San Diego
As a hedge against price gouging during the upcoming Super Bowl, the San Diego City Council has voted to freeze all taxicab fares until the end of January.
Freezing the fares fulfilled one of the promises made by San Diego city officials when they successfully bidded in 1984 to host the football championship game. The National Football League requested the control on taxi rates.
Council members voted unanimously Monday to freeze the fares at that day’s levels until Jan. 31, 1988.
However, Bill Hilton, president of Yellow Cab of San Diego, said the council’s action will be of little consequence to his firm, which is the city’s largest taxicab operator. Yellow Cab does not anticipate asking for an increase in fares before the Super Bowl, he said.
Yellow Cab’s rates--$1.20 for the first seventh of a mile, $1.40 for every mile after that--reflect the average cab fares in San Diego, he said.
Hilton said Yellow Cab operates more than 30% of the 900 cabs in the City of San Diego.
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