Hail-a-Taxi
By Eric Richardson — April 20, 2010 — 8 Comments
Rules to allow taxis flexibility in picking up and dropping off passengers quietly expired in January, but Councilwoman Perry wants them made permanent.
By Eric Richardson — June 11, 2009 — 2 Comments
Los Angeles' largest cab company has approved a new program designed to encourage its drivers to take more short trips from Downtown's bars and restaurants.
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By Eric Richardson — January 28, 2009 — 11 Comments
Six months into the Hail-a-Taxi program, there's been a "relatively modest" increase in the number of passengers hailing cabs, but that's enough for the city's Transportation...
By Eric Richardson — November 07, 2008 — 15 Comments
Downtown's six-month Hail-a-Taxi trial runs through February, but uptake has been slow. It's a bit of a chicken-and-egg situation -- the cabs aren't circling because...
By Eric Richardson — July 22, 2008 — 3 Comments
On July 16th, City Council approved the Hail-a-Taxi pilot program for Downtown and Hollywood. The program is intended to help make taxis a more integral part of...
By Eric Richardson with Ed Fuentes — July 16, 2008 — 3 Comments
Garnik Rostami has spent seventeen years on the streets of Los Angeles county as a cab driver, with the last decade or so focused on the Downtown area. He attended...
By Eric Richardson — July 16, 2008 — 8 Comments
City Council today unanimously approved the Hail-a-Taxi pilot program for Downtown and Hollywood. The program will give cab drivers much greater flexibility in...
By Eric Richardson — May 20, 2008 — 5 Comments
Curbed was first to report last week that the city's Taxicab Commissioners had approved a Hail-a-Taxi pilot program for Downtown. Not covered, though, were details...
By Eric Richardson — April 07, 2008 — 3 Comments
Sharon Bernstein gets the LAT's Column One today to talk about taxis. She writes that the cabbies are plenty ready for the city to change its tune and let them...
By Eric Richardson — February 07, 2008 — 2 Comments
Downtown's favorite "Hail a Taxi" concept was in front of the city's Board of Taxicab Commissioners this morning, but there wasn't much in the way of useful progress...
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