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Tucson Cab Stand: Yellow Cab Has Declared War On Its Drivers - Part 1
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News and commentary about Tucson taxi issues and life. Sunday, December 19, 2010. Yellow Cab Has Declared War On Its Drivers - Part 1. AAA Full Transportation, aka Yellow Cab, has decided to wage war on its hard working cab drivers in its endless quest to squeeze every dime it can from them, and control their working habits as though they were employees, even though they are independent contractors. Why is all this detail about vouchers so important? Do I want to travel in that direction? While the old s...
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Tucson Cab Stand: December 2010
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News and commentary about Tucson taxi issues and life. Sunday, December 19, 2010. Yellow Cab Has Declared War On Its Drivers - Part 1. AAA Full Transportation, aka Yellow Cab, has decided to wage war on its hard working cab drivers in its endless quest to squeeze every dime it can from them, and control their working habits as though they were employees, even though they are independent contractors. Why is all this detail about vouchers so important? Do I want to travel in that direction? While the old s...
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Tucson Cab Stand: January 2011
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News and commentary about Tucson taxi issues and life. Thursday, January 20, 2011. Over the past few weeks I have been trying to gather my thoughts about potential taxi regulation in Tucson. I have been doing research into regulation in other markets, trying to be objective about the issues locally, and grappling with the concept of free markets versus regulation and how all parties - drivers, passengers, cab companies and local governments, are impacted by regulation and market forces. An article in the.
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Tucson Cab Stand: The Tucson Airport Authority: Common Sense Transportation Regulation
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News and commentary about Tucson taxi issues and life. Wednesday, January 5, 2011. The Tucson Airport Authority: Common Sense Transportation Regulation. The TAA could have played this straight by the book and prohibited every transportation provider from picking up at the airport except the contracted providers. But the TAA realized there must be good reasons why off-site providers were picking up at the airport, including:. In other words, the TAA recognized the value, the flexibility, and the customer ...
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Tucson Cab Stand: April 2011
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News and commentary about Tucson taxi issues and life. Friday, April 1, 2011. The current Tucson Yellow Cab system crash. At 7 pm last night, Yellow Cab in Tucson lost a server that drives dispatch services through a transmitter servicing the east side. It's now 12 pm the next day, and the system is still down. What does this mean? What's happening as of right now? His net on the call is about $3.65. And that's before he has to pay his lease. The average driver has to gross $25 per hour. East side transm...
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Tucson Cab Stand: The Tucson Massacre and the Cabbie
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News and commentary about Tucson taxi issues and life. Tuesday, January 11, 2011. The Tucson Massacre and the Cabbie. In the aftermath of Saturday's tragic event, I've already heard it suggested that the cab driver (the infamous "person of interest) should have known that something was wrong with his passenger, Jared Loughner, and might have been able to prevent the shooting. Arizona Daily Star,. 1/9/11, "Authorities clear man called "person of interest" in Giffords shooting case. Tucson Weekly: Fired Up!
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Tucson Cab Stand: The current Tucson Yellow Cab system crash
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News and commentary about Tucson taxi issues and life. Friday, April 1, 2011. The current Tucson Yellow Cab system crash. At 7 pm last night, Yellow Cab in Tucson lost a server that drives dispatch services through a transmitter servicing the east side. It's now 12 pm the next day, and the system is still down. What does this mean? What's happening as of right now? His net on the call is about $3.65. And that's before he has to pay his lease. The average driver has to gross $25 per hour. East side transm...
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Tucson Cab Stand: Grappling with regulation
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News and commentary about Tucson taxi issues and life. Thursday, January 20, 2011. Over the past few weeks I have been trying to gather my thoughts about potential taxi regulation in Tucson. I have been doing research into regulation in other markets, trying to be objective about the issues locally, and grappling with the concept of free markets versus regulation and how all parties - drivers, passengers, cab companies and local governments, are impacted by regulation and market forces. An article in the.
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Tucson Cab Stand: July 2012
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News and commentary about Tucson taxi issues and life. Friday, July 20, 2012. Updating Tucson taxi issues. It's been awhile since I've posted, since a lot has changed for this driver personally, as well as in the overall Tucson taxi environment. Given to drivers who participate in the voucher program. All of this in the face of rising fuel costs until recently. TQ&A: Christopher Kroh (June 7, 2012). Tucson cabbies question the legality of their independent-contractor status (July 12, 2012). Other issues ...
