Why does the taxi stand person ask where you're headed (LGA)

[BrooklynTurk]

Originally Posted by EuroFresh

hahaha taxi stands. those are hilarious, I just walk a little before the stand and get in a cab imed. i love how there are such long lines of clueless people standing there forever with no idea they can just walk away from it.

The funny thing is it's actually technically illegal for the cab driver to pick you up. There's so many stupid laws in the taxi industry.

I think it was that we weren't allowed to do any pickups within like 2-3 blocks of like MSG or some sort of rule like that so it would force everyone to wait on line at the taxi stand at MSG.

There's other ridiculous rules such as if a customer and I actually make eye contact it is against the rules for me to pick up another customer. Obviously none of these rules are enforced but that's how stupid the rules can be sometimes.

[BrooklynTurk]

Originally Posted by Above Average Bear

Started with my pops checker cab in 76. I also shaped up in the 50s on the west side after he sold his medallian. I wish that I had the presence of mind to purchase it when he sold. I believe that they are going north of 1M today.

They were.. but that was a heavily inflated price tag..

As of now they're selling for about $700,000.. the medallion price is taking a hit because of this whole Uber drama.. it's not even like a taxi drivers income has changed.. just people are in this whole Uber hype.. the medallion will rise again though.. the city isn't stupid enough to kill their cash cow for some douches who made an app rich.

[BrooklynTurk]

Originally Posted by ny123

Interesting, Above Average Bear and Bluedog2. Perhaps you had fought to take the same passengers in the 70's, hehe.

Re taxi driver preferences, how do they like several friends sharing the cab and getting off at different places? I guess it's no difference from taking 1 passenger all the way, except wasting more gas?

Originally Posted by Above Average Bear

Passengers sharing a ride never bothered me. It happened on more than a few occasions.

Cab drivers actually do not prefer this method because cab drivers make most of their money from the initial rate.

For example.

Let's say I picked you both up on 10th street and dropped you off on 20th... the initial rate is $2.50 and $1.30(off peak hours $1.80 during peak hours of 4 pm to 8 pm) now after this new wheelchair surcharge.. if you ever watch the meter it'll roughly go up about 50 cents every 5 blocks so it's about a dime a block rougly.. so those 10 blocks without stopping would come out to about $1.00. That trip would be $4.80 if you do one trip.. BUT let's say I dropped one of you off after 5 blocks and restarted the meter and dropped the second person after another 5 blocks... that would be $4.30 a piece... $8.60 total... that's still excluding tip from each trip. That's why cab drivers usually don't like long trips or multiple stops.

[roccos]

Thank you for the explanation, bluedog. I figured it was to get back in line quickly. Didn't know the term 'shorty ticket' . What is this 'imed' thing EuroFresh is talking about?

[Febtober]

Originally Posted by EuroFresh

hahaha taxi stands. those are hilarious, I just walk a little before the stand and get in a cab imed. i love how there are such long lines of clueless people standing there forever with no idea they can just walk away from it.

This thread is specifically about the taxi stands at the airports, where it is not possible to bypass them.

[Taxi guy]

Originally Posted by EuroFresh

hahaha taxi stands. those are hilarious, I just walk a little before the stand and get in a cab imed. i love how there are such long lines of clueless people standing there forever with no idea they can just walk away from it.

This can work at Penn Station or Port Authority, but don't try it at the airports EuroTrash.