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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...
Michael Seguenza, a vocal spokesman for CTA, said the group's five-member committee hopes to work with the License Commissioners to revise the rules, and later to become a component of a Taxi Commission similar to the one already proposed...
...another issue awaits resolution tomorrow night, when a three-month moratorium on the sale of taxi medallions ends. The city's taxis have been under this ban since December, and Yellow Cab, the second-largest taxi company in the city, will also emerge from a special three-year ban on the sale of medallions from its fleet...