Author: American Transit Association
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Category : Taxicabs
Languages : en
Pages : 316

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Category : Electric railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 698

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Author: Graham Russell Gao Hodges
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN: 1421437791
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 281

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Why the cabdriver is the real victim of the false promises of Uber and the gig economy. 2007 Noteworthy Book in Industrial Relations and Labor Economics, Princeton University Industrial Relations Section Hailed in its first edition as a classic study of New York City's history and people, Graham Russell Gao Hodges's Taxi! is a remarkable evocation of the forgotten history of the taxi driver. This deftly woven narrative captures the spirit of New York City cabdrivers and their hardscrabble struggle to capture a piece of the American dream. From labor unrest and racial strife to ruthless competition and political machinations, Hodges recounts this history through contemporary news accounts, Hollywood films, and the words of the cabbies themselves. A new preface recalls the author's five years of hacking in New York City in the early 1970s, and a new concluding chapter explores the rise of app-based ridesharing services with the arrival of companies like Uber and Lyft. Sharply criticizing the use of the independent contractor model that is the cornerstone of Uber and the gig economy, Hodges argues that the explosion of for-hire vehicles in Manhattan reversed decades of environmental anti-congestion efforts. He calls for a return to the careful regulations that governed taxicabs for decades and provided a modest yet secure living for cabbies. Whether or not you've ever hailed a cab on Broadway, Taxi! provides a fascinating perspective on New York's most colorful emissaries.

Author: Transportation Systems Center. Office of Technology Sharing
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Category : Taxicabs
Languages : en
Pages : 60

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Author: University of California, Berkeley. Institute of Governmental Studies. Library
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Category : Political science
Languages : en
Pages : 904

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Author: William Mellor
Publisher: Encounter Books
ISBN: 1594039089
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 289

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Bottlenecker (n): a person who advocates for the creation or perpetuation of government regulation, particularly an occupational license, to restrict entry into his or her occupation, thereby accruing an economic advantage without providing a benefit to consumers. The Left, Right, and Center all hate them: powerful special interests that use government power for their own private benefit. In an era when the Left hates “fat cats” and the Right despises “crony capitalists,” now there is an artful and memorable one-word pejorative they can both get behind: bottleneckers. A “bottlenecker” is anyone who uses government power to limit competition and thereby reap monopoly profits and other benefits. Bottleneckers work with politicians to constrict competition, entrepreneurial innovation, and opportunity. They thereby limit consumer choice; drive up consumer prices; and they support politicians who willingly overstep the constitutional limits of their powers to create, maintain, and expand these anticompetitive bottlenecks. The Institute for Justice’s new book Bottleneckers coins a new word in the American lexicon, and provides a rich history and well-researched examples of bottleneckers in one occupation after another—from alcohol distributors to taxicab cartels—pointing the way to positive reforms.

Author: Arthur Hastings Grant
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Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 920

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Author: Hawley S. Simpson
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Category : Taxicabs
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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Languages : en
Pages : 550

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Author: Mark W. Frankena
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 188

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