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When Uber or Lyft announces a new perk, the other follows, thereby pushing up the floor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, both companies recently announced short-term car rentals for drivers who don’t have their own wheels or insurance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Uber and Lyft both recognize that if they don’t keep rates competitive, and add more driver perks — and both have very large teams working on this — they will lose out on drivers,” Pearce says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sherpashare data indicate many drivers work for more than one service. Pearce says they don’t have a strong incentive to be loyal because the differences between companies are not that stark. Drivers’ bottom-line concern: “They just want to log in and have passengers to pick up,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If one company won and got all the business, he says, drivers would lose out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2016 NPR. 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To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=In+The+Battle+Between+Lyft+And+Uber%2C+The+Focus+Is+On+Drivers&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\" alt=\"\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Transcript :\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ARI SHAPIRO, HOST:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And let’s turn now to one of the fiercest business rivalries made possible by the smartphone app revolution. It’s time for All Tech considered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SHAPIRO: Hundreds of thousands of people now drive for either Uber or Lyft, providing rides at the touch of an app. There have been legal debates over their status. Are the drivers contractors or employees? Can they unionize? Now add this to the driver’s dilemma: When they sign on to drive for one company, drivers become a recruitment target for the other. 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Riders who parked at West Oakland on Saturday before the shooting had to take AC transit buses to the station from the MacArthur and Lake Merritt stops to pick up their cars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The station reopened late Saturday night and it was open again Sunday morning as usual, BART spokesman Jim Allison said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART investigators have pulled video from surveillance cameras in the train car where the shooting took place and from West Oakland Station, Ledford said, adding that police interviewed many witnesses who were on the train.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The shooting renews questions about the challenges of maintaining security on public transit, where passengers are essentially free to carry whatever they want, included loaded firearms, aboard trains, buses and ferries. Muni has been the scene of two such incidents in recent years, including last April's Tommy Clayton shooting. In September 2013, a San Francisco State student named \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Absorbed-device-users-oblivious-to-danger-4876709.php\" target=\"_blank\">Justin Valdez was killed \u003c/a>in an apparently random shooting by a fellow passenger on a light-rail vehicle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART's Allison says the agency has tried to prepare for trouble on its trains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Since 9/11 all BART frontline employees have received extensive training on how to react to emergencies,\" Allison said in an email. \"BART police have \u003ca href=\"http://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2011/news20110201\" target=\"_blank\">increased patrols\u003c/a> inside stations.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There have been many other steps taken to keep BART safe that aren't public, Allison said, including new alarms and increased video surveillance. 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"content": "\u003cp>A contentious election for the board of directors of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, which drew the largest turnout in the organization's history, has ended and the first priority will be to hire a new executive director.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The SFBC, founded 40 years ago, has become one the biggest and most influential voices for bicycling and safe streets in the country. Its membership numbers are the envy of many local advocacy organizations: More than 10,000 people can call themselves bike coalition members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So when the SFBC's member-elected board of directors proposed taking away voting rights, and instead have its directors appointed, some members were alarmed and launched an effort to \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.savesfbike.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Save the SF Bike Coalition\u003c/a>,\" headed by Jeremy Pollock, a bike advocate and aide to Supervisor John Avalos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The SFBC has been gradually deprioritizing members to gain favor with big donors, politicians, and corporate funders,\" the group wrote on its website. \"While we fully appreciate the importance of fundraising and building relationships with politicians to accomplish the Bike Coalition’s goals, we’re concerned that the SFBC is becoming less supportive of member-volunteer advocates.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The board said it had good reasons to change the rules, but admitted it fumbled the way it presented the issue to members. Some current and former staffers, board members and supporters stressed that it is best practice for nonprofit boards to be appointed, and for board members to focus on fundraising and management.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10830106\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10830106\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/image-1-800x382.jpeg\" alt=\"The Logo of the Save SFBC slate. \" width=\"800\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/image-1-800x382.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/image-1-400x191.jpeg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/image-1-768x366.jpeg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/image-1-1440x687.jpeg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/image-1-1180x563.jpeg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/image-1-960x458.jpeg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/image-1.jpeg 1547w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Logo of the Save SF Bike slate. \u003ccite>(Save SF Bike )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10830250\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10830250\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/FullSizeRender-3-800x388.jpg\" alt=\"The logo of the Love SFBC slate.\" width=\"800\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/FullSizeRender-3-800x388.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/FullSizeRender-3-400x194.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/FullSizeRender-3-768x373.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/FullSizeRender-3-1440x699.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/FullSizeRender-3-1180x573.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/FullSizeRender-3-960x466.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/FullSizeRender-3.jpg 1465w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The logo of the Love SFBC slate.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But members of the Save SF Bike group retained a lawyer, and after threatening legal action, forced the organization to hold an election, in which two opposing slates of candidates -- Save SF Bike and \u003ca href=\"http://www.lovesfbc.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Love SFBC\u003c/a> -- ran for seven open seats. It was the first time a board election had been contested.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On its website, Love SFBC, whose slogan was \"Pedal Forward, Not Backward,\" said the board should stay focused on \"enabling staff, and not taking them in an overly political direction.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Board members ... play the important role of governance, including areas such as finances, fundraising, non-profit management, and human resources. We need professional Board members who understand and have experience in these roles.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The technical and legal issues that were challenged are pretty complicated, but \u003ca href=\"http://sf.streetsblog.org/2015/11/30/san-francisco-bicycle-coalition-faces-contested-board-election/\" target=\"_blank\">this lengthy story\u003c/a> from Streetsblog San Francisco's Melanie Curry summed up the election this way:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Depending whom you talk to, the issues are member's privacy vs. members voting rights, \u003ca href=\"https://www.byline.com/column/6/article/613\" target=\"_blank\">progressive vs. neoliberal politics\u003c/a>, whether the board should become professional or stick to its grassroots tradition, or whether diversity and equity belong at the core of bike advocacy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The conflict has created a face-off between two opposing candidate slates for the seven board seats up for election this year, giving members what looks like a stark choice between business as usual and a takeover by a new board.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/SF-Bike-Coalition-members-feuding-over-privacy-6416200.php?t=78f12d7a5461146f10&cmpid=twitter-premium\" target=\"_blank\">Chronicle\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://sfist.com/2015/12/01/heres_more_than_you_probably_ever_w.php\" target=\"_blank\">SFist\u003c/a> also have interesting accounts of the issues. As SFist's Jay Barmann put it: It's more than you'll ever want to know.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfbike.org/news/2015-board-of-directors-election-results/\" target=\"_blank\">results of the election\u003c/a> were announced last week, and a majority of the Love SFBC candidates won, but two candidates from the Save SF Bike slate were among the top seven vote-getters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think the big takeaway is that there is a lot of passion around bicycling and around the organization,\" said Leah Shahum, the bike coalition's former longtime executive director, who received the most votes and was elected to the board as part of the Love SFBC slate. \"I know a lot of organizations that would give their right arm to have this kind of engagement.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Shirley Johnson, elected as part of the Save SF Bike slate, the election was about retaining voting rights and transparency. She said some members feel the organization needs to do a better job reaching out to low-income communities and people of color.