We’ve had enough reports from eagle-eyed readers now to say that an unannounced taxicab strike is underway today. Rolling taxi strikes originally began last week on Monday, and were supposed to continue on Tuesday of this week, then Wednesday of next week, and so on. No strike actually occurred, however, on Tuesday. This 2nd-week Thursday action was not made known to the public beforehand.

Here’s what we’re hearing:

From reader Chris, 10:47 a.m.: “I’m downtown on F St. near the White House and numerous times large groups of taxis have stopped at lights and begun blowing their horns constantly.”

From commenter SF2DC, 10:43 a.m. “Buncha taxis just honked up a storm driving by my office building on 14th and F en masse…”

From reader Martin, 10:41 a.m.: “A huge line of taxis is driving very slowing around Freedom Plaza, in front of the Wilson Building, all honking their horns.”

From reader Bryan, 9:39 a.m.: “Looks like DC taxicabs actually organized their strike / service disruption today. 16th street southbound is a parking lot.”

From commenter whitehatgirl, 9:30 a.m.: “I think the taxi strike is on today. I felt terrible for the German tourist laden with a huge rolling bag, suit bag, and duffel bag looking for a cab. I told him he probably wouldn’t get a cab. I hope he makes it back to Germany. I also think the cabs, while on strike, are intentionally clogging up the streets. I saw a line of them on 16th street as far as the eye could see around 8:45 a.m. Traffic was going nowhere.”

Let us know what you see and hear regarding this taxicab action in comments while we try to dig up some more information.

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