D.C. taxi panel endorses increase in fares, improved driver training

Published December 1, 2008 5:00am ET



Higher fares, revamped taxicab driver training programs and deputized hack inspectors are among the final recommendations of a task force examining D.C.’s changing taxi industry.

The group determined, in a final report released Friday, that existing fares should be raised “to fairly compensate the drivers and to restore their income to a comparative level with other neighboring jurisdictions.”

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