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They have some blind spots right now, and members came together to say, 'Hey look, we have some ideas to improve this.' In fact, we feel so passionate about it that we're running for the board,\" said Johnson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Johnson leads a group called \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfbike.org/our-work/regional-advocacy/caltrain/\" target=\"_blank\">BIKES ONboard\u003c/a>, which fought to gain more bicycle access on BART and Caltrain. It was under the umbrella of SFBC, which decided to part with the group. Moving forward. Johnson says she would like to see SFBC empower member advocates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pollock said the election was a good first step and hopes to work with the board to push Save SF Bike's platform of \"reinvigorating the coalition, diversifying it and strengthening it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I hope that it shows that member elections can be a great way to get members involved and excited about the organization,\" said Pollock. \"It's healthy to have different perspectives about how we should go forward.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Love SFBC said on its website that it's looking forward to moving on, and focusing advocacy around some of the big issues ahead in 2016.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The strong showing of our slate of candidates (5 of our 7 candidates won!), combined with the fact that all of those elected have long-time ties to the SFBC, leave us optimistic for the future of the organization. \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfbike.org/news/what-sf-bicycle-coalition-staff-members-are-most-excited-about-in-2016/\" target=\"_blank\">We have a big year ahead of us\u003c/a>, and we hope that everyone who campaigned and voted will continue their engagement and dedication to the SFBC.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Save SF Bike, the organization's bylaws dictate that candidates must receive a majority of votes, or face a runoff election, or be appointed by the board. Three candidates did not receive a majority, and SFBC must now decide whether to appoint them or hold a runoff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meantime, Lawrence Li, the past president of the board who was re-elected, said the first priority will be to hire a new executive director. It'll be a nationwide search, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the middle of the board turmoil, executive director Noah Budnick \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/11/19/s-f-bike-coalition-looks-for-new-leader-after-surprise-resignation\" target=\"_blank\">abruptly resigned\u003c/a>, saying he wanted to spend more time with his family. Budnick is a veteran bike advocate who came from New York's Transportation Alternatives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For now, program director Margaret McCarthy \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfexaminer.com/new-interim-bike-coalition-director-starts-today/\" target=\"_blank\">has been named interim executive director\u003c/a>. 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We need professional Board members who understand and have experience in these roles.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The technical and legal issues that were challenged are pretty complicated, but \u003ca href=\"http://sf.streetsblog.org/2015/11/30/san-francisco-bicycle-coalition-faces-contested-board-election/\" target=\"_blank\">this lengthy story\u003c/a> from Streetsblog San Francisco's Melanie Curry summed up the election this way:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Depending whom you talk to, the issues are member's privacy vs. members voting rights, \u003ca href=\"https://www.byline.com/column/6/article/613\" target=\"_blank\">progressive vs. neoliberal politics\u003c/a>, whether the board should become professional or stick to its grassroots tradition, or whether diversity and equity belong at the core of bike advocacy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The conflict has created a face-off between two opposing candidate slates for the seven board seats up for election this year, giving members what looks like a stark choice between business as usual and a takeover by a new board.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/SF-Bike-Coalition-members-feuding-over-privacy-6416200.php?t=78f12d7a5461146f10&cmpid=twitter-premium\" target=\"_blank\">Chronicle\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://sfist.com/2015/12/01/heres_more_than_you_probably_ever_w.php\" target=\"_blank\">SFist\u003c/a> also have interesting accounts of the issues. 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"content": "\u003cp>As you will quickly discover if you ask your cab driver what he or she thinks about Uber and Lyft, those who work in the taxi industry consider the ride-service companies to be four-letter words of another order.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, over the past few years, San Francisco taxi companies have had trouble filling their shifts. That's because drivers have jumped ship to work for the upstarts, and new drivers entering the profession have opted for the ride services as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Examiner reported on Wednesday that Yellow Cab, the largest taxi company in the city, \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfexaminer.com/yellow-cab-to-file-for-bankruptcy/\" target=\"_blank\">will soon file for bankruptcy\u003c/a> in order to restructure its business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"On background, multiple sources told the Examiner that cab companies are having a tough time hiring competent drivers and may be hiring drivers with spotty driving records,\" the paper said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet, there are other drivers who have taken the opposite route, going from Uber and Lyft to driving a cab.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mickey Kelley operates the San Francisco Taxi School, which offers prospective cab drivers the courses they must take to get licensed. Classes range from five to 15 students each week. He estimates that from one-third to one-half of his students over the last six months have been former Uber and Lyft drivers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It started longer than six months ago, but about six months ago it really picked up,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of those were former cab drivers who had let their licenses expire when they moved on to the ride-service companies but now wanted to return to taxi work, Kelley says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We’ve had cab drivers that quit driving a cab [to work for a ride-service firm], and a lot of those guys have come back and had to drive a cab again,“ he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hansu Kim, owner of Flywheel Cab, said he's seen the same thing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re seeing a stream of UberX and Lyft drivers looking to drive a taxi now,\" Kim said. \"It used to be a trickle, now it’s more of a stream. Not the floodgates, yet.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flywheel referred me to Abdallah Hammad, 49, who has been driving for the company for about three years. To supplement his income, he drove on the side for both Uber and Lyft for about a year, but stopped around seven or eight months ago. The main reason: the extra cost and \"wear and tear\" of using his own car to do business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Note: Ride-service drivers can get partial relief from this expense by using the standard mileage-rate deduction on their tax returns.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hammad said that twice during Uber calls, customers became angry at the inflated fares they had to pay during a \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/search?q=surge+pricing+ube\" target=\"_blank\">surge pricing period\u003c/a> and slammed his car door so hard he had to have his automatic windows repaired.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But hadn't those customers agreed to accept the surge price when they ordered the ride?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[Passengers] are \u003ca href=\"http://thegrio.com/2016/01/03/ubers-new-years-eve-surge-pricing-outrages-passengers-worldwide/\" target=\"_blank\">still mad\u003c/a>, even though they know in advance,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hammad said passengers who had to fork over during a surge also tended to give him a lower rating. Uber drivers must maintain a 4.6 passenger rating or be \u003ca href=\"http://observer.com/2015/02/uber-drivers-the-punishment-for-bad-ratings-is-costly-training-courses/\" target=\"_blank\">suspended from driving\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kelly Dessaint, 44, who chronicles his \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfexaminer.com/author/k_dessaint/\" target=\"_blank\">adventures as a cab driver\u003c/a> for the San Francisco Examiner, started his professional driving career working for Uber and Lyft in 2014. But he quit early last year, went to taxi school, and has been driving for National Veterans Cab in San Francisco since February. He says he likes the feeling of community among cab drivers and that he makes more money driving a taxi than he did for Uber and Lyft.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You’re doing all these $5 rides, you’re not getting tipped,” he said about driving for the ride services. “With a cab you can talk it up and people will tip you really well.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uber doesn’t \u003ca href=\"http://www.scpr.org/news/2015/10/21/55137/uber-tips-policy-causing-confusion-possibly-lower/\">allow tipping\u003c/a>, and Dessaint says \"you can tip on Lyft but nobody does. It’s so rare.” (Lyft says passengers collectively \u003ca href=\"http://thehub.lyft.com/blog/2015-highlights-for-drivers?utm_medium=Email&utm_source=ExactTarget&utm_campaign=82821259\" target=\"_blank\">gave more than $40 million in tips\u003c/a> to its 100,000 drivers in 2015. That's an average of $400 for each driver.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kelley, of the San Francisco Taxi School, believes that ride-service drivers who do the math discover that after maintenance and depreciation on their vehicle, they can do better driving a cab, which hasn't always been the case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If you go back two years ago, it used to be pretty profitable to drive for [the ride services],\" he said. \"It’s just not anymore.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A price war between Uber and Lyft has contributed to a \u003ca href=\"http://fortune.com/2014/05/28/in-price-wars-some-uber-and-lyft-drivers-feel-the-crunch/\" target=\"_blank\">decline in driver pay\u003c/a>. Michael Banko, for instance, who has been driving for Lyft in San Francisco since 2012, said the lower rates that Lyft now charges have cut his driving income in half. He did say, however, that he gets tips from passengers “all the time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How Much Do Ride Service Drivers Really Make? