I’m eager to watch this! As someone from NYC, these stories from taxi drivers are all too common.
“This Sunday, the San Francisco Documentary Festival will show a short documentary created by Fonseca, “Taken For A Ride: How San Francisco Backstabbed a Generation of Cab Drivers”…
Fonseca has been a full-time cab driver for 31 years, and he received his medallion in 2009, a month before the SFMTA changed its process around receiving medallions...
At first, cabbies earned more than enough to cover the price of payments to the SFMTA, and drivers expected the value of their medallions to rise over time, making money when they eventually transferred ownership.
But just months later, Uber and Lyft were introduced to the city, and the cab driving industry tanked. Now, drivers are stuck with overvalued medallions.”
#sfdocfest #documentary #taxi #drivers #movies #sf #driving #sfmta
https://missionlocal.org/2025/05/sfdocfest-taxi-drivers-taken-for-a-ride/
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