Statistics this year we did 670 thousand more or less not a major drop but our business has has has been steady we get 120 thousand calls a month these days unfortunately 25 percent of the of the people that call us never see a cab in this day and age and to me thats an unacceptable rate and for various reasons people give us the wrong address decide to walk but 25 percent is is not we need carrots and sticks and need your help we can do it were trying to do it. Okay . Thank you. Thank you. Jim margolis. Medallion holder with yellow cab since 1977. Just on levelling the Playing Field i know that were speaking about what we can do in the taxi industry about levelling the field for example with the credit cards and making drivers what we can do is have them accept credit cards i know where were disadvantaged because the credit card isnt right at the beginning where the the people can walk out but people are using credit cards now. I wanted to talk about the levelling the Playing Field so
Thats an unacceptable rate and for various reasons people give us the wrong address decide to walk but 25 percent is is not we need carrots and sticks and need your help we can do it were trying to do it. Okay . Thank you. Thank you. Jim margolis. Medallion holder with yellow cab since 1977. Just on levelling the Playing Field i know that were speaking about what we can do in the taxi industry about levelling the field for example with the credit cards and making drivers what we can do is have them accept credit cards i know where were disadvantaged because the credit card isnt right at the beginning where the the people can walk out but people are using credit cards now. I wanted to talk about the levelling the Playing Field so levelling the Playing Field theres a certain amount we can do were not against the tncs being around but the major thing about levelling the Playing Field is dealing with legal issues seems to me being a lawyer, the issue of how many of these can operate at one
Thank you for taking the job. I couldnt think of a better job to work with and interesting dynamic. Is that microphone on . Yes. That one is not. You will have to speak from one of the big ones. Sorry. Did you load the powerpoint . No. Okay. Do you have paper slides . This is my first presentation before the board. Im sure it will get better as we go on. Thank you. Its on the the my apologies i thought it was preloaded. Im learning as i go here. Absolutely. Im kate toran director of taxis and Accessible Services and were the were the real crossroads here and were committed to what we do and how we do it. Our Mission Statement values are critically important to us and these are the lenses through which we do our work so this helps to keep us grounded. Accessible Services Also has a very strong Mission Statement and we are proud of the work we do in the Accessible Services team to make this system not only accessible but a real focus on universal design and we feel that that as we champi
No. Okay. Do you have paper slides . This is my first presentation before the board. Im sure it will get better as we go on. Thank you. Its on the the my apologies i thought it was preloaded. Im learning as i go here. Absolutely. Im kate toran director of taxis and Accessible Services and were the were the real crossroads here and were committed to what we do and how we do it. Our Mission Statement values are critically important to us and these are the lenses through which we do our work so this helps to keep us grounded. Accessible Services Also has a very strong Mission Statement and we are proud of the work we do in the Accessible Services team to make this system not only accessible but a real focus on universal design and we feel that that as we champion design principals that benefits the system for all users and 2 distinct functions linked through the accident the Taxi Companies and para transit and thats the bridge or the link and together we feel like we make a difference in
Her in this capacity and hopefully she will cover all the issues you have been asking about and im sure well have good public, comment as well. Thank you for taking the job. I couldnt think of a better job to work with and interesting dynamic. Is that microphone on . Yes. That one is not. You will have to speak from one of the big ones. Sorry. Did you load the powerpoint . No. Okay. Do you have paper slides . This is my first presentation before the board. Im sure it will get better as we go on. Thank you. Its on the the my apologies i thought it was preloaded. Im learning as i go here. Absolutely. Im kate toran director of taxis and Accessible Services and were the were the real crossroads here and were committed to what we do and how we do it. Our Mission Statement values are critically important to us and these are the lenses through which we do our work so this helps to keep us grounded. Accessible Services Also has a very strong Mission Statement and we are proud of the work we do