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nobody has really figured out, empirically, whether taxi or TNC (transportation network company) drivers make more money. Early last year, Uber released data that showed their drivers having the advantage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"A lot of former taxi drivers have decided they wanted to work for themselves and become self-employed,” the company wrote in an April 2015 \u003ca href=\"https://newsroom.uber.com/taxi-driver-jobs-vs-driving-with-uber/\">Uber Newsroom post\u003c/a>. \"These ex-taxicab drivers are choosing Uber because they like making more money and having a much more flexible schedule.” The post included this graphic: \u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10815071\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/uberEarnings.jpg\" alt=\"uberEarnings\" width=\"788\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/uberEarnings.jpg 788w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/uberEarnings-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/uberEarnings-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That $19.04 per hour figure comes from a \u003ca href=\"http://www.bsgco.com/insights/uber-the-driver-roadmap\" target=\"_blank\">December 2014 survey\u003c/a> by Benenson Strategy Group of 601 Uber \"driver partners\" in 20 markets. An Uber \u003ca href=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/uber-static/comms/PDF/Uber_Driver-Partners_Hall_Kreuger_2015.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">analysis\u003c/a>, put together in conjunction with economist Alan B. Krueger, also cited data in a \u003ca href=\"http://stats.bls.gov/oes/2013/may/oes533041.htm\" target=\"_blank\">May 2013 Occupational Employment Statistics Survey\u003c/a> by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics to show that taxi and limo drivers in six key markets made a median wage of $12.90 per hour, compared with Uber drivers' $19.19. But the Uber earnings figures \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2015/01/22/the-missing-data-point-from-ubers-driver-analysis-how-far-they-drive/\" target=\"_blank\">do not subtract the cost of gas, insurance and other expenses, like repairs\u003c/a>. (Newsweek \u003ca href=\"http://www.newsweek.com/thousands-drivers-declined-take-uber-survey-which-claims-78-drivers-satisfied-301252\" target=\"_blank\">also noted \u003c/a>that Uber price cuts went into effect soon after the survey. )\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A similar survey released by Uber last month notably didn't address \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Uber-survey-highlights-driver-happiness-ignores-6676872.php\" target=\"_blank\">how much\u003c/a> drivers make.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another data point: In September and October 2015, Sherpashare, a company that helps ride-service drivers track their earnings, surveyed 963 Uber and Lyft drivers. You can see self-reported gross income in this \u003ca href=\"https://www.sherpashare.com/share/the-top-demographic-trends-of-the-on-demand-workforce-appendix/\" target=\"_blank\">chart\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The data found a big discrepancy in earnings between drivers over and under 55. Those who worked 31 to 40 hours per week and were 55 or under made an average of $2,162 gross per month, while those over 55 made $1,662.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another \u003ca href=\"https://www.sherpashare.com/share/what-uber-lyft-drivers-earn-per-trip/\" target=\"_blank\">SherpaShare study\u003c/a>, “based on millions of UberX and Lyft trips tracked by drivers on the SherpaShare platform,” reported the average gross earnings per trip in May 2015 for each company in major cities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, the average trip earned UberX drivers -- and again, these are gross earnings --- $14.65. Lyft drivers grossed $13.42 a trip.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And yet another set of numbers: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/11/16/california-regulators-offer-a-tiny-glimpse-of-data-from-uber-and-lyft\" target=\"_blank\">Aggregated data for all ride-service trips\u003c/a> in California presented at a Nov. 5 meeting of the California Public Utilities Commission and obtained by KQED combine stats submitted by UberX, Lyft, Sidecar, Summon, Wings and Shuddle. It shows the distribution of rides by the amount that passengers paid over 2014-15. Almost half of all fares were under $10, with an additional 23 percent between $10 to $15. A driver's share would be less than that after Uber and Lyft took their cut.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes533041.htm\" target=\"_blank\">May 2014 Occupational Employment Statistics Survey\u003c/a> found 178,000 cab drivers and chauffeurs in the country made an average of almost $26,000, or $12.35 per hour. In California, the average was $28,190 and $13.56 per hour.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A Former Cab Driver Who Loves Uber\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In response to taxi driver Abdallah Hammad's negative experience driving for Uber, company spokeswoman Eva Behrend referred me to current UberX driver Tammy Johnson, of East Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Johnson, 38, told me she loves working for Uber, after driving for cab companies in San Leandro and Walnut Creek, where she experienced \"harassment in different forms. Everyone trying to hit on you.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Financial concerns also compelled her to switch. In general, every time taxi drivers go out on a shift, there's a chance they'll actually \u003cem>lose\u003c/em> money, because most of them lease their vehicles from the cab companies. Combine that with the cost of gas, and drivers start every shift in the hole. Johnson says that at least five times she didn't make enough money in fares to cover her daily costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also said there was \"too much favoritism. Family members and insiders got the best calls.\" She felt compelled to buy dispatchers lunch or a bottle of wine to gain favor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To be sure, the taxi industry has long had a reputation as a place where drivers \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/11/taxi-drivers-and-whos-taking-money-out-of-their-pockets\" target=\"_blank\">have to pay cab company employees\u003c/a>. The San Francisco Transportation Code prohibits these payments, which some in the industry call tips, and others refer to as bribes, but the rule is unenforced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the amounts may seem small, they can add up. For example, John Han, a longtime San Francisco cab driver, told me he switched back to working at Yellow Cab in part because dispatchers at another company, which he didn't want to name, were demanding a total of $10 per day instead of the $6 he had been paying at Yellow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Drivers are generally split over the fairness of this tipping system -- some don't mind, some say it's onerous. Either way, even $10 a day over the course of a year can easily add up to a couple of thousand dollars in a job that doesn't pay much to begin with. In 2014, one cab driver I talked to told me he was quitting to go to work for a ride service specifically because of having to pay taxi dispatchers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>New Taxi Meters: Leveling the Playing Field?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month, California's Division of Measurement Standards \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Flywheel-aims-to-replace-taxi-meters-with-6713925.php\" target=\"_blank\">approved TaxiOS\u003c/a> from Redwood City's Flywheel, a new GPS-based taxicab metering system. That's the same Flywheel that enables passengers to request cabs, track their location and pay, all via smartphones, just like Uber and Lyft.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flywheel says about 80 percent of San Francisco cabs now accept calls from its app. The requests go out to every taxi that uses the system regardless of which company they work for.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Susan Shaheen, co-director of the \u003ca href=\"http://tsrc.berkeley.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">Transportation Sustainability Research Center\u003c/a> at UC Berkeley, last month \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/kqed/california-allows-smartphone-metered-taxis\" target=\"_blank\">told KQED's Mina Kim\u003c/a> that TaxiOS, which works with Android phones, will add \"an additional layer of flexibility to the taxi industry,\" allowing fare-splitting among customers and dynamic prices based on demand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/238752982\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hansu Kim -- who likes Flywheel's e-hailing system so much he \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/DeSoto-S-F-s-oldest-taxi-firm-rebrands-6087480.php\" target=\"_blank\">renamed his company\u003c/a> after it -- thinks the new TaxiOS meters will further enable cabbies to compete with Uber and Lyft drivers. About 50 Flywheel cabs participated in a recent two-month pilot program of the new meters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kim believes the abundance of San Francisco cabs that have adopted Flywheel's convenient e-hailing system leaves Uber and Lyft with the sole advantage of lower prices. He says the new meters will offer his drivers the ability to compete on cost, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"With our [new] system we can now go to lower rates, more competitive rates ... where they’re appropriate,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flywheel -- the smartphone platform, not the cab company -- will create an algorithm that lowers prices when demand is low, Kim said. Those calls will be offered to cab drivers, who can decide whether to take them or not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cabs will still not be able to charge more during periods of high demand, as Uber has \u003ca href=\"http://bgr.com/2016/01/04/new-years-eve-uber-surge-pricing-reactions/\" target=\"_blank\">notoriously done\u003c/a>, because the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency has to approve any higher fares. However, Kim says, customers can lure cabs when they appear to be scarce through a pre-tipping component on the Flywheel app.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"A passenger through their app can say I’m going to tip you 10 bucks, or 20 percent, and that creates a tremendous incentive for someone to ... go pick up that fare.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kim said TaxiOS will also allow him to offer drivers a \"split meter system,\" in which the problem that former cab driver Tammy Johnson described -- leasing a cab and then not making enough money to cover the cost of the rental -- wouldn't be a risk, because the cab company will take only a portion of what the driver makes, the same business model that Uber and Lyft use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I need to be able to lease vehicles to drivers who want to drive just a few hours a week part time,\" Kim said. \"So the traditional payment system, where you pay a lease for a cab for a certain amount of time, that needs to change.