there is one message and i would like to convey. it is that there must be improvements, not just in the quantity of taxicabs that are serving the public but in the efficiency of windows them serving. you can improve service by adding taxicab s of two. , and then you reach a point of diminishing returns because you are affecting the driver and, by doing that, and the more taxicab s you put on the street, more drivers have to struggle to make a living. it will impact the quality of service. it will impact the safety of services. a good steady goes back a few years now let shares there is an inverse ratio, an inverse proportion between the driver in, and the number of accidents become a good study a good study goes back a few years and shows there is an inverse ratio. there is a technology that is here today. the problem is that it is now dispersed among several different applications that are now being used in san francisco, and numbers and numbers of them and are being dev
option to say, yes, i want the taxicab from the same place, and the order gets into the same system extremely fast. i would like to commend the mta staff, the incentive program for the ramp taxis is a superb think. it is tremendously appreciated by the drivers. the ramp taxis do more difficult and more demanding work than any other cabdrivers. if you hundred dollars worth of incentives really makes a difference. it is an acknowledgement that is very important. there are a couple of other issues here. i have run out of time, but our company will continue to work on improving dispatch. one thing that we cannot do and that we do need you guys to work on is more taxicabs, and printed yearly, we need more at our company, not just more taxicabs in the city. our biggest problem is that we are routinely completely overwhelmed with the dispatch service orders to the point where we have every single taxicab and our fleet will have the mitterrand and 100 orders on the board. it is an ab
thank you. i am with united taxicabs. there is one message and i would like to convey. it is that there must be improvements, not just in the quantity of taxicabs that are serving the public but in the efficiency of windows them serving. you can improve service by adding taxicab s of two. , and then you reach a point of diminishing returns because you are affecting the driver and, by doing that, and the more taxicab s you put on the street, more drivers have to struggle to make a living. it will impact the quality of service. it will impact the safety of services. a good steady goes back a few years now let shares there is an inverse ratio, an inverse proportion between the driver in, and the number of accidents become a good study a good study goes back a few years and shows there is an inverse ratio. there is a technology that is here today. the problem is that it is now dispersed among several different applications that are now being used in san francisco, and numbe
who want it, and line deputy director hayashi said, it will not be for everyone. it will be for those who are career minded, who see this as an opportunity. it would allow them to have their own cabs and operate them like a real business, and these taxicab s can function when it is busy, on friday, saturday nights, in a marathon or something like that, so i very much support these taxicabs. i can tell you that at 5:00 a.m. this morning, we did not need an extra to wonder taxicabs to compete out there, and we did not need another 75 extra ones. as far as the dispatches, centralized dispatching is no greater but is also controversial. the only thing that has not prevented central dispatching is the politics, because from a transportation policy perspective, it is a no-brainer. they cannot even rightfully be called cab companies because they are not in the business of providing taxicab service to the passengers. that is what drivers do. there is a big difference between the taxi
i am with united taxicabs. there is one message and i would like to convey. it is that there must be improvements, not just in the quantity of taxicabs that are serving the public but in the efficiency of windows them serving. you can improve service by adding taxicab s of two. , and then you reach a point of diminishing returns because you are affecting the driver and, by doing that, and the more taxicab s you put on the street, more drivers have to struggle to make a living. it will impact the quality of service. it will impact the safety of services. a good steady goes back a few years now let shares there is an inverse ratio, an inverse proportion between the driver in, and the number of accidents become a good study a good study goes back a few years and shows there is an inverse ratio. there is a technology that is here today. the problem is that it is now dispersed among several different applications that are now being used in san francisco, and numbers and number