Category Archives: Taxicab

The Taxi Link: Are drivers at National Harbor being pushed out? Should Alexandria drivers choose their own company?

Posted on May 19, 2013 by pete

The Taxi Link airs Sat. 7-8 pm on WUST 1120 AM. Listen here (imperfect audio in first minute):  Just over the District line at National Harbor, the upscale mini-city and resort on the Potomac River, Prince George’s County taxi drivers … Continue reading →

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The Taxi Link: AFL-CIO looks to organize DC drivers; credit card mandate passes; Philly driver killed; Jon Liss on NoVa’s taxi struggles

Posted on May 12, 2013 by pete

The Taxi Link airs Sat. 7-8 pm on WUST 1120 AM. Listen here:  Download mp3 The National Taxi Workers Alliance, which became the 57th national union of the AFL-CIO less than two years ago, is looking to work with The … Continue reading →

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The Taxi Link: Fairfax driver assaulted; Commissioner Stanley Tapscott; DC drivers accused of racism

Posted on May 6, 2013 by pete

Listen to The Taxi Link:  Download mp3 An aviation executive’s racist remarks and assault of a Fairfax taxi driver have caused an outcry. The driver, Mohamed Salim, recorded the conversation with his late-night passenger, Ed Dahlberg, president of Manassas-based Emerald … Continue reading →

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The Taxi Link: Alexandria drivers protest; D.C. drivers testify

Posted on April 28, 2013 by pete

Listen to the Taxi Link here: Download mp3 In Alexandria, taxicab drivers associated with Tenants and Workers United protested outside city hall this past week to call on the council to ensure drivers’ right to select their own credit card … Continue reading →

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The Taxi Link: Will smart meters end up in court, again?

Posted on April 21, 2013 by pete

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 Download mp3 The D.C. Taxicab Commission is moving full steam ahead with implementing a so-called “Modern Taxi System” (MTS). Yet in several areas MTS resembles the commission’s push last year to install one company’s credit card … Continue reading →

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The Taxi Link returns to the air

Posted on April 16, 2013 by admin

Listen to The Taxi Link here: The Taxi Link – which is sponsored by The Small Business Association of DC Taxicab Drivers (SBA) and hosted by TheFightBack’s Pete Tucker and D.C. advisory neighborhood commission member Tony Norman – returned to … Continue reading →

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Uber right-wing

Posted on October 1, 2012 by admin

Download mp3 Testifying last week before the D.C. Council, 35-year-old Uber CEO Travis Kalanick routinely interrupted councilmembers and espoused a right-wing ideology. Uber is not so much a luxury sedan service as a phone app that connects passengers with black … Continue reading →

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Uber showdown Monday at the Council

Posted on September 23, 2012 by admin

Listen to Sept. 22 edition of The Taxi Link on WUST 1120 AM Download mp3 “Uber is having it both ways: they’re operating as a taxi, they’re operating as a limousine service, and they’re not regulated.” – Tony Norman, co-host … Continue reading →

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Taken for a ride: press coverage of D.C.’s taxi industry is unfair to public and drivers

Posted on September 16, 2012 by admin

The Taxi Link airs on WUST 1120 AM. Listen to Sept. 15 show here: Download mp3 “You have one media person interviewing another media person who shares the same biased opinion.” – Tony Norman, co-host of The Taxi Link “I … Continue reading →

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Is classism behind D.C.’s push to regulate taxis, not Uber?

Posted on September 9, 2012 by admin

The Taxi Link airs on WUST 1120 AM. Listen to the Sept. 8 show here: Download mp3 “Uber is a classic example of… class economic warfare,” said Tony Norman, a D.C. ANC commissioner and co-host with TheFightBack‘s Pete Tucker of … Continue reading →

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