And here\u2019s the key quote:<\/p>\n
Competition for customers has gotten so fierce that fist-fights have broken out between drivers, he says. The small independents don\u2019t have a central dispatcher, so must depend on capturing airport-bound fares immediately as customers leave their hotels. \u201cThey\u2019re desperate for business,\u201d he says of the drivers. \u201cWhen a fare walks out, there have been fights. Fist-fights. That behavior is not good for Sacramento or for our hospitality industry.\u201d\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Independent drivers, Zaido explains, have resisted doing things the city wants them to do because of the costs involved: setting up a dispatch center for independent drivers would eat into their income, he says, which can be as little as $50 a day.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
So this is a terrible system. \u00a0cabbies earn miserable wages because there are so many of them \u2014 and yet the ability of the consumer to comparison-shop is limited. \u00a0Yes, you can call a specific cab company to pick you up, but if you\u2019re at the airport or in the city getting into the next available cab, your ability to choose an English-speaking, clean, and skilled driver is limited \u2014 as is the ability of any individual cabbie to distinguish themselves from the competition. <\/p>\n
Or am I missing something due to living in the \u2018burbs?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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