taxis

What the hell kind of town is this when even Sara Underwood can't get a cab?

adamg — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:59:02 -0500

The Channel 25 anchor/reporter learns first hand that 1:30 a.m. is not a good time for getting a cab in the Financial District.

Fighting back against cabbies who refuse to take credit cards

adamg — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:44:16 -0500

SuperMark reports that when his cab driver told him after an $18 ride that his cab's credit-card reader was broken, he told the guy he only had $8 on him and that he was breaking the law by driving around with a busted reader. Miraculously, the cab driver managed to get the reader to work.

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About those cabdrivers who claim they can't take credit cards

adamg — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:03:44 -0400

They're breaking the law. Channel 4 reports that under city regulations, cabbies with broken credit-card readers aren't supposed to be driving around at all.

Judge rules Boston can't force cabbies to buy hybrids they can crash while talking on their cell phones

adamg — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:38:02 -0400

A federal judge has overruled Boston - and his ten-year-old grandson - and said federal law prohibits the city from forcing cab owners to buy hybrid vehicles.

Meanwhile, the Herald reports cabbies are largely ignoring a city ordinance that bans them from using cell phones while driving.

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Cabbie won't be suspended because parents forgot kid in his cab

adamg — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:08:12 -0400

WBZ reports.

The tipping point is collapsing, at least for cabbies

adamg — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:34:02 -0400

The Hack reports that foreign riders are the worst but that everybody seems to be tipping less these days:

... I recently had one guy who had a $6.25 fare, handed me a $100 bill and then got ticked off that I didn't have the coin on hand so he could leave me a fifty-cent tip. Instead, I got bupkus.

Picking up the drunks

adamg — Sun, 31 May 2009 08:48:35 -0400

It's what cabbies do at 2:30 a.m. and it's what paramedics do at Logan Airport.

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Credit-card tease in a taxi

adamg — Wed, 27 May 2009 10:05:51 -0400

Johnathan King reports that on a trip back from Logan yesterday, he rode in a cab that was actually equipped with a credit-card machine (whadaya know, city regulations actually work). Only when he got to the end of his ride, the driver told him the reader, which spent the entire trip displaying pretty pictures and information from Boston Police, "isn't actually up and running yet."

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He couldn't hack driving a cab in Boston

adamg — Mon, 25 May 2009 22:02:05 -0400

The sad saga of Cab 1021:

... "Cab Ten-Twenty-One, do you know where you are? The customer is waiting!"

This must be 1021's first night on the job. After getting hired, all newbies are supposed to ride around with an experienced driver for a couple nights in order to learn the ropes. But it seems 1021 either lied, telling the owner he already had experience, or that somehow he fell through the cracks and was inadvertently sent out onto the streets cold. That or he is just a really, really slow learner.

"Cab Ten-Twenty-One, do you have a GPS?... Yes? Well, USE IT!" ...

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This must be cabbie bitch week

adamg — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 22:57:26 -0400

Now cab drivers are pissed that the mean city is going to make them accept credit cards. Next up: Cabbies complain about the new regulation that makes them wear clean clothes.