Kelly Dessaint on why he left Lyft and Uber to drive a taxi

By Jeneé Darden

Published January 30, 2019 at 5:25 PM PST

San Francisco taxi driver Kelly Dessaint began his 20-year career in print media publishing zines. Then in 2015, he landed a weekly column in the San Francisco Examiner called I Drive SF, which chronicles his experiences on the road.

"I don't see how people can just drive into San Francisco and think that they can be a taxi cab."

Kelly recently released the fourth volume of his popular Behind the Wheel zine series and he spoke about the growing impact of rideshare companies on the taxi industry and how every day on the road is a potential story.

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Jeneé Darden

Jeneé Darden is an award-winning journalist, author, public speaker and proud Oakland native. She is the executive producer and host of the weekly arts segment Sights & Sounds as well as the series Sights + Sounds Magazine. Jeneé also covers East Oakland for KALW. Jeneé has reported for NPR, Marketplace, KQED, KPCC, The Los Angeles Times, Ebony magazine, Refinery29 and other outlets. In 2005, she reported on the London transit bombings for Time magazine. Prior to coming to KALW, she hosted the podcast Mental Health and Wellness Radio.

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