Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-01
Cab Fares a Crozy-QuiIt
Due to Area Boundaries

/ District licensed cabs on the
taxi stands on Federal property
at the Pentagon and at the
Nays Bureau Of Yards and
Docks.
There's nothing we can do
about it." a spokesman at the
bureau said. 1.-The trip origi-
mates outside our jurisdiction.
Something ought to be done.
The cabs there charge almost
double the rates that Arlington
cabs charge to the same points
in this county"
Another problem is Washing
ton National Airport. Most Of
the District-licensed cabs there
come into the District. But a
few persons call Virginia taxis
to pick them up there.
I'VE take the position" the
Arlington official said, that If
someone calls an Arlington cab
to the airport or the Pentagon
to pick him UP, then the county
cab must charge metered rates. /"
Different at Navy Annex
| A different situation exists at
another Arlington installation
the Navy Annex. The cab
stand is located on a county
street and there is no question
about county meter rates pre-
,vailing there.
In Prince Georges, there is the
huge Census Bureau at Suitland
Mr.. Buscher said that does not
present much of a problem be-
cause nearly all the trips to that
point are from the District.
Its on Federal property and
they use a Federal highway
! (Suitland parkway. to get to
Washington" Mr.. Buscher said
I All the Jurisdictions, except
Prince Georges County. extend
reciprocity to the others. For
instance: A.
An Arlington cab may bring
a passenger in to Union Station.
He may not pick up a fare at
the station for delivery to an
other point in Washington. But
he may. under the agreement,
pick up any fare who halls him
whose destination is Arlington.
This, Of course. works the other
way with a District cab in
Arlington.
Because Prince Georges re-
mains out Of the agreement, cab
drivers from that county may
not pick up passengers in Wash
ington for return to the county,
and vice-verSa.
Informal Agreement
In the areas that do recipro-
cate, also. cab may be called
from another Jurisdiction. For
instance, a Chevy Chase Md
resident could call a Washing
ton cab to pick him up. (But 1t
might be advisable to have the
rate quoted first).
The reciprocity is an informal
agreement that grew out Of the
wartime Office of Defense
Transportation when car pools
and group riding in cabs were
more prevalent. In Virginia il
was worked out at a State level
between District Traffic Direc-
tor George Keneipp and Craw-
ley Joyner. director of the Vir-
) ginia Division Of Motor Vehicles
Almost all officials queried by
The Star were Of the opinion
that the meter system is a much
fairer method of charging fares
Washington's zone system is rel
atively cheap for the cab rider
but can cost the driver money
aZone l in Washington is
roughly three miles across Gas
the crow flies). Here are some
/, of its principal boundaries: Flor
ida avenue NV. and NE. ano
!, u street NV. on the north; Sec
ond street NE. and Sc. on the
east; E street S.W. and Sc. and
Constitutional avenue from Sew
, enteenth street NV. to Twenty
, second street NV. on the south
and Twenty-second street NV
, on the west.
Embraces Capitol Buildings
This zone, a look at the mar
discloses, embraces the Capitol
the House and Senate Office
buildings, Union Station, the
nearby apartment hotels fol-
+ many members Of Congress, the
: downtown shopping district
, downtown hotels and cocktail
bars.
] In the early l930s, the Public
Utilities Commission ordered me.
! tiers installed here. An appea
! was taken to the Commissioners
! who upheld the decision. The
! appeal was carried to the District
Court of Appeals.
While the case was still pend.