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Chaos and Competition Cause Santa Barbara Cabbies to Fear for Their Future

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Santa Barbara Independent | July 28, 2008

Despite the hard work of taxicab drivers to keep the city safe at night and moving during the day, they're complaining that they're being treated as second-class citizens by City Hall, which has approved unprecedented numbers of taxi companies and cabs in recent years yet done little to accommodate the growth.

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Tags: transportation, Santa Barbara, regulation, taxis, cab drivers

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