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SFMTA outlines progressive discipline and new subpoena power as ramp-taxi access lags
Summary
SFMTA Director of Taxis and Accessible Services described a progressive-discipline framework and a new ordinance granting subpoena power; both staff and a taxi workers union acknowledged ramp-accessible taxis are hard for wheelchair riders to obtain amid competition from transportation network companies (TNCs).
Kate Torren, director of Taxis and Accessible Services at the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, told the Board of Appeals the agency is formalizing a progressive-discipline process for taxi companies and medallion holders and will soon have subpoena power to compel testimony and documents in permit hearings.
"It is a public good to have a regulated taxi industry," Torren said, outlining enforcement steps that range from…
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