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Board Upholds SFMTA Revocation of SF American Taxi Dispatch Permit
Summary
The San Francisco Board of Appeals on April 29 upheld SFMTAs revocation of SF American Taxis dispatch permit, finding the agency had good cause under Transportation Code Section 11.07 after months of insufficient dispatch data and noncompliance with progressively stricter performance benchmarks.
Board of Appeals President Anne Lazarus and a 3-1 majority of commissioners on April 29 denied an appeal by SF American Taxi and upheld the Municipal Transportation Agencys revocation of the companys dispatch permit.
The appeal challenged a multi-year SFMTA rule that sets progressively higher dispatch-performance thresholds (50 medallions / 250 verifiable dispatch calls per day in 2013, rising to 100 medallions / 500 calls by 2015). Counsel for SF American Taxi argued the rules impose an undue burden on small dispatch services, particularly where drivers are independent contractors and third-party vendors control reporting. "It protects larger organizations to the detriment of smaller organizations," said Philip Achilles, president of SF American Taxi.
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