misc What's Going On Here, Yellow Cab Hater? The fine folks at Mission Mission bring out attention to this gem. It seems someone had a foul experience while riding Yellow Cab (join the club) "late last night" -- a ride so
SF News Cab Driver Stabbed In Castro A taxi driver was beaten, stabbed, and robbed last night at about 7:15 p.m. while on the 200 block of States Street, off of Castro above Market Street. The 50-year-old driver
SF News Market Street to Be Closed to *Most* Vehicle Traffic Starting Sept. 29 Remember that whole idea about shutting part of Market Street to vehicle traffic, kind of like what they've done with sections of Broadway in New York City? Well, it's coming to pass in
SF News Imposter Cabbies Burn City's Britches In an effort to fill the large, gaping hole of necessity for more cabbies in San Francisco, it makes sense that imposter taxicabs try to fill that need. According to today's Examiner, "at
misc Cab Ride from Hell In a story recounted to the site, a woman called a cab from Kilowatt to take her back to (presumably) her apartment. The woman was severely drunk, but the cabbie threw her out
SF News Day Around the Bay -- Steroid report reported. [SFGate] -- A minor dustup between Steven T. Jones and Paul Hogarth. [SFBG] -- It ain't easy being cheesy. [Grub Report] -- With which SF realtor would you not
SF News More SF Cabs: Nothing Could Be Finer Than Doing a 69er Earlier, the cab commission did a study and discovered that -- get this -- it's really hard to find a cab in the city. Really. Who knew? In fact, the study showed that
Arts & Entertainment And You Thought the Shooting Was Bad Apparently you can't have a port-o-let unless the street's officially closed, and the DPW wasn't willing to recognize that anything remarkable could happen in the Castro on Halloween. The citizens will be appealing
SF News San Francisco Taxicabs vs. Limos This time the crankypants are concerned about limousines and towncars that illegally -- illegally? oh please -- pick up passengers at hotels, bars, clubs, or wherever to grab extra cash. Makes sense on
Arts & Entertainment Taxis, Taxi Drivers Blessed Today was the annual blessing day for taxis and taxi drivers across SF. (Wait, magic water on Yellow Cab? No! Yellow Cab should burn in the hell!) "Twenty-six drivers" have died on the
misc Week Around The -Ists Holy smokes! Giant fish on the MTA, Paris Hilton in jail, then out, then in again, Al Gore, goatses, blumpkins, Matt Damon, and baby art critics! It's been a busy week across the
SF News Victory is Very Nearly Ours The winning city gets ten cute hybrid taxis. To Gavin's credit, whether we win or not, he's pledged that the city's entire fleet will be hybrid by 2011. And we bet we'll be
SF News Free Bulbs So what does this have to do with Gavin? Why's he suddenly pushing a Yahoo ad campaign that's disguised as greeniness but is actually just a trick to get us to use their
Arts & Entertainment Come On And Take A Free (Or Cheap) Ride Driving can be a real pain, as we're expected to retain a level of alcoholic responsibility while everyone else on the road appears to be hammered into oblivion. Taxis can be hard to
misc SFist Answers <i>Again</i> Wow, we're back. Thank you, kind readers of the 'fist, for your questions. Reader Jungleone asks: Tipping is always a hot button topic, particularly restaurant tipping (see this entry on mothership Gothamist, for
SF News From the 1 California to the 108 Treasure Island If your weekend was anything like our weekend, you spent three days mewling like a kitten about the heat and canceling all plans to go anywhere at all. Not these four SFSU students