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two taxi drivers I spoke to about the new TaxiOS meters were less than enthusiastic, if not downright suspicious.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Ultimately, the new Flywheel meters are fixing a problem that doesn’t exist,\" said Kelly Dessaint. He said his customers already split fares and negotiate for lower fares on slow nights. And he considers the algorithmic ability to decrease prices to be a bug, not a feature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It becomes a race to the bottom,\" he said. \"And that's how Uber and Lyft screw their drivers.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Uber has \u003ca href=\"https://newsroom.uber.com/beating-the-winter-slump-price-cuts-for-riders-with-guaranteed-earnings-for-drivers/\" target=\"_blank\">claimed\u003c/a> drivers actually make more in \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/uber_PriceCuts_BlogInfographic-01.png\" target=\"_blank\">some cities\u003c/a> under the price cuts.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>John Han, who drives for Yellow Cab, echoed Dessaint's concern.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that’s just participating in a race to the bottom,\" Han said. \"I don't want to compete for these lesser fares. It would be another reason to hand in my keys as a taxi driver.\"\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>As you will quickly discover if you ask your cab driver what he or she thinks about Uber and Lyft, those who work in the taxi industry consider the ride-service companies to be four-letter words of another order.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, over the past few years, San Francisco taxi companies have had trouble filling their shifts. That's because drivers have jumped ship to work for the upstarts, and new drivers entering the profession have opted for the ride services as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Examiner reported on Wednesday that Yellow Cab, the largest taxi company in the city, \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfexaminer.com/yellow-cab-to-file-for-bankruptcy/\" target=\"_blank\">will soon file for bankruptcy\u003c/a> in order to restructure its business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"On background, multiple sources told the Examiner that cab companies are having a tough time hiring competent drivers and may be hiring drivers with spotty driving records,\" the paper said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet, there are other drivers who have taken the opposite route, going from Uber and Lyft to driving a cab.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mickey Kelley operates the San Francisco Taxi School, which offers prospective cab drivers the courses they must take to get licensed. Classes range from five to 15 students each week. He estimates that from one-third to one-half of his students over the last six months have been former Uber and Lyft drivers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It started longer than six months ago, but about six months ago it really picked up,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of those were former cab drivers who had let their licenses expire when they moved on to the ride-service companies but now wanted to return to taxi work, Kelley says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We’ve had cab drivers that quit driving a cab [to work for a ride-service firm], and a lot of those guys have come back and had to drive a cab again,“ he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hansu Kim, owner of Flywheel Cab, said he's seen the same thing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re seeing a stream of UberX and Lyft drivers looking to drive a taxi now,\" Kim said. \"It used to be a trickle, now it’s more of a stream. Not the floodgates, yet.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flywheel referred me to Abdallah Hammad, 49, who has been driving for the company for about three years. To supplement his income, he drove on the side for both Uber and Lyft for about a year, but stopped around seven or eight months ago. The main reason: the extra cost and \"wear and tear\" of using his own car to do business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Note: Ride-service drivers can get partial relief from this expense by using the standard mileage-rate deduction on their tax returns.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hammad said that twice during Uber calls, customers became angry at the inflated fares they had to pay during a \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/search?q=surge+pricing+ube\" target=\"_blank\">surge pricing period\u003c/a> and slammed his car door so hard he had to have his automatic windows repaired.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But hadn't those customers agreed to accept the surge price when they ordered the ride?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[Passengers] are \u003ca href=\"http://thegrio.com/2016/01/03/ubers-new-years-eve-surge-pricing-outrages-passengers-worldwide/\" target=\"_blank\">still mad\u003c/a>, even though they know in advance,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hammad said passengers who had to fork over during a surge also tended to give him a lower rating. Uber drivers must maintain a 4.6 passenger rating or be \u003ca href=\"http://observer.com/2015/02/uber-drivers-the-punishment-for-bad-ratings-is-costly-training-courses/\" target=\"_blank\">suspended from driving\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kelly Dessaint, 44, who chronicles his \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfexaminer.com/author/k_dessaint/\" target=\"_blank\">adventures as a cab driver\u003c/a> for the San Francisco Examiner, started his professional driving career working for Uber and Lyft in 2014. But he quit early last year, went to taxi school, and has been driving for National Veterans Cab in San Francisco since February. He says he likes the feeling of community among cab drivers and that he makes more money driving a taxi than he did for Uber and Lyft.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You’re doing all these $5 rides, you’re not getting tipped,” he said about driving for the ride services. “With a cab you can talk it up and people will tip you really well.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uber doesn’t \u003ca href=\"http://www.scpr.org/news/2015/10/21/55137/uber-tips-policy-causing-confusion-possibly-lower/\">allow tipping\u003c/a>, and Dessaint says \"you can tip on Lyft but nobody does. It’s so rare.” (Lyft says passengers collectively \u003ca href=\"http://thehub.lyft.com/blog/2015-highlights-for-drivers?utm_medium=Email&utm_source=ExactTarget&utm_campaign=82821259\" target=\"_blank\">gave more than $40 million in tips\u003c/a> to its 100,000 drivers in 2015. That's an average of $400 for each driver.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kelley, of the San Francisco Taxi School, believes that ride-service drivers who do the math discover that after maintenance and depreciation on their vehicle, they can do better driving a cab, which hasn't always been the case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If you go back two years ago, it used to be pretty profitable to drive for [the ride services],\" he said. \"It’s just not anymore.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A price war between Uber and Lyft has contributed to a \u003ca href=\"http://fortune.com/2014/05/28/in-price-wars-some-uber-and-lyft-drivers-feel-the-crunch/\" target=\"_blank\">decline in driver pay\u003c/a>. Michael Banko, for instance, who has been driving for Lyft in San Francisco since 2012, said the lower rates that Lyft now charges have cut his driving income in half. He did say, however, that he gets tips from passengers “all the time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How Much Do Ride Service Drivers Really Make? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nobody has really figured out, empirically, whether taxi or TNC (transportation network company) drivers make more money. Early last year, Uber released data that showed their drivers having the advantage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"A lot of former taxi drivers have decided they wanted to work for themselves and become self-employed,” the company wrote in an April 2015 \u003ca href=\"https://newsroom.uber.com/taxi-driver-jobs-vs-driving-with-uber/\">Uber Newsroom post\u003c/a>. \"These ex-taxicab drivers are choosing Uber because they like making more money and having a much more flexible schedule.” The post included this graphic: \u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10815071\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/uberEarnings.jpg\" alt=\"uberEarnings\" width=\"788\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/uberEarnings.jpg 788w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/uberEarnings-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/uberEarnings-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That $19.04 per hour figure comes from a \u003ca href=\"http://www.bsgco.com/insights/uber-the-driver-roadmap\" target=\"_blank\">December 2014 survey\u003c/a> by Benenson Strategy Group of 601 Uber \"driver partners\" in 20 markets. An Uber \u003ca href=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/uber-static/comms/PDF/Uber_Driver-Partners_Hall_Kreuger_2015.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">analysis\u003c/a>, put together in conjunction with economist Alan B. Krueger, also cited data in a \u003ca href=\"http://stats.bls.gov/oes/2013/may/oes533041.htm\" target=\"_blank\">May 2013 Occupational Employment Statistics Survey\u003c/a> by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics to show that taxi and limo drivers in six key markets made a median wage of $12.90 per hour, compared with Uber drivers' $19.19. But the Uber earnings figures \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2015/01/22/the-missing-data-point-from-ubers-driver-analysis-how-far-they-drive/\" target=\"_blank\">do not subtract the cost of gas, insurance and other expenses, like repairs\u003c/a>. (Newsweek \u003ca href=\"http://www.newsweek.com/thousands-drivers-declined-take-uber-survey-which-claims-78-drivers-satisfied-301252\" target=\"_blank\">also noted \u003c/a>that Uber price cuts went into effect soon after the survey. )\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A similar survey released by Uber last month notably didn't address \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Uber-survey-highlights-driver-happiness-ignores-6676872.php\" target=\"_blank\">how much\u003c/a> drivers make.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another data point: In September and October 2015, Sherpashare, a company that helps ride-service drivers track their earnings, surveyed 963 Uber and Lyft drivers. You can see self-reported gross income in this \u003ca href=\"https://www.sherpashare.com/share/the-top-demographic-trends-of-the-on-demand-workforce-appendix/\" target=\"_blank\">chart\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The data found a big discrepancy in earnings between drivers over and under 55. Those who worked 31 to 40 hours per week and were 55 or under made an average of $2,162 gross per month, while those over 55 made $1,662.