Word: licensees
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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And the CTA left with a 60-day guarantee that neither the council nor the License Commission will impose new rules without giving the industry a chance to help form them.
The regulations, proposed by the Cambridge License Commission, would have imposed bureaucratic procedures and requirements for the cabs' condition that many drivers have called excessive. It would also create a Taxi Commission of drivers, owner/drivers, frequent taxi passengers and city officials that would mediate disputes and address complaints. A further...
James T. McDavitt, chairman of the License Commission, which regulates taxi service in Cambridge, said the report was based on 12 hours of meetings with local cab drivers and owners, but several of those who testified termed its recommendations hasty and arbitrary.
Many echoed the sentiments of License Commission member and Cambridge Police Chief Anthony G. Paolillo, who abstained from the License Commission's vote to submit the report to the council. He has called for further investigation before drawing conclusions.
Cab drivers also criticized the report submitted by the license commission.