The Phantom Cab Driver Phites Back

Thursday, June 26, 2014

State Senate Committee on Insurance Votes for $750,000 Partial Coverage for TNCs

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The bill, AB2293, that the committee passed on for a later vote on the Senate floor was disliked by almost everybody. Uber and Lyft lawy...
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Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Interim Director of Taxis and Accessible Services Appointed

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From the new Interim Director of Taxis and Accessible Services. (Don't have a photo of her. It's Ed Reiskin at right.) Dear PC...
Saturday, June 14, 2014

Finally – Regulators Start Regulating & Fining Uber, Lyft et al

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Most cab drivers are aware that SFO is starting to crack down on Uber, Lyft et al but you may not know the details or realize that this is...
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Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Taxi Myopia Blues

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I offer this photo as a balm to those who've taken umbrage at my comparing San Francisco taxicab company owners to dinosaurs. I think ...
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Saturday, May 31, 2014

Flywheel Amps Up II

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In this post I want to address a few concerns and clarify some aspects of the Flywheel app. My information comes from a recent Town Hal...
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Friday, May 30, 2014

Flywheel Amps Up Together with the MTA

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Cab drivers are worse gossips than small town sewing circles so let's start with a few rumors. One had it that Uber had bought out F...
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Monday, May 19, 2014

How Demoting Christiane Hayashi Backfired

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To briefly summarize: San Francisco voters approved Proposition K in 1978 which put an end of the sale of taxi medallions. San Franci...
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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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