Cabbies Strike, Deliver Cheap Limo Rides

It’s been a little over a month since the last strike — which was kind of a non-strike anyway — so the cab drivers of Philadelphia decided that, hey, what better day to hold a one-day strike than Election Day!

Actually, the strike is timed to coincide with the AIIM Expo at the Convention Center, an event with 20,000 visitors expected to attend. (The AIIM Expo, as you might have guessed, is an exposition of AIIMs.) The cab drivers are angry because of new regulations requiring GPS in all taxis and forcing cabs to be shut down at 250,000 miles.

They’re having a rally now at Dilworth Plaza, complaining about the aforementioned GPS and mileage restrictions, but, as you all know, I’m sure the city of Philadelphia will rally around these cabbies and they’ll get what they want. Erhm, wait.

On the plus side, KYW 1060 reports this interesting fact:

The Parking Authority is allowing limousines to operate as cabs for Tuesday only, in order to pick up the slack.

A ride in a limo for the price of a cab? Count me in!

1,600 Phila. taxi drivers on strike today [Inky]
Philadelphia Taxi Drivers Strike Over GPS Tracking [KYW 1060]
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