Comments on: Getting Taxis in the Mission http://www.missionmission.org/2009/02/12/getting-taxis-in-the-mission/ Saluting San Francisco's Mission District Tue, 28 Apr 2026 15:29:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: SFDoggy http://www.missionmission.org/2009/02/12/getting-taxis-in-the-mission/#comment-4296 SFDoggy Sat, 14 Feb 2009 01:53:09 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=2725#comment-4296 I agree that that cab situation in this town is horrible. That is one reason people are so attached to their cars. Cabs can be the missing link that fill in gaps in the public transport system, but in SF people get fed up and just rely on their cars.

]]> By: zinzin http://www.missionmission.org/2009/02/12/getting-taxis-in-the-mission/#comment-4295 zinzin Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:00:29 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=2725#comment-4295 even when you call, right? thy just never show…

]]> By: Jake http://www.missionmission.org/2009/02/12/getting-taxis-in-the-mission/#comment-4294 Jake Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:51:27 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=2725#comment-4294 Heartily agree with notomahead that while the Mission is bad, the rest of the city sucks much harder. Try catching a cab at 10th and Geary sometime. You’ll be there for hours.

]]> By: Corinna http://www.missionmission.org/2009/02/12/getting-taxis-in-the-mission/#comment-4293 Corinna Fri, 13 Feb 2009 06:55:02 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=2725#comment-4293 The corner of 16th and Valencia is the biggest nightmare on a Friday or Saturday night. I’m usually fighting with 20 other people for the next cab. I’ve started walking all over the city because I get so impatient.

]]> By: natomahead http://www.missionmission.org/2009/02/12/getting-taxis-in-the-mission/#comment-4292 natomahead Fri, 13 Feb 2009 05:27:39 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=2725#comment-4292 since i tend to go out all over the city, I will say that while it sucks to get a cab in the mission, it sucks much worse every where else. Try to get a cab in SoMa, Tendernob, NB, Hayes, etc. Far worse. At least there are (busy/full) cabs in the Mission, in many other place there just aren’t any, at all.

]]> By: Justin http://www.missionmission.org/2009/02/12/getting-taxis-in-the-mission/#comment-4291 Justin Fri, 13 Feb 2009 01:28:50 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=2725#comment-4291 Drunk rich white kids with a lot of money?

I think its a simple answer.

]]> By: zinzin http://www.missionmission.org/2009/02/12/getting-taxis-in-the-mission/#comment-4290 zinzin Thu, 12 Feb 2009 23:57:05 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=2725#comment-4290 hee. dude, that’s basically what a cab costs.

]]> By: daver http://www.missionmission.org/2009/02/12/getting-taxis-in-the-mission/#comment-4289 daver Thu, 12 Feb 2009 23:54:32 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=2725#comment-4289 hey zinzin, zip-carpet is only $100/month + $5 per hour + $1 mile + $.80 a minute if you wanna talk to the pilot.

]]> By: Allan Hough http://www.missionmission.org/2009/02/12/getting-taxis-in-the-mission/#comment-4288 Allan Hough Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:38:52 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=2725#comment-4288 Regarding that, my contact at the Bike Coalition points us to this: http://www.sfgov.org/site/uploadedfiles/planning/City_Design_Group/CDG_mission_streetscape.htm

]]> By: Allan Hough http://www.missionmission.org/2009/02/12/getting-taxis-in-the-mission/#comment-4287 Allan Hough Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:01:57 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=2725#comment-4287 Actually I was at a Bike Coalition event a few weeks back and overheard some mutterings about a push for dedicated taxi stands near 16th and Valencia and 22nd and Mission.

]]> By: zinzin http://www.missionmission.org/2009/02/12/getting-taxis-in-the-mission/#comment-4286 zinzin Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:59:02 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=2725#comment-4286 you. always thinking.

]]> By: johnny0 http://www.missionmission.org/2009/02/12/getting-taxis-in-the-mission/#comment-4285 johnny0 Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:42:35 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=2725#comment-4285 Given how expensive the damn things are, and how unreliable it is to call them up, I want dedicated taxi stands on Mission.

How about 29th, 24th and 16th. And one on 19th and Valencia for good measure…

]]> By: zinzin http://www.missionmission.org/2009/02/12/getting-taxis-in-the-mission/#comment-4284 zinzin Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:42:04 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=2725#comment-4284 daver, hook me up. i rarely go far, and i’m a big tipper. or maybe a zip-car like deal? zip-carpet?

]]> By: daver http://www.missionmission.org/2009/02/12/getting-taxis-in-the-mission/#comment-4283 daver Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:39:09 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=2725#comment-4283 I have a magic carpet.

]]> By: zinzin http://www.missionmission.org/2009/02/12/getting-taxis-in-the-mission/#comment-4282 zinzin Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:25:45 +0000 http://missionmission.wordpress.com/?p=2725#comment-4282 is it true that there are never enough cabs?

during the week i never seem to have a problem. on weekends it’s like a joke. i don’t even try.

shouldn’t there be enough cabs – at least in high traffic hoods during prime time – that you should be able to stick your hand in the air and get one?

i never CALL a cab anymore, because they just never show up. and i live right in the thick of things. i’d rather take the fucking bus. or walk. or a magic carpet would be nice, and more likely than calling a fucking cab in the mission on a friday night. standing on the corner, maybe you got a shot.

you all know that when you call a cab in SF, you’re only making a plea, right? and that when the dispatch puts your call up on the radio, he’s only making a suggestion, right? the cabs have NO OBLIGATION whatsoever to answer radio calls.

fairly sad state of affairs given how expensive cabs in SF are.

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