Dmitry Samarov (Samarov)

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  Where Did All the Yellow Cabs Go?

  They're never coming back...
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  Jitney

                                                 The first time I heard the word jitney was in Boston in 1993. I was twenty-three years old at the …
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  Chicago taxicab king no more: Empire of mogul linked to Daley son, ex-Trump fixer has crumbled

  I rented cabs from this crook for a couple years. One car had a hole nearly a foot wide …
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  Uber, Lyft Charges More For Riders Going To Chicago’s Non-White Neighborhoods, Study Shows

  Why is this not surprising? https://blockclubchicago.org/2020/06/26/uber-lyft-charges-more-for-riders-going-to-chicagos-non-white-neighborhoods-study-shows/
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  Lyft opens "Driver Center"

  In the olden days, they called it a cab garage... If it quacks like a duck, it's time we …
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  The Epic Rise and Hard Fall of New York’s Taxi King

  Good riddance.
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  Lyft Driver Groped Passenger, But The Company Did Too Little Too Late To Respond, Victim Says

  "I wanted this creep off the streets. According to Lyft, he is. But who knows if ... he could be …
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  Uber Throws Party For Drivers — And It Was A Huge ‘Unorganized Catastrophe,’

  Looks like a great time!
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  Slain cabbie's family sues Uber after driver flees to China, is charged with murder

  This is the kind of thing that happens when tech-bros run a business with no regulations...https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-met-uber-sued-taxi-driver-kicked-in-head-20190604-story.html
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  How Reckless Loans Devastated a Generation of Taxi Drivers

  How long till a story like this about UberLyft? http://bit.ly/TaxiCon
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  "The choice is between underpaying drivers and replacing them with robots."

  Couldn't have said it better myself....Strike All You Want. Uber Won’t Pay a Living Wage.
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  ‘Is this going to be my last ride?’

  https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-uber-lyft-rideshare-safety-20190405-story.html
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  He Has Driven for Uber Since 2012. He Makes About $40,000 a Year.

  UGH.Uber driver's favorite passenger review:  “Dude drove like a cabdriver.”
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  So Uber rents cars to drivers now? If it quacks like a duck...

  Over the weekend, a friend told me he was in my old line of work now—he's been moonlighting as an …
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  Median Taxi Medallion Price in Chicago Down to $26,500

  The Auction Flop (via Chicago Dispatcher)Think this is a real death-rattle for the cab industry...
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  Thief Pretends To Lose Phone Under Taxi Seat, Then Rips Off Drivers When They Stop To Help, Police Say

  The same man has pulled the lost phone ruse three times in the past month, police said. (via Block Club …
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  ‘Suicide Surcharge’ or Crucial Fee to Fix the Subway? Taxi Drivers Brace for Battle Over $2.50 Charge

  Another death-rattle for the cab industry. (via New York Times)
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  They Bonded as Cabbies in the 1980s. Now One Is Helping his Ailing Friend

  Via the New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/21/nyregion/they-bonded-as-cabbies-in-the-1980s-now-one-is-helping-his-ailing-friend.html?action=click&module=Editors%20Picks&pgtype=Homepage
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  Too many Uber drivers? Chicago cabbies and ride-share workers join forces, urge cap on Uber and Lyft cars

  From the Chicago Tribune—https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-chicago-taxi-ride-share-drivers-limit-20181030-story.html From the Chicago Sun-Times—https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/taxi-rideshare-drivers-unite-city-hall-protest-regulation-uber-lyft/
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  "Suicides Get Taxi Drivers Talking: ‘I’m Going to Be One of Them’"

  Six NYC cabbies have killed themselves recently: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/02/nyregion/suicides-taxi-drivers-nyc.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

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   6 years ago in  Found a Unicorn—A rideshare driver who listens to passengers' directions (though only as a the last resort.)

  Not a single time.

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   6 years ago in  Nav System Slavery

  I have no smartphone so I don't give anyone any stars. No idea what rating my brother gave her.

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   6 years ago in  Nav System Slavery

  Hundreds, I'd wager.

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   6 years ago in  Yellow Cab Garage becomes "Happy Place"

  Yep.Like Hostel where the guy has his victims locked up in different rooms in his dungeon.

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   6 years ago in  Yellow Cab Garage becomes "Happy Place"

  No, I didn't go in. I pedaled my ass away from it as fast as I could!

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   6 years ago in  Greetings

  You definitely get a sixth sense about people after a time. You have to make snap judgments at every turn in this line of work.

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   6 years ago in  Greetings

  Thank you very much.

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   6 years ago in  It's time to call Rideshare what it is: Taxi

  Just a different dispatch system. Uber or taxi, they're just middlemen. Drivers get screwed either way.

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   6 years ago in  Drivers at the Cab Garage

  Many did, though I kept to myself. One of my favorite parts of the job was that there were no coworkers.

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   6 years ago in  It's time to call Rideshare what it is: Taxi

  I hope not. "Uber" is way too Nazi-sounding and ominous. My joke alternative name for that company has always been HEIL!

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   6 years ago in  It's time to call Rideshare what it is: Taxi

  I do a lot of work online. I don't want the internet following me around when I close the laptop. I like experiencong the actual world with my eyes and ears rather than through a screen. Call me weird!

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   6 years ago in  Allan Koss's Photographs of his Chicago Cab Passengers

  In the 70s and 80s ones and fives got you a lot further than today!

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   6 years ago in  Video Interview from My Last Day Driving a Cab

  $60 to go the length of three houses. Drunk guy got money from gas station ATM, gave his address, then was so grateful he was home he told me to keep the whole $20. But it was three crisp new bills stuck together.

  But, as a rule, tips are much better at the bar. Tough comparison though since that's most of what I make; the hourly is negligible and I have to declare tips on taxes. Totally different kind of business.

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   6 years ago in  Majestic Disorder

  Thank you!

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   6 years ago in  Video Interview from My Last Day Driving a Cab

  Definitely. Found a great place that changed my whole attitude toward the job.

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   6 years ago in  Video Interview from My Last Day Driving a Cab

  Not for a minute. I do a lot of freelance art and writing and bartend part-time these days.

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   6 years ago in  Majestic Disorder

  The article is taken from my 2014 book: http://www.curbsidesplendor.com/books/where-to-a-hack-memoir

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   6 years ago in  Majestic Disorder

  You can buy the book they excerpted right here: http://www.dmitrysamarov.com/signedbooks.html

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   6 years ago in  Notes from Behind the Wheel

  I just report it how they say it.

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   6 years ago in  Where Hack began

  Most of these were done in ink. I've been at it a long time. Just keep working and you'll get better. I don't know of any shortcuts, just have to put in the time.

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