People used to flag cabs from every corner but now you’ve got to hunt
"Some nights when I'm done with my shift, I look at all this cash I have to give to the cab companyŃwith not much left for myselfŃand then I realize my rent is due. That's when I joke to myself, 'You could always keep on driving. You know, just head south for the border.' But then I think, 'In a big clearly marked taxicab, you wouldn't get very far.'"
—Los Angeles Times. Revenues for cab drivers in San Francisco have dropped as much as 60 percent as a result of the economic downturn there. "I drive my cab 25 days a month, and over the past few months I've seen my monthly take-home drop from $2,300 to $1,900 and now $1,400."'
