Word: taxied
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...drivers departed last week's hearing with little more than a chiding for their lack of organization. But this week, in an effort to solidify industry opposition to the regulations, the newly-formed Cambridge Taxi Association (CTA) arrived with five elected representatives and a lawyer...
...counsel Beryl Cohen said the group, which was formed on Saturday, needs time to prepare bargaining positions on the regulations that satisfy all of the city's 900 taxi drivers...
...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 regulation would have forbidden the creation of monopolies...
Councilor Alfred E. Vellucci said the taxi industry and its regulators have been continually at odds because there are no recognized spokesmen for the owners of the drivers. "There should be more input [into the regulation process]," he said, "but the fault lies with the industry itself because it is not organized...
...councilors discussed solutions to this problem, including moving taxi stands closer to residential districts, so that a driver would not have to travel far to pick up a passenger at home; changing the fare structure to make short trips more lucrative; or requiring taxi drivers to pick up passengers referred to them by the radio dispatchers...