How to FLAG A TAXI driver
There are few problems that appear by trying to flag a taxi.
First of all it's not safe for a student to flag an unknown taxi cab after a night out. It's best to book your taxi, but not always are you that sober to think about that. When you want to go home (after a night out) You don't or can't think clearly and you end up climbing in to some unknown taxi. It's only a fortune that leads You from there.
New York city (famous for it's yellow taxies) have a solution for that.
In New York City a 'medallion' is required in order to legally pick up passengers flagging on the street. Very few other cities have medallions, and most cities never allowed City permits to be traded at will by the public—but in New York City the medallion represents an investment instrument that has soared in value to astronomical heights. Medallions, or CPNC (Certificate of Public Necessity and Convenience), may also be sold in Boston, or Chicago, but in San Francisco—one of the few other cities that has medallions—the sale of medallions became prohibited by Prop K in 1978. This proposition was adopted to stop speculators from driving the price of medallions up beyond the reach of the people who provide the service—the drivers. In 2010, the City of San Francisco is attempting to allow the sale of medallions (for an estimated $250,000 each) in order to balance the City budget.
More about the medallion: http://www.yellowcabnyc.com/uncategorized/driver-competition-hot-medallions-hit-766000
I tried to looking for a label as a medallion in UK , but I could't find it. Maybe it's time to create one?
No comments:
Post a Comment