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Taxi Report Show Poor Performance, Bad Oversight

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A taxi in Norfolk, Massachusetts (Lulú Elenes/Flickr)
A taxi in Norfolk, Massachusetts (Lulú Elenes/Flickr)

Earlier this year, the Boston Globe published a multi-part expose of the city's $1-billion dollar cab industry. Now, an industry review commissioned by the city finds that 99-percent of the city's handicapped accessible cabs violate federal standards, and that the city's largest taxi company ignores rider calls almost 25 per cent of the time.

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Jonathan Saltzman, Boston Globe reporter

This segment aired on October 24, 2013.

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