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Tag Archives: yellow
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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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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“Hacking” traffic signals in the City
Driving so many hours in the City offers a lot of time for thinking, especially thinking about driving. I put a lot of thought toward the question: How can I reach a destination most quickly? The answer is rather complicated, … Continue reading
Posted in taxi, transit
Tagged green, hacking, hacks, intersection, life, life hacking, light, red, san francisco, sf, signal, timing, traffic, traffic light, yellow
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