Tag: Metropolitan Transit System
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Cab Company Owners Fear City Might Stop Underground Market for Taxi Permits
By Amita Sharma Owners of cab companies are banding together to block transferring regulation of the taxi industry back to the city of San Diego. A memo circulating among San Diego cab company owners states that the city’s taxi industry is facing an adversarial environment. The memo accuses cab workers’ group of trying to “grab…
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Shadow Market for Taxi Permits Lucrative for Some, Hardship for Others
Part 1: The Shadow Market (See Part 2 below) | Video Credit: Nicholas McVicker By Amita Sharma Fred, who is short, 40ish and East African, makes a lot of money in the taxi business in San Diego. And it’s not just from driving a cab. He’s exploited what Mayor Bob Filner calls the “black market”…