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Taxi and Limousine Services

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2011

    SFMTA's Taxi Reform Plan Incites Shouting Match Among Cabbies

    You don't want to upset taxi drivers​Impassioned cabbies gathered at a town hall meeting yesterday afternoon where they expressed their skepticism about the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency's ideas for reforming the city's taxi industry. But that skepticism quickly turned into heated ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2011

    Matt Gonzalez Partnership Could Buy DeSoto Cab Company

    Let me get you ladies a cab.​Local left wing ex-politicians are staying true to their blue-collar values -- by becoming capitalists. Former supervisor Chris Daly's a barkeep, and Matt Gonzalez, the former president of the Board of Supervisors and iconic 2004 mayoral candidate, might soon beco ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2010

    Nightmare Scenario As Taxi Brakes Fail, Passenger Dies in Fiery Crash

    www.ktvu.comOne dead in fiery crash​A female taxi passenger is dead after the brakes on her cab failed and the vehicle slammed into a concrete highway support at 40 miles per hour this morning, according to the California Highway Patrol (our friends at SFist had the scoop as well as some pictures ... More >>

  • News

    April 7, 2010

    SF Weekly Letters

    www.ktvu.comOne dead in fiery crash​A female taxi passenger is dead after the brakes on her cab failed and the vehicle slammed into a concrete highway support at 40 miles per hour this morning, according to the California Highway Patrol (our friends at SFist had the scoop as well as some pictures ... More >>

  • News

    March 24, 2010

    The SFO Cannonball Run

    Horrified by a typical taxi trip from SFO? Thank a government program that pays cabbies to speed.

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2010

    Suspect in Stabbing, Robbery of Cabbie Rode in Taxi -- Was Caught on Video

    View Larger MapThe young man suspected of beating, knifing, and robbing a San Francisco cabbie in the Castro last night was the driver's fare, reports the San Francisco Police Department -- and the suspect's image was caught by the taxi's on board camera. The cab driver -- whose name has not yet bee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2008

    Heads-up: MUNI changes due to torch run

    View Larger MapThe young man suspected of beating, knifing, and robbing a San Francisco cabbie in the Castro last night was the driver's fare, reports the San Francisco Police Department -- and the suspect's image was caught by the taxi's on board camera. The cab driver -- whose name has not yet bee ... More >>

  • News

    April 2, 2008

    S.F. Taxicab Commission Spends $100K to Keep Cabbie Away from Staff

    View Larger MapThe young man suspected of beating, knifing, and robbing a San Francisco cabbie in the Castro last night was the driver's fare, reports the San Francisco Police Department -- and the suspect's image was caught by the taxi's on board camera. The cab driver -- whose name has not yet bee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2008

    Run! Run! "Project eMerge" and it's terrible Mission Statement will destroy us all!

    View Larger MapThe young man suspected of beating, knifing, and robbing a San Francisco cabbie in the Castro last night was the driver's fare, reports the San Francisco Police Department -- and the suspect's image was caught by the taxi's on board camera. The cab driver -- whose name has not yet bee ... More >>

  • News

    February 20, 2008

    Vexatious Litigant Burton Wolfe Fighting Eviction After Threatening More Lawsuits

    View Larger MapThe young man suspected of beating, knifing, and robbing a San Francisco cabbie in the Castro last night was the driver's fare, reports the San Francisco Police Department -- and the suspect's image was caught by the taxi's on board camera. The cab driver -- whose name has not yet bee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2008

    Taxi Cabs Hauling Trans-Fats to Budget Hearings; That's Right, the Board of Supervisors Are Back! It's ...

    View Larger MapThe young man suspected of beating, knifing, and robbing a San Francisco cabbie in the Castro last night was the driver's fare, reports the San Francisco Police Department -- and the suspect's image was caught by the taxi's on board camera. The cab driver -- whose name has not yet bee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2007

    Hot Bureaucracy on Bureaucracy Action … Day 5

    View Larger MapThe young man suspected of beating, knifing, and robbing a San Francisco cabbie in the Castro last night was the driver's fare, reports the San Francisco Police Department -- and the suspect's image was caught by the taxi's on board camera. The cab driver -- whose name has not yet bee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 27, 2007

    Taxi Commission MTA = Hot Bureaucracy on Bureaucracy Action

    View Larger MapThe young man suspected of beating, knifing, and robbing a San Francisco cabbie in the Castro last night was the driver's fare, reports the San Francisco Police Department -- and the suspect's image was caught by the taxi's on board camera. The cab driver -- whose name has not yet bee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2007

    Thanksgiving at City Hall: SFGovernment In Action

    View Larger MapThe young man suspected of beating, knifing, and robbing a San Francisco cabbie in the Castro last night was the driver's fare, reports the San Francisco Police Department -- and the suspect's image was caught by the taxi's on board camera. The cab driver -- whose name has not yet bee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2007

    Devil Cab 666 Curse Strikes Again!

    View Larger MapThe young man suspected of beating, knifing, and robbing a San Francisco cabbie in the Castro last night was the driver's fare, reports the San Francisco Police Department -- and the suspect's image was caught by the taxi's on board camera. The cab driver -- whose name has not yet bee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2007

    SF Cab 666 Escapes Exorcism: Desoto's Devil Hack Rolls On!

    View Larger MapThe young man suspected of beating, knifing, and robbing a San Francisco cabbie in the Castro last night was the driver's fare, reports the San Francisco Police Department -- and the suspect's image was caught by the taxi's on board camera. The cab driver -- whose name has not yet bee ... More >>

  • News

    February 14, 2007

    Baby you can drive my TAXI

    Taxi Commission officials say hundreds of medallion holders aren’t driving cabs, and that’s against the law

  • News

    November 29, 2006

    Life Isn't Fare

    Taxi Commission officials say hundreds of medallion holders aren’t driving cabs, and that’s against the law

  • News

    August 16, 2006

    The Darthies

    The SF Weekly Noble Villain Awards. And the winner is ... you!

  • News

    September 6, 2000

    Letters

    Letters from September 6, 2000

  • News

    August 30, 2000

    Letters to the Editor

    Letters from August 30, 2000

  • News

    August 23, 2000

    Letters to the Editor

    A City With a Serious Wait Problem; The Case for Printing Less-Controversial Stories

  • News

    August 16, 2000

    Death and Taxis

    Why can't Hattie Neelon get to a funeral? Well, have you ever tried to get a cab in S.F.?

  • News

    December 25, 1996

    Lawless Limos

    Cab companies and legitimate limousine operators say some passengers are getting taken for a ride

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