Do you know if there are any rules for the taxi stand outside the PATH? It seems that about 90% of people wait on the makeshift line on the street, and then idiots run on the sidewalk to the cabs down Hudson Street bypassing the line. You would think enough people would be mature enough to respect the line, but once one person does it, drunk jackasses and the classy neighborhood girls can’t wait to join them. One (easy) solution: Tell the cab companies they aren’t allowed to pick people up until the beginning of the line (after all, that’s why there is a cab stand in the first place). Supposedly the cab stand is there for safety issues, so tickets could be issued (and enforced by setting up a camera there,) as opposed to needing constant screening by policemen. Anyone else agree?

Anonymous

Here a Hoboken411 reader gripes about the selfish actions some people take when on the supposedly civil taxi line, as well as the cabs that play along. What makes some people think they don’t have to wait like the rest?

The city code has no specific provisions for “cutting the line” at the taxi stand. One could argue that picking up passengers outside the ordered line may be considered “cruising” as stated in the city ordinance:

§ 179-23. Solicitation of passengers; acceptance and discharge of passengers; cruising.

J. Cruising shall be allowed so long as it is conducted within the following criteria:

(2) Cruising shall not be allowed within five hundred (500) feet of a taxi stand. Cruising is prohibited within fifty (50) feet of a bus stop, unless hailed by a prospective passenger.

If that is not enforceable, I feel nothing can be done about it until the city ordinance is amended. Maybe we can add an amendment that causes the city cab to relinquish control and drive directly into the Hudson River each time they try to cheat.

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