Anchorage Taxis should not be required to subscribe to a dispatch

Anchorage taxis should not be required to subscribe to a dispatch.  Removing this regulation from Anchorage Title 11 will allow the cab business to become more competitive.  Anchorage Taxicab Permit Owner Association would like this to remain so they can justify that there permits be so high value on a permit they really do not own.  The Municipality of Anchorage actually owns these permits not the permit owners.  They have allow them to be auctioned off instead of just pay an administrative fee which allows any cab driver to get a permit.  This will make the taxi market more competitive.  Please tell the assembly you want Anchorage taxis to no longer subscribe to a dispatch. 

Eagle River and Chugiak taxi limited service permits to work

It is great that Anchorage Transportation Commission wants to issue limited service permits for Eagle River and Chugiak customers.  For this idea to work you do the following.  Do not set a number to be issued.  Issue by demand which is the permits should be nothing more than $250 administrative fee.  This needs to occur to insure competition and not require these permits to subscribe to a dispatch.  This is best for free enterprise.  The boundaries should be extended to allow pickups on JBER, Anchorage Airport, Alaska Native Medical Center, Providence Alaska Medical Center, Alaska Regional Hospital and Anchorage Railroad depot.  They should not have to be a different color.  They should be whatever color scheme the permit owner decides.  The owner of the permit must not own an existing permit in the system.  If these cabs join an existing dispatch they must dispatch an Eagle River and Chugiak type cab first to get these calls before they can offer it to the rest of the fleet.  These cabs must get all the slims and battery jumps in the region before another cab is offered first.   Separate number is not necessary but an attribute is to designate if an Eagle River and Chugiak is needed.  Before a dispatch can offer it to an Anchorage based cab they must be on dispatch board for at least 20 minutes first.  If you want better service for Chugiak and Eagle River area please call the Anchorage Transportation Commission at (907) 786-8525 or email at wwti@muni.org or Assemblywoman Amy Demboski at (907) 301-9179 or email at DemboskiA@muni.org she is the assemblywoman that represents the Eagle River and Chugiak area.  You can attend the Anchorage Transportation Commission on September 22nd between 6pm and 9pm at the Loussac Library.  We must increase options for Eagle River and Chugiak not listening to Anchorage Taxi Cab Permit Owners Association they want this idea to fail.  

Why not allow Out of Anchorage cabs to serve Eagle River and Chugiak customers?

Eagle River and Chugiak customers need more options that Alaska Yellow Cab and Checker Cab allow out of district cabs from the neighboring Mat Su Borough to serve these customers let them pick these customers.  This will give customer more options.  These cabs must follow all Anchorage regulations while picking up the customers.  I am sure that Alaska Cab in the Mat Su would love to pick Eagle River and Chugiak customers.  Please call the Anchorage Transportation Commission at (907) 786-8525 or email wwti@muni.org or call (907) 301-9179 or email at DemboskiA@muni.org.  Amy Demboski is the assembly member that represents the Chugiak and Eagle River area.  Tell the commission you want more options for Eagle River and Chugiak customers.  You can also attend the September meeting on September 22st between 6pm to 9pm at the Loussac Library tell them you want more options for Eagle River and Chugiak customers.

If Uber and Lfyte want to go into the Anchorage market they must follow same rules

If Uber and Lftye want to come into the Anchorage they need to follow the same rules and regulations that the Anchorage Cab drivers and permit owners operate.  They must have a dispatch center in Anchorage which Uber and Lftye want to come in and set up an office.  They must make sure there cars are marked and each car and driver is insurance that it is on file at the Transportation Inspectors Office.  They must have a stable pricing structure not a flexible pricing structure.  This will not make Anchorage customers happy if they have to pay $93 to go from Muldoon to Anchorage Airport.  When they can take a regular cab and pay $35-45 depend on traffic.  Raise the price due to high demand this will not sit well with consumers.  Uber and Lftye have had numerous complaints to the Better Business Bureau about their pricing structure.  Having unmarked cars pick you up sounds fishy.  If the vehicle is marked if a cab driving speeds threw a neighbor they have a number to call.  Taxi drivers should be required to bath regularly and look professional which most current Anchorage cab driver wear street clothes not look professionally.  Uber and Lftye require there cab drivers to look and act professionally.  All cab driver should look professional.  Uber and Lftye will say they are not cabs they are a ride sharing service.  Any mode of service that charge customers to get from one destination to another is considered a taxi.  Uber and Lftye are no different.