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June 21, 2010 Postmarks
Sharecropping on Wheels
While the city juggles taxicab franchises, drivers demand 'a fair shake'
"...simpler than a taxi ride: call or hail a cab, hop in, declare your destination, and fork over a..."
June 11, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar
Council Preview: City Manager Review, Cab Vote, and More
Controversial items hit the dais this week
"...and final readings to renew franchise agreements with Austin Cab and Yellow Cab for five years. Council Member Bill..."
May 28, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar
TDH Update: Ott Hangs On
No good vibrations as Marc Ott survives council evaluation
"...his motion to collect customer satisfaction data on taxi cabs, with an eye towards using that to award franchises..."
May 27, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar
Heads Roll on the Totally Awesome AusChron Newscast!
David Smith’s retirement, KeyPoint continues, and more
"...Austin's "fusion center" proposal, taxi franchise extensions for Austin Cab and Yellow Cab, and, in the shadow of the..."
May 27, 2010 News Post by Jordan Smith
The Daily Hustle: 5/26/10
Get yer council preview right here!
"...and final readings to renew franchise agreements with Austin Cab and Yellow Cab for five years. Related is Bill..."
May 26, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar
The Daily Hustle: 5/25/10
Cab compromise driven to council
"...final reading are franchise renewals for Austin’s two largest cab franchises – Yellow Cab, the biggest franchise with 400-plus..."
May 25, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar
The Daily Hustle: 4/29/10 (Update)
Hittin' you with your morning recap
"...With the five-year franchise renewals for Yellow Cab and Austin Cab up for second reading today,..."
April 29, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar
City Council Condemns Taxi Drivers to Lousy Deal
"...Council Member Randi Shade showed her favorite color was yellow when she rejected the city staff recommendation for a..."
April 29, 2010 Postmarks
The Daily Hustle: 4/27/10
Sample some TDH -- no permit required
"...on second reading only the franchise renewals for Austin Cab and Yellow Cab...."
April 27, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar
The Daily Hustle: 4/23/10
Taxi crash at council
"...City staff, per the direction of a cab-related subcommittee of the Urban Transportation Commission, had recommended the..."
April 23, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar
City Hall Hustle: Güero's Don't Need No Stinkin' Permits!
On second thought, why can't we all just get along?
"...32 and 33, first reads on renewing the Austin Cab and Yellow Cab franchises for two years. With Texas..."
April 23, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar
The Daily Hustle: 4/19/10
This post is for the birds
"...& 33: First reading on whether to renew Austin Cab and Yellow Cab's taxi franchises...."
April 19, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar
Gay Place
Did you have waaaay tee many martoonies? Please get a ride.
"...forearm, now: Sober Ride, 657-2999 (that's the free-within-reason one); Yellow Cab, 452-9999 (not free but cheaper than a trip..."
Dec. 25, 2009 Column by Kate X Messer
Video: Tuesday Night Biodiesel Meet-up
"...Biodiesel Meet-up," introduces just a few them, including a Yellow Cab driver running his Jetta on biodiesel, a retiree..."
Nov. 28, 2008 News Feature by Daniel Mottola
The Total Package
The Decoder Ring's Christian Helms provides everything you could want in a design – or a designer
"...blizzard, eight hours spent sitting on a runway, a cab wreck, and a dance party. It would have made..."
June 13, 2008 Arts Feature by Sergio Burns
Rolling Rebellion at Capital Metro
Budget cuts threaten transit services for the disabled
"...Filing out of Special Transit Service buses and taxicabs, they packed into Cap Metro's lobby, where they waited..."
April 4, 2008 News Feature by Justin Ward
Hometown Favorite
Las Palomas at 25
"...and the familiarity of the food. No globs of yellow cheese food product, no overspiced, overcooked rice. No cumin..."
Feb. 15, 2008 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón
After a Fashion
What a week! Stephen revels in Austin in its top form.
"...issue. I thought I'd be smart to take a cab across the river instead of trying to park in..."
March 23, 2007 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser
After a Fashion
Is DIY design? Your Style Avatar weighs in ... like the 500-lb. gorilla in the middle of the room.
"...Roy's. In the mid-Seventies there were three taxi companies: Yellow, Roy's, and Harlem. Harlem Cab primarily served the Eastside,..."
Aug. 18, 2006 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...In response to the acquisition of Roy's Taxi by Yellow Cab, the city created 55 taxi permits for a..."
July 28, 2006 News Feature
Taxi Lotto No Go?
Urban Transportation Commission searching for new system for approving taxi franchises
"...Miss America," says Mariam Nwoko, president of the United Cab Drivers Association. It's Tuesday evening, and on the eighth..."
July 21, 2006 News Feature by Wells Dunbar
Beside the Point
City Council summer cheat sheet
"...2) Yo, Taxi!: Just as controversy from the Roy's Taxi/Yellow Cab merger diminished, the Urban Transportation Commission takes up..."
July 21, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar
Blind Leading the Sighted
Yellow Cab of Austin has become an employment option for people who are visually impaired
"...Ever wonder what it's really like at a taxicab company? If you're old enough to remember the TV..."
June 9, 2006 News Feature by R.U. Steinberg
Fare Fight
The pending sale of Roy's Taxi company raises a host of Austin memories
"...enough; the AC in her van, one of 155 cabs in Roy's Taxi's sea-foam green fleet, is on the..."
June 9, 2006 News Feature by Wells Dunbar
Parsing the Permits
Dunkerley compromise could be both too little for new franchise but too much for the market
"...When the Yellow Cab/Roy's Taxi purchase proposal first surfaced, it was for..."
June 9, 2006 News Feature by Wells Dunbar
Beside the Point
Austin Energy – at least they're not FEMA; and, coming up this week: more bond slicing and dicing
"...reading of the ordinance transferring Roy's Taxi's franchise to Yellow Cab, earning the ire of dozens of Roy's drivers...."
May 26, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar
Beside the Point
The future is sunny, cab drivers are stormy, and water treatment's horizon is cloudy
"...It may sound surprising, but there were some surly cab drivers downtown last week...."
May 5, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar
What About an Employee Owned and Operated Cab Company?
"...“Beside the Point” [News] about controversy regarding the taxi cab permits of Roy's Taxis, and whether to give its..."
May 2, 2006 Postmarks
Beside the Point
Green Water's move to Guerrero Park will officially die today.
"...Considerably less bright in disposition will be the cab drivers assuredly filling council chambers. Item 31, postponed from..."
