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Austin cab drivers voice displeasure with proposal to add more taxis citywide
January 10, 2012 by SHELTON GREEN KVUE News AUSTIN — An overflow crowd of mostly local cab drivers packed in to the Urban Transportation Commission meeting at Austin City Hall Tuesday night. The majority were there to voice displeasure with a city proposal to add 75-more cab permits citywide. The commission was not instructed to take action
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Austin considering more permits and fees for taxi cab businesses
January 11, 2012 By John Hambrick The Digital Texan Photo: Creative Commons AUSTIN, TEXAS – Austin cab drivers are up in arms about the city’s proposal to put more cabs on the streets. The Urban Transportation Committee met Tuesday night to get input from taxi drivers about the proposal to issue
More taxis could be on Austin roads
Permits could increase by 75 Wednesday, 11 Jan 2012 Kate Weidaw KXAN News More
Taxi Report Hits Rocky Terrain
FRI., SEPT. 23, 2011 With transportation, it’s hard to find the middle of the road BY MIKE KANIN Austin Chronicle A new study on Austin’s taxi industry has drawn the ire of cab drivers as well as operators of alternative transit modes. PHOTO BY JANA BIRCHUM – Austin Chronicle When
Call for Consistent Regulation of Vehicles for Hire
The Transportation section of the City Code could benefit from a thorough legal drafting review. Taxicabs have the most restrictions, while pedicabs and Electric Low Speed Vehicles (ELSV) operate without clear standards.
