Yeah, thanks for holding the meeting what i am here just now to response of the puc lady in which she said that we have been waiting for 25 years to implement the regulation, and the speaker, and now she has the courage to stand here, and to say that we will look at the regulations she is not. But if we have to wait and we have 25 years, for that, no, it is that 30, and it is within your 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
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 people can walk out but people