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another \u003ca href=\"https://www.sherpashare.com/share/what-uber-lyft-drivers-earn-per-trip/\" target=\"_blank\">SherpaShare study\u003c/a>, “based on millions of UberX and Lyft trips tracked by drivers on the SherpaShare platform,” reported the average gross earnings per trip in May 2015 for each company in major cities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, the average trip earned UberX drivers -- and again, these are gross earnings --- $14.65. Lyft drivers grossed $13.42 a trip.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And yet another set of numbers: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/11/16/california-regulators-offer-a-tiny-glimpse-of-data-from-uber-and-lyft\" target=\"_blank\">Aggregated data for all ride-service trips\u003c/a> in California presented at a Nov. 5 meeting of the California Public Utilities Commission and obtained by KQED combine stats submitted by UberX, Lyft, Sidecar, Summon, Wings and Shuddle. It shows the distribution of rides by the amount that passengers paid over 2014-15. Almost half of all fares were under $10, with an additional 23 percent between $10 to $15. A driver's share would be less than that after Uber and Lyft took their cut.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes533041.htm\" target=\"_blank\">May 2014 Occupational Employment Statistics Survey\u003c/a> found 178,000 cab drivers and chauffeurs in the country made an average of almost $26,000, or $12.35 per hour. In California, the average was $28,190 and $13.56 per hour.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A Former Cab Driver Who Loves Uber\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In response to taxi driver Abdallah Hammad's negative experience driving for Uber, company spokeswoman Eva Behrend referred me to current UberX driver Tammy Johnson, of East Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Johnson, 38, told me she loves working for Uber, after driving for cab companies in San Leandro and Walnut Creek, where she experienced \"harassment in different forms. Everyone trying to hit on you.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Financial concerns also compelled her to switch. In general, every time taxi drivers go out on a shift, there's a chance they'll actually \u003cem>lose\u003c/em> money, because most of them lease their vehicles from the cab companies. Combine that with the cost of gas, and drivers start every shift in the hole. Johnson says that at least five times she didn't make enough money in fares to cover her daily costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also said there was \"too much favoritism. Family members and insiders got the best calls.\" She felt compelled to buy dispatchers lunch or a bottle of wine to gain favor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To be sure, the taxi industry has long had a reputation as a place where drivers \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/11/taxi-drivers-and-whos-taking-money-out-of-their-pockets\" target=\"_blank\">have to pay cab company employees\u003c/a>. The San Francisco Transportation Code prohibits these payments, which some in the industry call tips, and others refer to as bribes, but the rule is unenforced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the amounts may seem small, they can add up. For example, John Han, a longtime San Francisco cab driver, told me he switched back to working at Yellow Cab in part because dispatchers at another company, which he didn't want to name, were demanding a total of $10 per day instead of the $6 he had been paying at Yellow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Drivers are generally split over the fairness of this tipping system -- some don't mind, some say it's onerous. Either way, even $10 a day over the course of a year can easily add up to a couple of thousand dollars in a job that doesn't pay much to begin with. In 2014, one cab driver I talked to told me he was quitting to go to work for a ride service specifically because of having to pay taxi dispatchers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>New Taxi Meters: Leveling the Playing Field?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month, California's Division of Measurement Standards \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Flywheel-aims-to-replace-taxi-meters-with-6713925.php\" target=\"_blank\">approved TaxiOS\u003c/a> from Redwood City's Flywheel, a new GPS-based taxicab metering system. That's the same Flywheel that enables passengers to request cabs, track their location and pay, all via smartphones, just like Uber and Lyft.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flywheel says about 80 percent of San Francisco cabs now accept calls from its app. The requests go out to every taxi that uses the system regardless of which company they work for.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Susan Shaheen, co-director of the \u003ca href=\"http://tsrc.berkeley.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">Transportation Sustainability Research Center\u003c/a> at UC Berkeley, last month \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/kqed/california-allows-smartphone-metered-taxis\" target=\"_blank\">told KQED's Mina Kim\u003c/a> that TaxiOS, which works with Android phones, will add \"an additional layer of flexibility to the taxi industry,\" allowing fare-splitting among customers and dynamic prices based on demand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='100%' height='166'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/238752982&visual=true&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false'\n title='https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/238752982'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hansu Kim -- who likes Flywheel's e-hailing system so much he \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/DeSoto-S-F-s-oldest-taxi-firm-rebrands-6087480.php\" target=\"_blank\">renamed his company\u003c/a> after it -- thinks the new TaxiOS meters will further enable cabbies to compete with Uber and Lyft drivers. About 50 Flywheel cabs participated in a recent two-month pilot program of the new meters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kim believes the abundance of San Francisco cabs that have adopted Flywheel's convenient e-hailing system leaves Uber and Lyft with the sole advantage of lower prices. He says the new meters will offer his drivers the ability to compete on cost, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"With our [new] system we can now go to lower rates, more competitive rates ... where they’re appropriate,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flywheel -- the smartphone platform, not the cab company -- will create an algorithm that lowers prices when demand is low, Kim said. Those calls will be offered to cab drivers, who can decide whether to take them or not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cabs will still not be able to charge more during periods of high demand, as Uber has \u003ca href=\"http://bgr.com/2016/01/04/new-years-eve-uber-surge-pricing-reactions/\" target=\"_blank\">notoriously done\u003c/a>, because the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency has to approve any higher fares. However, Kim says, customers can lure cabs when they appear to be scarce through a pre-tipping component on the Flywheel app.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"A passenger through their app can say I’m going to tip you 10 bucks, or 20 percent, and that creates a tremendous incentive for someone to ... go pick up that fare.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kim said TaxiOS will also allow him to offer drivers a \"split meter system,\" in which the problem that former cab driver Tammy Johnson described -- leasing a cab and then not making enough money to cover the cost of the rental -- wouldn't be a risk, because the cab company will take only a portion of what the driver makes, the same business model that Uber and Lyft use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I need to be able to lease vehicles to drivers who want to drive just a few hours a week part time,\" Kim said. \"So the traditional payment system, where you pay a lease for a cab for a certain amount of time, that needs to change.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two taxi drivers I spoke to about the new TaxiOS meters were less than enthusiastic, if not downright suspicious.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Ultimately, the new Flywheel meters are fixing a problem that doesn’t exist,\" said Kelly Dessaint. He said his customers already split fares and negotiate for lower fares on slow nights. And he considers the algorithmic ability to decrease prices to be a bug, not a feature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It becomes a race to the bottom,\" he said. \"And that's how Uber and Lyft screw their drivers.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Uber has \u003ca href=\"https://newsroom.uber.com/beating-the-winter-slump-price-cuts-for-riders-with-guaranteed-earnings-for-drivers/\" target=\"_blank\">claimed\u003c/a> drivers actually make more in \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/uber_PriceCuts_BlogInfographic-01.png\" target=\"_blank\">some cities\u003c/a> under the price cuts.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>John Han, who drives for Yellow Cab, echoed Dessaint's concern.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>San Francisco has been\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfmayor.org/index.aspx?recordid=1001&page=846\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> making progress\u003c/a> fixing its most dangerous streets, but the number of people killed walking and biking did not decline in 2015, despite the city’s \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/03/06/sf-takes-step-toward-goal-of-zero-traffic-deaths-in-10-years/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vision Zero\u003c/a> goal to end all traffic deaths by 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Twenty-four pedestrians and five bicyclists died in accidents in San Francisco in 2015, according to the San Francisco Medical Examiner (this excludes those ruled suicides and homicides). The number of deaths recorded by the medical examiner was higher than the Vision Zero count kept by the San Francisco Department of Public Health, which has a full-time epidemiologist who analyzes collision data.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright pullquote\">Twenty-four pedestrians and five cyclists died in 2015.