Comments on: Shame on DC Taxi Drivers

By: New DC Taxi Rates

New DC Taxi Rates — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:06:07 +0000

[...] much emotion, a Halloween strike by cab drivers and claims by cabbies the earth might spin off its axis if cab fares are set too low, the DC [...]

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:22:19 +0000

I want to mention that the above petition has an option to opt-out if you don’t want additinal info.
But you need to uncheck the box.

By: ladoña

ladoña — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 21:49:27 +0000

Mayor Fenty’s cab fares are higher than rates in New York and other major cities. Sign this petition demanding fair cab rates for DC: http://go.care2.com/11640639

Right now we have a chance to change that. Fenty’s proposed rates are not final, and we still have a few days to participate in a public comment period to demand a lower drop rate fare.

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 02:28:27 +0000

Yes, DC cabbies can legally pick up a second fare heading in the same direction, but the original rider can request to ride alone. Most cabbies will comply.
When sharing, neither rider gets a discount, so both passengers pay full fares. Kind of unfiar. I always ask for a discount when they mention picking someone else up.

Check out my post on DC cabs – http://www.thedctraveler.com/getting-around-dc-%e2%80%93-part-6-%e2%80%93-traveling-by-taxi/

By: Joanna

Joanna — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 02:06:50 +0000

DC taxi drivers are worse than New York City’s drivers.
Recently, DC drivers have picked up the habit of picking up more than 1 customer at a time. The first passenger gets into the cab, and somewhere along the route, picks up another one. Sometimes they’ll have the first passenger sit in the back, behind tinted windows, and now only the second passenger has gotten in the cab, would he realize that there’s already someone else in there.

SAY NO TO THIS PRACTICE.

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 20:28:54 +0000

As like most issues…it’s about the $$$.

By: Jed - The London Traveler

Jed - The London Traveler — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 20:24:40 +0000

I have to say, $6.50 is quite a bit for a base rate! And if you don’t know the zone structure, you can get totally messed over.

London may be expensive (starting fare is £2, about $4), but all the black cabs have meters that are clearly visible, and the fare cards are posted. (Though not painted on the outside… Londoners would probably see that as quite unseemly!)

I can’t see why cab drivers would be picketing this… every major city does this, and it works!