Big Taxi Driver Protest Scheduled for City Hall at Noon Today – Some Drivers...
TweetWell looky here, looks like we’re in for a good old-fashioned taxi driver protest at City Hall today at noon. It seems some of our hacks are upset about having to pay some credit card fee, more or...
View ArticleTaxi and MUNI Driver Organizing Meeting Coming August 1st, One Day Before the...
TweetI’ve told you before, taxi drivers, and I’ll say it again. If you want to get healthcare and if you want local govt. to take you seriously, become a MUNI driver. Anyway, the latest deets are...
View ArticleSan Francisco Supervisor Scott Wiener’s Thoughts on Increasing Taxicab...
TweetUh… “The idea of adding cabs to city streets has long been opposed by many taxi drivers, who say competition is already fierce enough for a job that has never offered a lucrative payday. Wiener...
View ArticleCome to San Francisco, Buy a Used Town Car, and Then Start Picking Up...
TweetSo let’s see here: 1. We regulate taxi rates so drivers won’t exploit tourists and other disadvantaged souls. (Oh, you’re a rich tourist and you’re lost and your flight leaves in an hour? $200 to...
View ArticlePoor Taxi Service Forces Woman to Fashion Her Own Laminated “Taxi” Sign – Oh,...
TweetThis woman standing at a bus stop in the Financh on Market Street outbound had a few choices, I suppose. She could have tried hailing an illegal Lyft or Side Car jitney taxi (called shiroi...
View ArticleLet the Gouging Begin! SideCar Discount Taxi Service to Double Price$ on New...
TweetUh, to make more money? From Ellen Huet comes the news of SideCar doubling its “voluntary” fares for New Years Eve 2013. So that means you’ll need to pay double to avoid getting blackballed by...
View ArticleHarsh: Our SFMTA Uses Bus Ads to Attack Uber, Lyft, and Sidecar – Six Reasons...
TweetAll right, here’s the new side-of-the-bus ad from our SFMTA, the slowest large transit agency in American history (And I’m srsly on that one. Can you name me one slower? OK then.) “Do You Know...
View ArticleNow MUNI’s Running Ads That Support UberX Taxi Service? Apparently, Uber is...
TweetHere’s what the SFMTA is saying this week, that UberX is “better faster cheaper” than SFMTA’s regular taxis: And here’s the SFMTA’s other ad on this topic: “All right, here’s the new...
View ArticleSan Francisco Cabbie Fights Back: “UBER / LYFT, FINALLY JOBS FOR REGISTERED...
TweetAs seen by Manys here: Oh, and here’s another. I’ll point out that sometimes it’s the unregistered sex offenders…
View ArticleUBER/Lyft, UBER/Lyft, UBER/Lyft, UBER/Lyft, UBER, Lyft, UBER, Lyft…
TweetOne after the other, take a look, it’s endless: To some, this would be an increase in “mobility,” to others, a decrease. Someday I might have the need to take an UBER taxi, or a Lyft taxi…
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