SF News Study: S.F. Needs More Cabs Photo: Jay M. In a newsflash that will shock no one, a new study commissioned by the SFMTA says that the city could use 600 to 800 more cabs on the streets in
SF News A New Law Might Uber-ize S.F.'s Entire Taxi Fleet You know how local cab drivers have been bemoaning the hit their business is taking from services like Uber and Lyft? Well, new legislation proposed by the SFMTA would require all 1,700
Arts & Entertainment Photo Du Jour: 'Yeah, I'm Calling Again To Get An ETA On My Cab' Photo by Jay M.
SF News Letter To The Editor: Lyft Responds To Ride-Sharing Criticism On Thursday, SFist published a letter from Trevor Johnson -- a licensed cabbie who drove and dispatched full time for over three years -- criticizing successful ride-sharing services (like Lyft and Sidecar) popular
SF News Letter To The Editor: A Solid Argument Against Ride Sharing [Update] We here at SFist are noted fans of newfangled ride sharing services -- prompted by one too many cabbie no-shows and refusals to go drive to Glen Park or the Avenues -- but
SF News Ridesharing Gets A Reprieve: PUC Agrees Uber & Lyft Are Both Legal For Now [Update] Good news on the ridesharing front today, as at least two of the big three ridesharing/sedan hailing apps have been granted a pass by the California Public Utilities Commission to continue operating
SF News S.F. Cabs Often Refuse Fares, Endanger People, and Sometimes Have Bed Bugs We all know that the taxi situation sucks in San Francisco mostly because you can't find one the minute it starts raining, or if it's a holiday, or if it's 7 p.m.
Arts & Entertainment Your Guide To Taking Ride Sharing Services On New Year's Eve It's New Year's Eve, and tonight after all the clocks flip over to 12:01 a.m. every taxi in San Francisco will turn into a pumpkin. A pumpkin that does not want
SF News S.F. Cab Drivers Take Uber To Court In their ongoing attempts to show just how clueless they can be about the current state of their own industry, a pair of San Francisco cabbies have lawyered up and hit Uber with
SF News Uber Teams Up With Actual Taxi Drivers, Will Now Hail You A Cab (For A Fee) Popular on-demand car service app Uber announced today that the company will now be adding traditional taxi service to their fleet of SUV and town car drivers. It is a bit of an
SF News No More Pink Mustaches? PUC Orders Cease-And-Desist For Ridesharing Apps Ridesharing apps like Lyft and SideCar have been surging in popularity over the past few months in San Francisco's taxi desert. In fact, we'd be willing to bet more than a few frustrated
SF News Hail! City To Issue 150-200 More Taxi Permits In a move that will brighten the soul of anyone who's ever spent half an hour in search of a cab, the MTA Board of Directors voted 6-0 last night to issue between
SF News Pedestrian Killed By Cabbie In The 'Loin Ugh. It appears that a pedestrian was killed in the early evening on Saturday while walking across the street in the 'loin. The culprit? A cabbie who allegedly ran a red light. "The
SF News SFMTA Chairman Advocates Snitching On Cab Drivers With 'Broken' Credit Card Machines As anyone who has been stuck in a cab with a suspiciously non-functioning credit card machine has probably figured out by now: those fancy video-streaming card swipe machines aren't actually breaking down with
SF News Cyclists Fume as City Allows Taxis to Use Bike Lanes Infamous for their lack of vehicular finesse (and numbers), taxicabs will now be allowed to legally use bike lanes to pick up and drop off passengers. Taxi drivers who used to use the
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
SF News Cyclist Runs Red Light, Crashes Into Taxi Early Sunday morning in the city's Mission District, a cyclist reportedly ignored a red light, which then prompted the late-night peddler to collided with a passing taxicab. The crash was reported a little
SF News Free Car Tows and Cab Rides During Cinco de Mayo While you binge on margaritas, Tecate, and body shots tonight, please remember a few things. For starters, do not drink and drive. Ever. AAA Northern California will offer free tows to drivers who
SF News S.F. Cabbies Protest Credit Card Fees Yesterday afternoon at City Hall, hundreds of cab drivers staged a protest and threatened to strike if the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency didn't give them face time to discuss critical issues. KTVU
SF News Supervisor Weiner Plans To Expand Taxi Service For your reading pleasure, yet another Weiner story: At today's Board of Supervisor's meeting, D8 Supervisor Scott Weiner will introduce "a resolution in support of a proposal by the Municipal Transportation Agency to
misc Homobiles, A Safe Queer Car Service If you've ever been tossed from a taxi for necking with a same-sex paramour, sporting leather and chains en route to the San Francisco Armory, or harassed by your cabbie for donning drag
SF News More Taxicabs, Please According to a report in today's Examiner, taxi providers are asking for more cars on the road. (Hallelujah.) Some 25 percent of people who call Yellow Cab for service, it seems, are never
SF News How Do You Handle Abusive Cab Rides? Most cabbies in San Francisco are hardworking, chatty ilk who, if you're nice, might even let you smoke inside the cab. They have the best stories, most bizarre and/or accurate philosophies, and
