Friday, February 22, 2008

LAO: LA's Taxicab Quandry

Taxicabs in Los Angeles? I see more UPS trucks than I see taxicabs.

My latest post at LA Observed's Native Intelligence:
Los Angeles officials have decided to pop the hood on the city's taxicab ordinance, which is all good, except that the whole thing has left residents to wonder "whadaya mean when you say 'taxi?'"

A lot of us have seen the Mann movie, and that Scorsese film too. We've even glimpsed those yellow cars stacked up on World Way at LAX, though none of us would be caught dead on a theme park ride like that (they just go round and round, right?). Besides, have you ever actually priced a cab ride from LAX to anyplace you'd want to go? The answer — $42.00 just to get downtown — sounds a lot like the reason we get confused when anyone other than a weather girl uses "hail" as a verb.

Who knew LA actually discriminates against ...

Read the rest at LA Observed's Native Intelligence

— TJ Sullivan in LA

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