Taxis Archives - 48 hills

Environment

A car-free JFK Drive in Golden Gate Park is finally close to reality

Tim Redmond - September 20, 2021

But there are some complicated equity issues that will require a lot more discussion.

Business + Tech

Waymo and the invasion of the corporate body-snatchers

Herb Mintz - August 25, 2021

Robot drivers who will put 10 million people out of work are coming to your neighborhood—now.

Transportation

Muni director talks about cutting lines and changing focus

Tim Redmond - July 25, 2021

Post-COVID plans could alter the city's transportation policy in some profound ways.

Transportation

What’s going on with Muni? Supes want some clear answers

Tim Redmond - July 18, 2021

Plus: Can private buses use the transit lanes on Geary -- and does the city need any more giant mansions? That's The Agenda for July 19-16

Transportation

There’s a lot more to the GG Park debate than cars v. bikes

Tim Redmond - April 11, 2021

This is part of a huge discussion the city needs to have about transportation -- and equity -- in a post-COVID world.

Opinion

SF has exploited, failed, and bankrupted its taxi drivers

Marcelo Fonseca - April 2, 2021

Mayors Lee and Newsom sold pricey medallions to make money--then let Uber and Lyft make those investments worthless. The drivers deserve help.

News + Politics

Taxi drivers, disability-rights advocates oppose new Market St. traffic plan

Tim Redmond - January 18, 2021

Plus: UC Regents vote on huge new project -- and Willie Brown's Chronicle column will quietly disappear. That's The Agenda for Jan 19-26

Labor

Drivers rally against Uber and Lyft extortion

Garrett Leahy - August 21, 2020

About 70 drivers rallied outside Uber’s headquarters on Market Street on Thursday, decrying Uber and Lyft’s threat to cancel rideshare services in California in retaliation...

News + Politics

OPINION: Keep transit lanes for public transit

Sue Vaughan - June 29, 2020

The SFMTA Board of Directors will hold a special meeting Tuesday/30 to consider, among other items, the creation of temporary emergency transit lanes. We...

COVID

For taxi drivers, COVID is a brutal dilemma

Garrett Leahy - April 3, 2020

“I can’t even afford to go to work,” said taxi driver Colin Marcoux, who has been driving a cab for over two decades. COVID has...

Tagged with: Taxis

A car-free JFK Drive in Golden Gate Park is finally close to reality

Waymo and the invasion of the corporate body-snatchers

Muni director talks about cutting lines and changing focus

What’s going on with Muni? Supes want some clear answers

There’s a lot more to the GG Park debate than cars v. bikes

SF has exploited, failed, and bankrupted its taxi drivers

Taxi drivers, disability-rights advocates oppose new Market St. traffic plan

Drivers rally against Uber and Lyft extortion

OPINION: Keep transit lanes for public transit

For taxi drivers, COVID is a brutal dilemma

News

Politics

Arts

Culture