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
You okay . Dispatch. In august of last year, 2013, yellow cabs fleet did 672 2 thousand metered rides we have these 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
Could charge customers who are agreeable to it and we could advertise if you want to get to the opera on time and you are willing to give us an extra five or 10 bucks well make sure the drivers know about it and so in response to some of the questions i heard by Board Members credit cards if we have drivers on a monthly basis accept 4000 plus dollars from credit cards some drivers take zero and the reason is simple they are un informed and greedy and petty and short cited and its our job to make sure they are not and teach them inform them and of course if they are punitive ways of making them understand that would be helpful coming from you okay . Dispatch. In august of last year, 2013, yellow cabs fleet did 672 2 thousand metered rides we have these 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 thi
Authority to implement the regulation and not the state. What she sees in the book she does not go in the state and see how much, and how many cabs, and okay . And the same, same driver, in the driving taxi and the driving for x, okay . And the lower inaudible ten hours, because i said, that inaudible and it starts and at 8 00 in the morning and they go, to ten at night and so that it is 18 hours or 19 hours a day and then you figure out how safe that is. And thank you. Supervisors, jim galespie general manager of yellow cab cooperative and i am encouraged by this hearing and we need the help of staoet and we are not sure where things were and we have to rely on the state and the drivers and the companies are affected by this and so i hope that the message that i think that it is given by everyone and you have heard that there are three areas and i think is safety, and the liability and the insurance that we talked about and congestion. And these are all things that should be and i thi