A San Rafael man has filed a complaint against the local taxi service Marin Yellow Cab, alleging discrimination and racial profiling. According to a press release issued by the San Francisco-based Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, on June 22 of last year, Michael Orange got into a taxi at the San Rafael Transit Center and asked to be driven to his Santa Venetia home. The driver started out heading in the right direction before suddenly locking the doors, making a sharp U-turn and, against Orange's objections, driving to the Civic Center. After pulling into the parking lot of the Sheriff's Office, the driver told Orange that he fit the description of a wanted "fare skipper." Orange says he asked the driver what the description was and was told: black male, 6 feet tall, medium build. "...
According to Oglesby, the franchise system will help swing the pendulum of the desert's taxicab industry in the right direction, shifting control from the taxi owners back to taxi passengers, where it belongs. Sunline has done an excellent job implementing changes that will improve the taxi industry in the valley," says Hines, "but equitable distribution of taxi permits should mean distribution based on each taxi company's merit and capacity to provide service. Since coming to the desert, TechTrans has invested $1.7 million in forming Classic Yellow Cab, says Hines, including $1.05 million for purchasing vehicle fleets, $325,000 paid directly to Sunline for purchasing permits, $210,000 in startup and organizational costs, $100,000 in office and asset costs, $14,000 in advertising, and...
..., and $10,000 in cash donations to local charitable non-profit organizations. "As a communi...
... company or the expansion of a company's service area on the grounds that it may take business away... Denise McCracken.At the meeting, several local business owners testified in favor of "more cabs."...
A major Denver taxi operator is seeking a state license to expand to the Colorado Springs area and become the first competitor to Yellow Cab in more than five years, using a 2008 state law that significantly lowered the hurdles to taxi competition along the Front Range. Colorado Cab, which operates Yellow Cab fleets in Denver and Boulder, wants to begin offering taxi service in El Paso County by summer with a fleet of 25 cabs - including hybrid and handicapped- accessible vehicles - if the Colorado Public Utilities Commission gives it a license, said Brad Whittle, the company's president. Colorado Cab plans to operate here under the name Peak Taxi and expand its local fleet to 40 vehicles by year's end, he said.
... on which to base public transportation service planning * * *'' (49 U.S.C. 5335). Currently, over... FTA program, total state funds, total local funds, and other funds), volunteer resources, and taxi cab trips used. Furthermore, service data would be...
A touch of green this St. Patrick's Day could earn celebrators a free ride home from parties or local bars. Jeb Corey, vice president of C&H Taxi Co., said the cab company will offer the free Intoxi-Taxi service tonight for partiers making their way home from St. Patrick's Day celebrations.
City officials plan to create a taxi board to represent the interests of cab drivers, owners and customers in improving taxi service and oversight. The board would address a variety of issues raised Thursday during an annual meeting with taxi owners and drivers at City Hall. Concerns ranged from unsafe and dirty cabs to overcharging and a lack of taxi stands.
Yellow Cab is expecting another busy night Saturday as the capital city ushers in 2012. Thanks to a donation from a local law firm, the taxi service is again offering free rides home to New Year's Eve revelers who may have had too much to drink.
RANCHO CUCAMONGA - Taxi service may be scarce for New Year's revelers tonight if local taxi drivers follow through on promises to avoid picking up fares in the city. Cab drivers say they are staying away from Rancho Cucamonga because the city is forcing individual drivers to apply for permits to pick up fares.
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