Forgive the dreadful pun, but it seems apt in the face of the DC Taxicab Commission’s decision not to make a recommendation to Mayor Adrian Fenty with regard to choosing between the meters and the zone system.
Personally, I think Meters are the only way to go. I want to be charged for how far I go, not some cockamamie map system that divides DC into arbitrary distances from the Capitol that only really exist to exist to benefit the congresscritters. Of course, the compromise seems to be to have all cabs fitted with GPS Meters that work within the zone system, but even that is a bullshit copout.
The Post quotes a cabbie: “We have here a commission that’s very confused, and it’s very sad,” said Abdulkarin Ahmad, a cabdriver.
Well, it’s good to know that the commission is just as confused as most of the cabbies.
This post appeared in its original form at DC Metblogs
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