The Colorado Public Utilities Commission says things are all peachy for travelers at Denver International Airport. And, they say, there are plenty of taxis out there already. Adding the lower fares of Mile High Cab would just make things worse for riders.
Let's look at that.
First, things seem to be far from aok at DIA. From Denver's KMGH-TV 7 this week: "Airport manager Kim Day has put DIA operations chief John Kinney on paid "investigatory leave," officials confirmed. It was the second time in less than a year that Day has placed a department head on investigatory leave. DIA officials won't discuss what motivated the suspension."
Won't say? Read the rest of the story here.
And say, remember last year? Those fees taxi drivers pay to the airport for being allowed to provide needed service to passengers (yeah, you pay for that somewhere down the line) were stolen. Embezzled. Vamoosed. Again from Ch. 7: "Denver police are investigating the embezzlement of $170,000 from Denver International Airport taxi fees. A search warrant obtained by 7NEWS shows the scam went undetected for nearly two years. At least 16 cash collections made by DIA Ground Transportation Department workers between November 2007 and late June 2009 vanished en route from that agency to the airport finance department without making it to the bank."
Think the airport could manage its taxi lot a bit better if it could keep track of the money? Read the rest of the story here.
And while the PUC says there are always plenty of cabs waiting to serve you at DIA, maybe that's changed. Maybe someone should reassess. This aerial photo shows the taxi waiting lot from an old photo. Pretty full. An awful lot of those cabs are ... Yellow. One of the most expensive per-mile companies. 
But this photo, taken over the weekend, clearly shows the cupboard is bare. The taxicab holding lot is empty. The airport ran out of cabs on Sunday afternoon. Were you one of the passengers waiting for the opportunity to pay too much for a ride home? Were you one of the people who wondered, "If the PUC says there are already too many cabs, why can't I get one at the airport?"
I notice that when I have to wait for a cab at DIA, the drivers in the shuttle vans are always motioning to me to get in their vans. It's a little creepy. I suspect that DIA creates a cab shortage in order to give business to the shuttles.
ReplyDeleteDon't get me started. Paying for extra luggage, when I'm going to The Airport ... of course I have luggage, I'm going to an airport! If Mile High Cab can do a better job and charge less, I don't care who they are, let them at least try.
ReplyDeleteOh my GOD, there is no taxi in the holding lot of one of biggest airport in the nation I wondered what so called PUC doing if they do not know this. We the public we have to kick them out of office and put those how work for us. Please, let everybody speaks up for our own issue. Thank you for reading this.
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