The Phantom Cab Driver Phites Back

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Notes Toward A Compromise Plan

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Proposition K worked well but has one major weakness. The main problem is that of aging drivers who have no exit strategy or retirement. The...
Sunday, April 26, 2009

Et Tu Chiu?

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With the dawning of the Obama era, many of us in the taxi industry looked toward our politicians filled with hope. As small business people ...
Friday, April 24, 2009

$20 Million and the Goose that Laid the Golden Egg

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Taxi Medallions are like diamonds. The more there are the less they are worth. The MTA fantasy of balancing their budget by auctioning off m...
Thursday, April 23, 2009

The SFMTA's Plan to Breed Cab Drivers

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Sorry for the title. I've been reading the Onion again. On the other hand, the MTA would hardly be stopped from harvesting cabbies by m...
Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Who is what: Part 2

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The ordinary drivers (non-medallion holders) fall into two main groups: those who may or may not be represented by the UTW and the vast maj...
Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Cab Drivers Swarm MTA Meeting: or Who is What

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A couple hundred cab drivers, mostly medallion holders, showed up at the April 7 th MTA meeting. So many showed up in fact that two extra ...
Friday, April 10, 2009

Why Do You Have to Wait for a Taxi? Part 2

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The idea that you can't get a cab when you want one seems a universal theme and appears in dozens of movies and books - frequently as a ...
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Crocker Amazon is the nom de blog of Ed Healy. I started this blog in 2009 when Mayor Gavin Newsom tried to steal taxi driver medallion and use them to pay off the San Francisco's 600 million debt. I have used this blog to help inform the public and the people who make decisions about the various issues that arose from this including the Taxi Reform, protests and other changes that followed. I've been driving a cab for 25 years in San Francisco. You can contact me at: amazincrocker@gmail.com I've started a new blog devoted purely to cab Stories at: http://phantomcabstories.blogspot.com/ Comments are welcome but please identify yourself.
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