Cab drivers protest

 · Meet The New York City Taxi Drivers Protesting Outside City Hall - New York Focus. Cab driver Francis Tong stands in front of a banner at the NYTWA protest outside City Hall. He had to borrow hundreds of thousands of dollars in order to purchase a taxi medallion and is now $, in debt. | Daniel Efram.  · At Wednesday’s rally, demonstrators honored the nine taxi cab drivers who killed themselves in the last few years. Advocates said they felt trapped by a cycle of debt.  · That night, instead of vehicles for transport, the cabs were symbols of protest, as drivers prepared to pass the first night of a 24/7 picket. For years, after profiting from a speculative bubble in medallion values, New York City has refused to help struggling taxi cab drivers, permitting banks and hedge funds to lock them into predatory loans while also allowing unregulated e-hail services to flood .

New York cab drivers have ended their hunger strike after city officials struck a new deal to mend the damage from years of exploitative lending practices. Here Now 's Scott Tong talks with. NEW YORK — Yellow cab drivers organized by the New York Taxi Workers Alliance have been on a hunger strike here since Oct. Their camp near City Hall takes up half the public sidewalk on Broadway, draped with banners, flags, and signs demanding, “Debt forgiveness now,” “Keep your promises” and “End cabbie debt: justice, rights, respect, dignity.”. Meet The New York City Taxi Drivers Protesting Outside City Hall - New York Focus. Cab driver Francis Tong stands in front of a banner at the NYTWA protest outside City Hall. He had to borrow hundreds of thousands of dollars in order to purchase a taxi medallion and is now $, in debt. | Daniel Efram.

Bangkok cabbies will be allowed to charge higher fares from December if they comply with new conditions, including repairing vehicles to meet safety Bangkok cabbies will be allowed to charge higher fares from December if they comply with n. For many people, Uber is a convenient and often cheaper way of getting from A to B than taking a taxi, but cab drivers in Mexico City aren’t happy about For many people, Uber is a convenient and often cheaper way of getting from A to B tha. Ironically, this probably resulted in surge pricing. Taxi drivers aren’t known for being good at sharing the road, but drivers in Paris brought it to a whole new level today when they shut down several of the city’s roads to protest Uber an.