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> The new companies, unlike taxi operators, have lesser insurance requirements, no restrictions on the number of vehicles they put on the streets, no clean-air
by mdesq 12y ago
> The new companies, unlike taxi operators, have lesser insurance requirements, no restrictions on the number of vehicles they put on the streets, no clean-air standards and less-stringent background checks.
There are clean air standards for taxis? I'm not sure how well they work, since about half of the taxis I have taken recently (worldwide) have had the engine light on, indicating a likely emissions problem. Since taxis drive so much, an emissions issue on a taxi for a month is probably equivalent to a year on many private vehicles.
That said, even private vehicles have clean-air standards in any state (like mine) with emissions inspection requirements.
- rgbrenner 12y agohttps://energycenter.org/programs/clean-cab-partnership https://energycenter.org/programs/clean-cab-partnership http://www.sfenvironment.org/news/press-release/san-francisco-to-add-clean-air-vehicles-to-citys-taxi-fleet http://www.sfenvironment.org/news/press-release/san-francisc... http://www.sfmayor.org/?page=684 http://www.sfmayor.org/?page=684
- carl8 12y agoWas just going to site that last one: 2/8/12 "Today 92 percent of the taxi fleet is comprised of hybrid or CNG vehicles. There are 1,318 alternative fuel vehicles out of a total of 1,432 eligible vehicles. CNG vehicles account for 89 of those and the hybrids account for 1,229."
- switch007 12y ago> had the engine light on, indicating a likely emissions problem. Is that true? I thought the engine light could be for many things and only a few of them emissions related? (true for the European cars I've owned, anyway) edit: actually, I guess, many of the faults are probably directly, or indirectly, likely to result in an emissions change.