Word: taxied
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...what of social justice? The typical Harvard student's parents earn around $100,000 per year, while the average Cambridge cabbie makes between $15,000 and $25,000, mostly relying on fares to Logan. Since shuttle service commenced, taxi drivers have reported a decline in business of over 50 percent. The haves are benefiting at the expense of the have-nots...
...main objectors to the new shuttles have been taxi drivers and their allies on the city council, who claim that the Cambridge taxi industry will be devastated, which will hurt the poor and the elderly. Indeed, the status quo is a convenient way for the city council to impose its redistributional agenda on travelers, most of whom don't vote. While commendable for its cleverness, this scheme is more than a bit shady...
Carlos Netzahuatl, a local taxi driver, said that before the shuttle service opened, he averaged six or seven trips a day. In the last ten days, his daily average has dropped...
...They are doing a taxi job, but they are not a taxi," Ripert said...
...Wall defended his service, saying U.S. Shuttle appeals to a different market--and doesn't interfere with taxi drivers' business...