Taxi's Cannot Pick Up Passengers in ...
- red zones
- bus zones
- no-parking zones
When taxi cab drivers see a person standing on the side of the road with their hand in the air 9 times out of 10 they will not pull over. It is a common misunderstanding that it is illegal to hail a taxi in Los Angeles. Instead, most cab drivers do not pull over because they are scared of getting ticketed for pulling over to pickup passengers in one of the the three restricted zones. The safest place for taxi's to pick up customers is at taxi stands, of which there are 600 taxi stands in Los Angeles.
According to the Los Angeles Yellow Cab company their cabbies spend 60% of their time waiting at taxi cab stands. Taxis would be more efficient if they were allowed to pick up passengers on the street. The City Council seems to agree with this statement. They would like to see the restrictions loosened or at the very least not as strictly enforced.
Los Angeles v. New York City
While Los Angeles will never have a cab culture quite like New York City, some would like to see become more conducive to hailing cabs. But a cab culture seems nearly impossible in a city that is made up of several sub-cities connected by freeways. The city of Los Angeles may be too sprawled out to have the cab culture of New York City. This culture may only be possible in downtown Los Angeles or Hollywood.
In Los Angeles compared to New York there are just not enough taxis to support the sheer number of people in the city. Los Angeles has roughly 3,500 licensed taxi drivers for a city of 4 million people. New York has about 47,000 taxi drivers for a city of 8 million.
Hail-a-cab project
Hail-a-cab project is what city council members and some taxi cab drivers are working on to have the restrictions limited. They hope that Los Angeles citizens will soon be able to hail taxis, keeping the taxis busy and transportation moving.
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