NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans taxi drivers must meet a new requirement: the ability to “fluently speak” English.
The City Council passed the requirement Thursday on a 7-0 vote. Drivers already have to be able to read and write English.
The Times-Picayune reported that the ordinance does not specify who will judge how fluent a taxi license applicant can speak English — or what standards will be used. Council member Kristin Giselon Palmer sponsored the measure, saying she had heard stories of riders having trouble communicating directions to drivers.
 
 
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