Taxi Studies by Brian Browne - Friend of the Firebird & Colleagues

San Francisco Taxi Studies

Brian Browne

Economist

Introduction to website - please review Power Point Presentation

Prior Regulatory Efforts -- Police (PC&N) and Controller (Taxi Industry Reports) ---

1998 Pc&N Study

Taxi Industry Reports by San Francisco Controller

Taxi Study No. 1

Regulatory Lag in the San Francisco Taxi Industry

* Auctions with a Coasian exchange - a better way to allocate medallions

Taxi Study No. 2

* Recalculating the mean gate in SF

Taxi Study No. 3

* The Taxi-Driver Health Plan advanced by the companies

Taxi Study No.4

* Presentation to Ms Chris Hayashi - Creating a new regulatory approach for SF Taxis

*Cost of regulatory lag on companies quantified - gate fee inertia and erosion of value over time

* Regulatory Inertia and gasoline spikes

Taxi Study No. 5

* John Lazar, President, Luxor Cabs, on TV - state of Taxi Industry

*Press on the need for new medallions and gate and fare relief - Westside Observer, April, 2011

San Francisco Westside Observer

Updating section - work in progress

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