i am peter whit. cabdriver 24 years in san francisco, native san francisco. i grew up here. went to school down the street. what going on here is atrocious to put it mildly. it's -- it's unacceptable. it should be anyway if you are americans. the mta and taxis are in natural and direct conflict with each other. both target low -- localal and visitor markets. but better taxi service to the mta is only one thing. more cabs. mta is not about mandated dispatch standards which they are supposed to follow and keep track of. it's not about taxi flow or efficiency or taxi. mta is not about retaining quality drivers. it's not about ridership satisfaction. it's not about less congestion. and why should they be? you can't make the bucks in the short run by increasing service. only by increasing the number of taxis. just like taxi companies, i might add. as for the methods of tracking and monitoring the dispatch required. no records are current or consistent, thus unusable. starting back from 1999. when the taxi commission started running the taxi business. that's a long time for no mon