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Three pedestrians were killed in collisions on highways, or highway ramps, in San Francisco in 2015, but public health officials don’t include those deaths in their count because they weren’t on city streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They also don’t officially count deaths involving collisions with light-rail vehicles, like the crash that \u003ca href=\"http://abc7news.com/traffic/memorial-grows-for-boy-hit-killed-by-sf-muni-train/716684/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claimed the life of 12-year-old Andrew Wu\u003c/a>, because they didn’t involve motorists. A health department spokeswoman said they hope to put deaths involving light-rail vehicles in the official Vision Zero count in the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition, two pedestrians injured in collisions on city streets in 2013 died from their injuries in 2015. Bruce Baird, 86, was hit by a driver near Geary and Webster Streets on April 4, 2013, and died on Feb. 22, 2015. Lai-Sim Lai, 79, was struck by a driver at Sunset Boulevard and Wawona Street on Oct. 4, 2013, and died on March 19, 2015.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The medical examiner also said a pedestrian, 66-year-old Gregory Rausch, was struck by a train in a Caltrain tunnel in a death that was ruled an accident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another bike rider, 57-year-old Terence Okuda of Kailua, Hawaii, died August 4, two days after a solo crash on Old Mason Street near Crissy Field. A deputy medical examiner said he crashed on the bike route after swerving to avoid a pedestrian.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of November, the health department reported seven other traffic deaths in 2015: six people were killed while riding a motorcycle, and one person was killed while driving.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least five drivers were arrested and charged with vehicular manslaughter. Spokesmen for the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office and the San Francisco Police Department could not immediately confirm the total number of drivers charged, or cited.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Vision Zero\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2013, safe streets advocates were alarmed by the rising number of deaths and severe injury collisions, and lobbied city officials to adopt Vision Zero, taking a page from an initiative that began in Sweden. The program has spread to other cities around the United States.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The following year the city adopted the program, and transportation and public health officials began analyzing traffic deaths and injuries. They counted all traffic deaths, and determined that more than 70 percent of fatal and serious injury collisions occur on just 12 percent of city streets, now identified as high-injury corridors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By their count, in 2015 20 pedestrians and four cyclists were killed by motorists. Of those, 13 pedestrian deaths and two bicyclist deaths were on high-injury corridors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/San_Francisco_Traffic_Deaths_People_Killed_While_Walking_People_Killed_While_Biking_chartbuilder.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10816276\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-10816276\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/San_Francisco_Traffic_Deaths_People_Killed_While_Walking_People_Killed_While_Biking_chartbuilder-800x450.png\" alt=\"San_Francisco_Traffic_Deaths_People_Killed_While_Walking_People_Killed_While_Biking_chartbuilder\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/San_Francisco_Traffic_Deaths_People_Killed_While_Walking_People_Killed_While_Biking_chartbuilder-800x450.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/San_Francisco_Traffic_Deaths_People_Killed_While_Walking_People_Killed_While_Biking_chartbuilder-400x225.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/San_Francisco_Traffic_Deaths_People_Killed_While_Walking_People_Killed_While_Biking_chartbuilder-768x432.png 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/San_Francisco_Traffic_Deaths_People_Killed_While_Walking_People_Killed_While_Biking_chartbuilder-1180x664.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/San_Francisco_Traffic_Deaths_People_Killed_While_Walking_People_Killed_While_Biking_chartbuilder-960x540.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/San_Francisco_Traffic_Deaths_People_Killed_While_Walking_People_Killed_While_Biking_chartbuilder.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While one fatality is one too many, we have been working extremely hard to accomplish safety projects, more enforcement, and more education to ensure that we’re making these streets as safe as possible,” said Paul Rose, a spokesman for the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the last year, the SFMTA completed “quick and cost-effective” safety projects at more than 200 intersections, amounting to 13 miles of roadway improvements on high-injury corridors. Transportation officials say a number of safety projects slated to start construction in 2016 should make a big difference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those projects include long-awaited street redesigns on \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/projects-planning/projects/van-ness-corridor-transit-improvement-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Van Ness Avenue \u003c/a>for bus rapid transit, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/projects-planning/projects/polk-streetscape-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Polk Street\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/projects-planning/projects/masonic-avenue-streetscape-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Masonic Avenue\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It might not happen overnight, but one key accomplishment over the past year is that the city of San Francisco is on the same page in doing everything we all can to reach our goal of zero deaths by 2024,” said Rose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Picking up the Pace\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Safe streets advocates say they’ve seen positive change since Vision Zero was adopted, but they feel the city needs to pick up the pace if it’s going to reach its goal of zero traffic deaths.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nicole Ferrara, the executive director of \u003ca href=\"http://walksf.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Walk San Francisco\u003c/a>, says the Vision Zero projects completed thus far were “pretty small” and “effective but only to a certain extent.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10815002\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS10474_IMG_5184.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10815002\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10815002\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS10474_IMG_5184-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Pedestrians wait to cross 24th Street in the Mission. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pedestrians wait to cross 24th Street in the Mission. \u003ccite>(Mark Andrew Boyd/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>To get a full picture of how the safety improvements are impacting deaths and injuries, Ferrara said you have to consider the total number of severe injury collisions in 2015. There are, on average, around 800 collisions a year, according to the SFMTA. City officials could not immediately provide the number of collisions for 2015.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we really need to do to see a change in the number of injuries is essentially to redesign our streets,” she said. “We need projects to be delivered quicker, more staff support to turn projects around and more leadership at a higher level.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of the collisions, Ferrara said, are preventable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I speak with people who have lost loved ones, and the pain and sorrow they go through is just so unnecessary and avoidable,” she said.\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>\u003cbr>\nCorrection: This story has been changed to reflect that there were a total of 24 pedestrians killed in 2015, not 25, and that SFMTA officials say they count all traffic deaths.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>San Francisco has been\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfmayor.org/index.aspx?recordid=1001&page=846\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> making progress\u003c/a> fixing its most dangerous streets, but the number of people killed walking and biking did not decline in 2015, despite the city’s \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/03/06/sf-takes-step-toward-goal-of-zero-traffic-deaths-in-10-years/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vision Zero\u003c/a> goal to end all traffic deaths by 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Twenty-four pedestrians and five bicyclists died in accidents in San Francisco in 2015, according to the San Francisco Medical Examiner (this excludes those ruled suicides and homicides). The number of deaths recorded by the medical examiner was higher than the Vision Zero count kept by the San Francisco Department of Public Health, which has a full-time epidemiologist who analyzes collision data.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright pullquote\">Twenty-four pedestrians and five cyclists died in 2015.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Three pedestrians were killed in collisions on highways, or highway ramps, in San Francisco in 2015, but public health officials don’t include those deaths in their count because they weren’t on city streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They also don’t officially count deaths involving collisions with light-rail vehicles, like the crash that \u003ca href=\"http://abc7news.com/traffic/memorial-grows-for-boy-hit-killed-by-sf-muni-train/716684/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claimed the life of 12-year-old Andrew Wu\u003c/a>, because they didn’t involve motorists. A health department spokeswoman said they hope to put deaths involving light-rail vehicles in the official Vision Zero count in the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition, two pedestrians injured in collisions on city streets in 2013 died from their injuries in 2015. Bruce Baird, 86, was hit by a driver near Geary and Webster Streets on April 4, 2013, and died on Feb. 22, 2015. Lai-Sim Lai, 79, was struck by a driver at Sunset Boulevard and Wawona Street on Oct. 4, 2013, and died on March 19, 2015.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The medical examiner also said a pedestrian, 66-year-old Gregory Rausch, was struck by a train in a Caltrain tunnel in a death that was ruled an accident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another bike rider, 57-year-old Terence Okuda of Kailua, Hawaii, died August 4, two days after a solo crash on Old Mason Street near Crissy Field. A deputy medical examiner said he crashed on the bike route after swerving to avoid a pedestrian.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of November, the health department reported seven other traffic deaths in 2015: six people were killed while riding a motorcycle, and one person was killed while driving.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least five drivers were arrested and charged with vehicular manslaughter. Spokesmen for the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office and the San Francisco Police Department could not immediately confirm the total number of drivers charged, or cited.