KPBS: City Considers Taxi Industry Overhaul Amid Reports Of Low Wages And Unsafe Cabs

City Considers Taxi Industry Overhaul Amid Reports Of Low Wages And Unsafe Cabs by Megan Burks The city of San Diego will not renew its five-year contract with the Metropolitan Transit System for regulating the taxi industry when it expires in June, but will extend it by one year to study other options. The decision comes as drivers ramp up […]

San Diego Reader: Study finds unfair, unsafe working conditions for San Diego taxi drivers

San Diego Reader: Study finds unfair, unsafe working conditions for San Diego taxi drivers by Dave Rice “A group of graduate students at San Diego State University led by Professor Jill Esbenshade teamed with the labor-friendly local think tank Center on Policy Initiatives to produce Driven to Despair: A Survey of San Diego Taxi Drivers, which was released at a press […]