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Mayor Brandon Johnson introduced the cab fare hike without fanfare in late September while public attention was focused on the battle over his 2026 budget. The mayor’s plan would maintain the cost of entering a cab, known as the “flag pull,” at $3.25 for the first one-ninth of a mile, but provide substantial relief for cab drivers in other ways.
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A mess of uncertainty and litigation is sure to follow.
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With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
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Cabbies hands are tied behind their backs with required medallions, set rates and background checks. Drop the medallions and require anyone providing a drivers service to have a background check and/or be fingerprinted. Let the market set the rates and get the city out of it.
To bad they can’t introduce a public transit price increase since there hasn’t been a increase since 2018 and now they are sticking it to the people who never use it.