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Vision Zero\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2013, safe streets advocates were alarmed by the rising number of deaths and severe injury collisions, and lobbied city officials to adopt Vision Zero, taking a page from an initiative that began in Sweden. The program has spread to other cities around the United States.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The following year the city adopted the program, and transportation and public health officials began analyzing traffic deaths and injuries. They counted all traffic deaths, and determined that more than 70 percent of fatal and serious injury collisions occur on just 12 percent of city streets, now identified as high-injury corridors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By their count, in 2015 20 pedestrians and four cyclists were killed by motorists. Of those, 13 pedestrian deaths and two bicyclist deaths were on high-injury corridors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/San_Francisco_Traffic_Deaths_People_Killed_While_Walking_People_Killed_While_Biking_chartbuilder.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10816276\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-10816276\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/San_Francisco_Traffic_Deaths_People_Killed_While_Walking_People_Killed_While_Biking_chartbuilder-800x450.png\" alt=\"San_Francisco_Traffic_Deaths_People_Killed_While_Walking_People_Killed_While_Biking_chartbuilder\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/San_Francisco_Traffic_Deaths_People_Killed_While_Walking_People_Killed_While_Biking_chartbuilder-800x450.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/San_Francisco_Traffic_Deaths_People_Killed_While_Walking_People_Killed_While_Biking_chartbuilder-400x225.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/San_Francisco_Traffic_Deaths_People_Killed_While_Walking_People_Killed_While_Biking_chartbuilder-768x432.png 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/San_Francisco_Traffic_Deaths_People_Killed_While_Walking_People_Killed_While_Biking_chartbuilder-1180x664.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/San_Francisco_Traffic_Deaths_People_Killed_While_Walking_People_Killed_While_Biking_chartbuilder-960x540.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/San_Francisco_Traffic_Deaths_People_Killed_While_Walking_People_Killed_While_Biking_chartbuilder.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While one fatality is one too many, we have been working extremely hard to accomplish safety projects, more enforcement, and more education to ensure that we’re making these streets as safe as possible,” said Paul Rose, a spokesman for the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the last year, the SFMTA completed “quick and cost-effective” safety projects at more than 200 intersections, amounting to 13 miles of roadway improvements on high-injury corridors. Transportation officials say a number of safety projects slated to start construction in 2016 should make a big difference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those projects include long-awaited street redesigns on \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/projects-planning/projects/van-ness-corridor-transit-improvement-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Van Ness Avenue \u003c/a>for bus rapid transit, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/projects-planning/projects/polk-streetscape-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Polk Street\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/projects-planning/projects/masonic-avenue-streetscape-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Masonic Avenue\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It might not happen overnight, but one key accomplishment over the past year is that the city of San Francisco is on the same page in doing everything we all can to reach our goal of zero deaths by 2024,” said Rose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Picking up the Pace\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Safe streets advocates say they’ve seen positive change since Vision Zero was adopted, but they feel the city needs to pick up the pace if it’s going to reach its goal of zero traffic deaths.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nicole Ferrara, the executive director of \u003ca href=\"http://walksf.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Walk San Francisco\u003c/a>, says the Vision Zero projects completed thus far were “pretty small” and “effective but only to a certain extent.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10815002\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS10474_IMG_5184.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10815002\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10815002\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/RS10474_IMG_5184-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Pedestrians wait to cross 24th Street in the Mission. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pedestrians wait to cross 24th Street in the Mission. \u003ccite>(Mark Andrew Boyd/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>To get a full picture of how the safety improvements are impacting deaths and injuries, Ferrara said you have to consider the total number of severe injury collisions in 2015. 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"content": "\u003cp>If your New Year's resolution is to drive less, or if you're still looking for a designated driver to help you celebrate New Year's Eve, transportation services around the Bay Area are hoping to help you out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Muni, Caltrain and AC Transit are just a few transportation options offering free rides and extended operations on New Year's Eve to carry celebrants into the wee hours of the new year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's a breakdown of Bay Area transportation options to take you around \u003ca href=\"#sf\">San Francisco\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"#sm\">San Mateo\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"#sc\">Santa Clara\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"#eb\">East Bay\u003c/a> this New Year's Eve.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>BART:\u003c/strong> While BART is not offering free rides, extended service will be offered until approximately 3 a.m. Friday. Extra trains will be prepared for crowds after the fireworks show at the Embarcadero and will run every 20 minutes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"One of the most exciting things that San Franciscans and Bay Area residents get to do every year is go down and enjoy the fireworks at Embarcadero, so we want to be able to provide that service,\" said BART spokesman Taylor Huckaby.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For those heading into the city after 8 p.m and those leaving the city after midnight, BART will begin utilizing \"skip-stop\" service in and out of the city. \u003ca href=\"http://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2015/news20151208-0\" target=\"_blank\">Some lines will skip\u003c/a> Embarcadero, Montgomery and West Oakland stations to ease the crowds at the most popular platforms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART will operate on a Sunday/holiday schedule on New Year's Day, with service beginning at 8 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://sf.funcheap.com/1231-free-cheap-nye-public-transportation-bartmunisamtranscaltrainvta/\">FuncheapSF\u003c/a> recommends buying round-trip tickets and loading Clipper cards in advance to avoid long lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Caltrain:\u003c/strong> Caltrain will begin offering free rides at 8 p.m. Thursday until 5 a.m. Friday. An extra four trains will leave from the \u003ca href=\"http://www.caltrain.com/stations/sanfranciscostation.html\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco station\u003c/a> after the midnight fireworks show at the Embarcadero. Trains will operate on a \u003ca href=\"http://www.caltrain.com/schedules/weekend-timetable.html\" target=\"_blank\">Sunday/holiday schedule\u003c/a> on New Year's Day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lyft and Uber: \u003c/strong>Lyft prices are capped at 200 percent this New Year's Eve, one of its \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Uber-Lyft-vs-taxis-in-New-Year-s-Eve-fare-war-5984146.php\" target=\"_blank\">most competitive\u003c/a> business days of the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uber is also taking part in \u003ca href=\"https://help.uber.com/h/6c8065cf-5535-4a8b-9940-d292ffdce119\" target=\"_blank\">surge pricing\u003c/a>. Uber \u003ca href=\"https://newsroom.uber.com/new-years-guide/\" target=\"_blank\">suggests \u003c/a>using the service early or catching a ride after midnight to avoid high fares.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On New Year's Eve last year, some Uber rides cost as much as $100. Lyft set a \"prime-time limit\" at a \u003ca href=\"http://www.ibtimes.com/uber-lyft-new-years-eve-2015-surge-pricing-cost-riders-1771582\" target=\"_blank\">controversial\u003c/a> 400 percent. You can decide if 200 percent is a steal.\u003ca name=\"sf\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>San Francisco\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Muni:\u003c/strong> You can hop on any Muni bus for free starting at 8 p.m. on Thursday through 5 a.m. on Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There will also be extended service until 4 a.m. on Muni Metro lines between West Portal and Embarcadero stations. Service will run until 2:15 a.m. to Fourth and King streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/calendar/alerts/ride-muni-free-extra-service-new-years-eve\" target=\"_blank\">Extra Owl route \u003c/a>service will be offered from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. on New Year's Day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Clipper cards, Muni Mobile passes and Metro fares will not be necessary on Muni buses during free service hours. SFMTA asks that passengers do not tag their Clipper cards during free service hours. If tagged, cards will be charged. Muni Metro fare gates will be set to allow free access.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cab:\u003c/strong> Luxor Cabs in partnership with Berg Injury Lawyers' \u003ca href=\"http://www.berginjurylawyers.com/about-us/community/safe-and-sober/\" target=\"_blank\">Safe and Sober Free Cab Ride Home Program\u003c/a> is offering free cab rides home from 10 p.m. on Thursday through 4 a.m. Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Riders must be picked up at a restaurant, hotel or bar and dropped off to a residency to qualify for a free ride. Free rides do not count if the cab is hailed from the street. Each ride is limited to $35.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For a free cab, you can arrange a ride with Luxor Cab by calling \u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5\">(415) 282-4141. Patrons can tell the driver to send the taxi receipt to \u003ca href=\"http://www.berginjurylawyers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/BIL_PressRelease_NYE-2015.