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Cabdrivers objected last night to what they said was the Cambridge License Commission's interference in their affairs, as recently-passed regulations of cab age and flat rates came up for review...
...Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk. The black experience in America as interpreted by the tapping, stomping feet of Savion Glover and company. The sketches--on how hard it is to hail a cab in Manhattan, or be a black dancing star in 1930s Hollywood--are satirically on target, and the dancers perform with demon drive. What a year for musicals...
However, there are significant gaps in the shuttle schedules, both from the center of campus to the Quad and to Mather House, that force students to walk home by themselves or take a cab when they should not have to do so. The Mather House shuttles are few to begin with, and from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., the shuttles run so infrequently from the Science Center to Mather House that students are practically encouraged to walk home by themselves through an area that has recently been subject to several attacks. And while the shuttle schedule has featured increased frequency...
Moreover, the shuttle's impact on cab demand may be less significant than some believe. Cambridge's poor are more likely to rely on the Boston area's public transportation system than on taxi service. The elderly can still call cabs for door-to-door service. And plenty of people will continue to prefer the immediate availability of a cab to waiting for a shuttle or calling for one in advance...
There is one legitimate complaint that cab drivers can raise, however, and that is the fact that they are required to pay an $85,000 medallion fee in order to operate in Cambridge, while the U.S. Shuttle gets off scot-free. While cab drivers point out that the U.S. Shuttle can offer low prices because it doesn't have to pay the $85,000 medallion fee, this one-time licensing gives the right to operate as a taxi and provide services the U.S. Shuttle does...