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Commission Gets a Reprieve

The Taxi Commission may be on its way out the door, but not as fast as had been supposed.

Legislation to abolish the commission and transfer its powers to the Municipal Transportation Agency (MTA) had a hearing before a committee of the Board of Supervisors on May 12. The MTA currently oversees Muni and Parking and Traffic.

Had the legislation been enacted, the transfer would have taken place July 1. But the committee put up a stop sign instead, sending on to the board a resolution giving the agency 180 days to adopt “policies and procedures sufficient to ensure the efficient operation of the Taxi Commission (sic) upon the ”transfer.”

In other words, the MTA has six months to put a plan in place. In that time, it is expected to conduct a search for a person to head the taxi department, put together an advisory board that will include industry members and develop an administrative structure for handling taxi matters.

UTW has met with officials from the MTA, the mayor's office and the Taxi Commission to discuss the transfer. A letter from UTW Chair Bud Hazelkorn to MTA Executive Director Nathaniel Ford concerning the move is the next article.