Halloween Taxi Strike
Posted By dc_paulo On October 31, 2007 @ 3:43 pm In Transportation | Comments Disabled
[1] In case you haven’t noticed, the anti-meter taxi strike [2] started at 6AM this morning and will go till 6AM tomorrow. D.C. Yellow Cab general manager says they’re operating with just a quarter of the fleet today, word from Union Station is that the taxi queue gets pretty long as more trains arrive, and hotels are getting limo services to fill the gap.
Halloween revelers tonight, remember that SoberRide [3] will still be running, providing free cab rides for up to a $50 fare. Nonetheless, it’ll be a good idea not to get too wasted if you can help it, and make contingency plans to get home or crash with a fellow demon/goblin/witch/wizard/Jedi.
RumorsDaily [4] is seeing DC taxi scabs at work, The DC Traveler [5] cries “Shame!”, ansaphone4 [6] found her drive far more pleasant without taxis to deal with, and GoneOutDC [7] had a conversation with a taxi driver about why he’s striking — and he says it’s not necessarily about the meters.
How about the rest of our dear readers? How is the Halloween taxi strike treating you?
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URL to article: http://dc.metblogs.com/2007/10/31/halloween-taxi-strike/
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[1] Image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alex-s/1800994207/
[2] anti-meter taxi strike: http://www.nbc4.com/news/14466135/detail.html
[3] SoberRide: http://www.soberride.com/
[4] RumorsDaily: http://www.rumorsdaily.com/2007/10/31/dc-taxi-scabs/
[5] The DC Traveler: http://www.thedctraveler.com/shame-on-dc-taxi-drivers/
[6] ansaphone4: http://ansaphone4.livejournal.com/382176.html
[7] GoneOutDC: http://goneoutdc.blogspot.com/2007/10/free-cab-rides-tonight.html
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