Skip to main contentA new city of Portland report calls for additional regulations on the local taxi business, citing drivers' long hours and low pay.
The following table, drawn from the report (pdf) shows what local drivers make:
The estimates are corrected for what the city assumes to be a 15 percent income underreporting rate, given the cash-intensive nature of the business
The report says many drivers worked 12-14 hour shifts, six to seven days a week to make ends meet.
Although Portland drivers' pay was "consistent with those found in recent studies in other U.S. cities," the report says, it still finds cause for regulatory action:
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WWeek 2015