reading
Posted in econ, taxi, transit
Tagged cab, excessive, fee, gate, gate fee, increase, local regulation, paratransit, san francisco, sf, taxi, taxicab
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How much is a San Francisco taxi medallion worth?
The Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley prepared an analysis of the City’s taxi medallion scheme in 2006. Read it if you have a spare hour or so and if you enjoy these sorts of things. Here’s a … Continue reading
Where to find a cab in San Francisco.
Another blogging SF cab driver posted a great find: a map showing where to hail a cab in the City. This map seems quite accurate from my few months of cab driving experience. You might want to keep a link … Continue reading
Posted in taxi, transit
Tagged cab, fare, find, find a taxi, finding a cab in sf, finding a taxi in san francisco, hail, san francisco, search, sf, street, taxi, taxicab, where
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