Business & Tech Uber On the Verge of Cutting Deal With Taxi Fleet Flywheel A shocking alliance between Uber and SF taxicabs is on the table, as cab fleet Flywheel is in talks with Uber to put their cabs on the Uber app.
SF News Veteran SFPD Officer Goes Down For Accepting Bribes From Taxi Drivers A 36-year veteran of the San Francisco Police Department could go to jail for as long as five years, after a jury agreed that he'd pulled in at least $25,000 in bribes
SF News Pacific Heights Bank Robber Uses Taxi As Getaway Car Yes, we know that SF's cab industry is struggling to remain in business, but today we have news of at least one well-heeled cab passenger. Unfortunately, the passenger is also a bank robber.
SF News SF High School Senior Struck And Killed By Cab On Pine Street Two pedestrians were struck and killed by drivers in San Francisco over the weekend: a SF high school student was hit by the driver of a cab on Pine Street, the other killed
SF News Video: Man Goes After San Francisco Cab Driver In Bizarre Padlock Attack At first, the below video seems like nothing special — it's a cab driver's dashcam, capturing what appears to be a peaceful fare in downtown San Francisco. Then suddenly, out of nowhere, violence. It
SF News Muni Bus Strikes Yellow Cab In SoMa San Francisco's most loved/hated forms of public transportation literally collided this morning when an 8X-Bayshore Express sideswiped a Yellow Cab, sending it spinning in to a fire hydrant near the Hall of
SF News Proposed Cab Stands on Broadway Will Help You Vacate North Beach Faster, Possibly Alleviate Crime As part of their ongoing (and some might say misguided) efforts to fix the taxi situation in San Francisco, the Municipal Transportation Agency is fielding proposals for new cab stands spread around town.
SF News Taxi Cabs Need More Lights, Says SFMTA You know what's more frustrating than not enough taxis in town? A string of taxis blowing by with their light on while you stand there continuing to hold your arm up in the
SF News More Taxis to Hit the Streets Next Week (But...) Good news, bad news: As we reported previously, the streets should be filled with with the sight of more cheerful chariots ready to take you to or from your favorite bar as of
SF News Taxi Road Rage Becomes Violent Assault Two cab drivers were part of a violent argument Friday night when one driver allegedly struck the other driver with a tire iron. The attack occurred in North Beach at around 9:30pm
SF News We Are Getting a Few More Cabs, and They Will Be More Expensive At their board meeting yesterday, the SFMTA voted to approve 85 new taxi medallions, 50 of which will be for part-time, single operators limited to 60 hours per week on the streets. This
SF News SFMTA Might Allow More Cabs Onto the Streets At their board meeting on Tuesday, the SFMTA is planning to consider issuing 125 new taxi permits, potentially increasing the city's fleet of cabs by about 8%. This is obviously welcome news to
