there is a reason that 90% of the industry is not represented. a doctor does not go after a healthy person. the cab drivers, 50% does not come to them. it has to pay for medication, sick leave, vacations, everything. that is why they cannot attend. the other thing is it has been mentioned we are not employees. we would be happy to be your employees. give us the benefits. the thing is that cabbies that drive 20 years, they take home less than an entry-level muni worker. just look at your numbers. how much do you want to milk the scout? until blood come stacks how much you want to milk this cow? until blood comes? good afternoon. i am a cabdriver. of course, i am not going to add more than my colleagues have done. regarding the 5%, it is too high for a charge. that is what we are protesting. also, regarding that we are not employees to mta. the other issue is to have our personnel our personal transactions monitored by an electronic waybill gives access to our income to p
sammy aryan, alec dutt, michael monroe. i am a cab driver. there is a reason that 90% of the industry is not represented. a doctor does not go after a healthy person. the cab drivers, 50% does not come to them. it has to pay for medication, sick leave, vacations, everything. that is why they cannot attend. the other thing is it has been mentioned we are not employees. we would be happy to be your employees. give us the benefits. the thing is that cabbies that drive 20 years, they take home less than an entry-level muni worker. just look at your numbers. how much do you want to milk the scout? until blood come stacks how much you want to milk this cow? until blood comes? good afternoon. i am a cabdriver. of course, i am not going to add more than my colleagues have done. regarding the 5%, it is too high for a charge. that is what we are protesting. also, regarding that we are not employees to mta. the other issue is to have our personnel our personal transactions mon
of 40 it we have seen an increase of 40% of people using bicycles in the last four years. please let our board secretary know if you plan on participating. you may be well aware that one of the other hats i hold is a board member with the caltrans operation. the board of directors decided not to reduce service, ensuring a continuation of the current 86 train schedules. we do have meeting scheduled to start discussing the next fiscal year the s budget, and trying to deal the next the next fiscal year path budget, trying to deal with the financial the next fiscal year s budget, trying to deal with the financial struggles and our schedule. we shut down part of the cable car system as part of the cable car system improvement program. there was minimal inconvenience to residents and visitors. the highline was partially shut down. muni shuttle buses served cable car stops, except for areas that were impacted by construction. we had mta embassadors along the line to assist
welcome to the may 3, 2011 meeting of the municipal transportation authority. [roll is called] you have a forum a quorum. before we move into the regular meeting if the could have the audience s attention, please. there is an overflow room, which is room for hundred eight. the people who wish to address the board are in that room. we will allow ample time for them to make their way here to address the board today. if we could have quiet, please. i think it is out in the hall. we will handle that one as well. item three announcement of prohibition of sound-producing items during the meeting. the use of pagers or similar sound-producing electronic devices are prohibited at the meeting. any person responsible for a cell phone, pager, etc. going off may be removed from the meeting. cell phones that are set on vibrate dewclaws microphone interference. the board respectfully requests the be placed in the off position. item four, approval of the minutes from previous mee
and credit. i believe this charge, if you can t live without it, passes to the passenger. it is fair. they have the option. i had a passenger from australia. passengers their pay 10%. passengers there pay 10%. david million nguyen. i would like to add to this invisible agenda that seems to be coming down upon cabdriver s constantly. that is evidenced by some of the alarming trends that have seemingly abused the cab driver more than the companies since the switch from the taxi commission to the mta. first of all, the $7.50 per shift means the cabbies are buying the vehicles that own the company. that is $15 a day, $450 a month. i think you can afford something better than a hybrid. somebody has to be ready in some money on that. the companies were paying the credit card charges. we do not know what they are. we do not know what an average business charges for the right to use credit cards. everybody i have talked to says that is an extraordinary amount. if i can ask