11/20/07 - Mayor Newsom's Statement on Legislation Merging the Taxi
Commission into the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority (SFMTA)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Contact: Mayor's Office of Communications,
415-554-6131
*** STATEMENT ***
MAYOR NEWSOM'S STATEMENT ON LEGISLATION MERGING THE TAXI COMMISSION INTO THE
SAN FRANCISCO MUNICIPAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY (SFMTA)
Today I introduced legislation merging the Taxi Commission into the SFMTA to
ensure that all transportation planning and operations are housed in one
department. Taxis are an extension of city services, and I am establishing a
Mayor's Taxi Working Group to work with industry representatives, city
departments, hospitality representatives, and constituents of taxi service,
particularly paratransit. The focus of the 120 day working group will
include but will not be limited to: regulatory and permit issues,
governance, economics, fleet requirements, healthcare, and communications
infrastructure.
The passage of Prop A earlier this month showed that the public continues to
want their transportation all under one department and not under a fractured
system.
http://sfgov.org/site/mayor_index.asp?id=71395
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