No members of the Taxi Industry were at March Anchorage Transportation Commitee Meeting

Tuesday, March 27th, 2018 nobody who was currently employed in the taxi industry attended the March Anchorage Transportation Meeting. A member of the media was present to see if safety was going to be covered but it was not addressed.  Part of the reason is dispatch companies refused to put out information of when they meetings are.  Before February 2011 I made sure that messages were put where the meeting was what time it was so cab drivers would attend.  This meeting was at the Anchorage Permit Center in the conference room.  The only guest were myself and David O'Malley a former cab driver who drives Uber.  Kevin McGee the chair had questioned David about his dealings with Uber.  I had defended the transportation inspector, the commission and their and what the ordinance 2018-06 was suppose to do and it would change the amount of permit or stop.  The commission will examine if more permits are needed.  I suggested the Seattle model which is for 5 Uber and Lyft permits issued a taxi cab permit.  I also suggested the taxi cab industry stop driving a Model T Car and drive a Camaro like Uber and Lyft are driving.  In this proposed ordinance the starting bid for a taxi would be $1425 a year instead $1980 which was the fee back in 2014.  It would eliminate the chauffeur training class and drug testing.  The vehicle would need to be only check twice a year.  

What was approved at the meeting

The transfer of permits of Cab no 57 from Rudolfo Rubiana to Angel Alvarado.

Cab no 80 was transferred twice a separate article will be published based on that.  We had some permit flipping tonight.  First transaction was from Rudolfo Rubiana to Augusto Alvarado.  Then in 2 weeks this is where the permit flipping comes in.  Augusto could not fine some to lease it to so he sold it to John Omweno.  

Cab 87 transfer was cancelled since wrong number was presented and Cab 91 was supposed to the number presented this will be presented at the April meeting.  

Vehicle for hire permits number V145 and V146 were approved from the Turnagain Social Club due to the fact they have increased business at their day care center