Jun 29, 2015
Former D.C. Taxicab Commissioner Ron Linton Has Died
Linton was the DCTC chairman from 2011 to 2015.
Jan 08, 2015
Taxicab Commissioner Ron Linton Steps Down
Bowser has appointed former DCRA administrator Eric Rogers as the interim director of the DCTC.
Dec 24, 2013
Wells Wants Office of Human Rights To Investigate Cab Commission’s Handling Of Racial Discrimination Complaints
In a letter to Mónica Palacio, the acting director of OHR, the Ward 6 Councilmember cites WUSA9’s ongoing reports on how some drivers “disproportionately” pass by black people.
Oct 22, 2013
Uber Vs. D.C. Taxicab Commission: The Movie
In the new film Uber Wars, the DCTC takes on app-based car-hailing service Uber. Who will win? We may never know.
A payment service provider installation report released last week for the week ending September 13 showed that five of the eight PSPs were experiencing a backlog. The report for the week ending September 20 did not include this information, but did say that five PSPs are reporting “excess capacity for more installs.”
Sep 11, 2013
At Least 2,000 Cabs May Not Have Credit Card Readers By Deadline. What Will Taxi Commission Do?
DCTC spokesperson Neville Waters said that there is no plan “to form a special task force” to find cabs without readers, “but Hack Inspectors will be diligently looking for violators.”
If Cheh’s recently announced legislation to nullify new DCTC regulations go through, the DCTC will just have to roll with it.