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Controller recommends CPI‑based taxi rate increases; committee advances a conditional compromise tied to drivers’ health care
Summary
The Controller recommended an 8.23% CPI adjustment to taxi gate and meter levels and proposed a fuel surcharge option; after Taxi Commission testimony, extensive public comment, and supervisor debate the committee voted to prepare a resolution for a temporary compromise ($91.50 gate and a 50¢ fuel surcharge) that would revert to $85 and remove the surcharge if the Taxi Commission does not forward a healthcare plan within six months.
The Budget & Finance Committee held a lengthy hearing on the Controller’s taxi industry report and the Taxi Commission’s recommendations, considered public testimony from drivers, medallion holders and advocacy groups and instructed staff to prepare a conditional resolution that ties temporary gate and meter increases to progress on a drivers’ health‑care plan.
Todd Reistrom of the Controller’s Office briefed the committee on the statutory CPI review and presented inflation‑adjusted figures that would materially raise fares and gate caps from 2003 levels. Reistrom summarized a baseline administrative option of a $92 gate cap, a $2.98 flag drop, 49¢ per‑mile and 49¢ wait time — roughly an 8.23% change since 2003 — and outlined optional adjustments to hold paratransit budgets harmless and to apply a fuel surcharge tied to…
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