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Berg Injury Lawyers. \u003c/a>Berg Injury encourages riders to tip their taxi drivers.\u003cbr>\n\u003ca name=\"eb\">\u003c/a> \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Alameda-Contra Consta County\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>AC Transit: \u003c/strong>Free rides will be offered on all AC Transit lines from 8 p.m. Thursday until 5 a.m. Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We want people to be safe and we care about our community,\" said Michele Joseph, director of marketing and communications at AC Transit. \"We care about our customers. And it's really important for everybody to realize the implication of driving while intoxicated.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.actransit.org/2015/12/23/ac-transit-offers-free-rides-on-new-year%E2%80%99s-eve/\" target=\"_blank\">All Nighter service\u003c/a> will be available to those traveling after midnight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10812200\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10812200 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/existing-map-400x176.png\" alt=\"Oakland’s Free B Shuttle bus will be running on New Year’s Eve every 10-15 minutes from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m.\" width=\"400\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/existing-map-400x176.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/existing-map-800x352.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/existing-map-768x338.png 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/existing-map.png 856w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland’s Free B Shuttle bus will be running on New Year’s Eve every 10-15 minutes from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. \u003ccite>(City of Oakland's Economic & Workforce Development Department)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Broadway Shuttle:\u003c/strong> The green\u003ca href=\"http://www.meetdowntownoak.com/shuttle.php\"> bus\u003c/a> taking passengers along Broadway from Jack London Square to 27th Street in Oakland will offer free rides from 7 a.m. on Thursday to 1 a.m. Friday every 10 to 15 minutes.\u003cbr>\n\u003ca name=\"sm\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>San Mateo County\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SamTrans:\u003c/strong> Free rides on\u003ca href=\"http://www.samtrans.com/about/MediaRelations/news/SamTrans_to_Offer_Free_Service_on_New_Year_s_Eve__Sunday_Schedule_on_New_Year_s_Day_4274.html\"> SamTrans\u003c/a> buses begin at 8 p.m. Thursday until 5 a.m. Friday. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>If your New Year's resolution is to drive less, or if you're still looking for a designated driver to help you celebrate New Year's Eve, transportation services around the Bay Area are hoping to help you out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Muni, Caltrain and AC Transit are just a few transportation options offering free rides and extended operations on New Year's Eve to carry celebrants into the wee hours of the new year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's a breakdown of Bay Area transportation options to take you around \u003ca href=\"#sf\">San Francisco\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"#sm\">San Mateo\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"#sc\">Santa Clara\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"#eb\">East Bay\u003c/a> this New Year's Eve.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>BART:\u003c/strong> While BART is not offering free rides, extended service will be offered until approximately 3 a.m. Friday. Extra trains will be prepared for crowds after the fireworks show at the Embarcadero and will run every 20 minutes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"One of the most exciting things that San Franciscans and Bay Area residents get to do every year is go down and enjoy the fireworks at Embarcadero, so we want to be able to provide that service,\" said BART spokesman Taylor Huckaby.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For those heading into the city after 8 p.m and those leaving the city after midnight, BART will begin utilizing \"skip-stop\" service in and out of the city. \u003ca href=\"http://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2015/news20151208-0\" target=\"_blank\">Some lines will skip\u003c/a> Embarcadero, Montgomery and West Oakland stations to ease the crowds at the most popular platforms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART will operate on a Sunday/holiday schedule on New Year's Day, with service beginning at 8 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://sf.funcheap.com/1231-free-cheap-nye-public-transportation-bartmunisamtranscaltrainvta/\">FuncheapSF\u003c/a> recommends buying round-trip tickets and loading Clipper cards in advance to avoid long lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Caltrain:\u003c/strong> Caltrain will begin offering free rides at 8 p.m. Thursday until 5 a.m. Friday. An extra four trains will leave from the \u003ca href=\"http://www.caltrain.com/stations/sanfranciscostation.html\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco station\u003c/a> after the midnight fireworks show at the Embarcadero. Trains will operate on a \u003ca href=\"http://www.caltrain.com/schedules/weekend-timetable.html\" target=\"_blank\">Sunday/holiday schedule\u003c/a> on New Year's Day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lyft and Uber: \u003c/strong>Lyft prices are capped at 200 percent this New Year's Eve, one of its \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Uber-Lyft-vs-taxis-in-New-Year-s-Eve-fare-war-5984146.php\" target=\"_blank\">most competitive\u003c/a> business days of the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uber is also taking part in \u003ca href=\"https://help.uber.com/h/6c8065cf-5535-4a8b-9940-d292ffdce119\" target=\"_blank\">surge pricing\u003c/a>. Uber \u003ca href=\"https://newsroom.uber.com/new-years-guide/\" target=\"_blank\">suggests \u003c/a>using the service early or catching a ride after midnight to avoid high fares.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On New Year's Eve last year, some Uber rides cost as much as $100. Lyft set a \"prime-time limit\" at a \u003ca href=\"http://www.ibtimes.com/uber-lyft-new-years-eve-2015-surge-pricing-cost-riders-1771582\" target=\"_blank\">controversial\u003c/a> 400 percent. You can decide if 200 percent is a steal.\u003ca name=\"sf\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>San Francisco\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Muni:\u003c/strong> You can hop on any Muni bus for free starting at 8 p.m. on Thursday through 5 a.m. on Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There will also be extended service until 4 a.m. on Muni Metro lines between West Portal and Embarcadero stations. Service will run until 2:15 a.m. to Fourth and King streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/calendar/alerts/ride-muni-free-extra-service-new-years-eve\" target=\"_blank\">Extra Owl route \u003c/a>service will be offered from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. on New Year's Day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Clipper cards, Muni Mobile passes and Metro fares will not be necessary on Muni buses during free service hours. SFMTA asks that passengers do not tag their Clipper cards during free service hours. If tagged, cards will be charged. Muni Metro fare gates will be set to allow free access.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cab:\u003c/strong> Luxor Cabs in partnership with Berg Injury Lawyers' \u003ca href=\"http://www.berginjurylawyers.com/about-us/community/safe-and-sober/\" target=\"_blank\">Safe and Sober Free Cab Ride Home Program\u003c/a> is offering free cab rides home from 10 p.m. on Thursday through 4 a.m. Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Riders must be picked up at a restaurant, hotel or bar and dropped off to a residency to qualify for a free ride. Free rides do not count if the cab is hailed from the street. Each ride is limited to $35.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For a free cab, you can arrange a ride with Luxor Cab by calling \u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5\">(415) 282-4141. Patrons can tell the driver to send the taxi receipt to \u003ca href=\"http://www.berginjurylawyers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/BIL_PressRelease_NYE-2015.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Berg Injury Lawyers. \u003c/a>Berg Injury encourages riders to tip their taxi drivers.\u003cbr>\n\u003ca name=\"eb\">\u003c/a> \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Alameda-Contra Consta County\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>AC Transit: \u003c/strong>Free rides will be offered on all AC Transit lines from 8 p.m. Thursday until 5 a.m. Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We want people to be safe and we care about our community,\" said Michele Joseph, director of marketing and communications at AC Transit. \"We care about our customers. And it's really important for everybody to realize the implication of driving while intoxicated.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.actransit.org/2015/12/23/ac-transit-offers-free-rides-on-new-year%E2%80%99s-eve/\" target=\"_blank\">All Nighter service\u003c/a> will be available to those traveling after midnight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10812200\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10812200 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/existing-map-400x176.png\" alt=\"Oakland’s Free B Shuttle bus will be running on New Year’s Eve every 10-15 minutes from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m.\" width=\"400\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/existing-map-400x176.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/existing-map-800x352.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/existing-map-768x338.png 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/12/existing-map.png 856w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland’s Free B Shuttle bus will be running on New Year’s Eve every 10-15 minutes from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. \u003ccite>(City of Oakland's Economic & Workforce Development Department)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Broadway Shuttle:\u003c/strong> The green\u003ca href=\"http://www.meetdowntownoak.com/shuttle.php\"> bus\u003c/a> taking passengers along Broadway from Jack London Square to 27th Street in Oakland will offer free rides from 7 a.m. on Thursday to 1 a.m. Friday every 10 to 15 minutes.\u003cbr>\n\u003ca name=\"sm\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>San Mateo County\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SamTrans:\u003c/strong> Free rides on\u003ca href=\"http://www.samtrans.com/about/MediaRelations/news/SamTrans_to_Offer_Free_Service_on_New_Year_s_Eve__Sunday_Schedule_on_New_Year_s_Day_4274.html\"> SamTrans\u003c/a> buses begin at 8 p.m. Thursday until 5 a.m. Friday. 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