DC Cab Rider

I've decided to believe that part of the new higher cost of cab riding in DC for me has been traffic. Rush hour sucks in DC (I've he...

I can't believe I didn't remember my own advice from this blog a few years back. Cab #926 in the Diamond group is operated by some p...

Driver the other day started the meter before I even opened the door. Since I'm paying 30% more per ride these days (I thought it was ba...

Yes, I am still here. And still riding in cabs (far less often, and for far more money, more on that later). As of almost a year ago, you ca...

First, sorry for not posting much - life intervenes, and fewer cabs being taken. Second - is it not posting so much that has offended the ca...

Apparently there was another strike the other day. The cabbie who picked me up told me about it. Then showed me a flyer about it. And yet st...

Ok, if you're going to strike you need to be much, much better organized. I didn't know there was supposed to be a taxi strike today...

Hey Mad Cabbie - you have to let us know what day of the week it is that the Diamond Cab drivers have that shower. Opened a Diamond Cab door...

I have had more than a couple of drivers - including one today - who have had their radios set so they are blasting loud in the back. Appare...

There's a short piece on DC Cab drivers and (ok, so the author didn't get too creative) their interest in politics. You can read it ...

In District BM (Before Meters), drivers could cram as many riders into the cab as they could get, all going different places. In District AM...

Sorry I'm not keeping the blog going these days - lots of other things going on in life. Am doing some contracting work and have gone ba...

Even the unemployed can vote! ;). Sorry haven't posted much - poor people (and those who don't get reimbursed by work) don't tak...

While I'm pounding the pavement - let me know what your dream job is in the new poll.

Yelled at a cab driver a couple of days ago. Couldn't help myself. Just came out. A friend had taken me out to dinner and hailed a cab t...