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Aurora cab fares rising
The town’s bylaw now allows for six cab licences, which represents one for every 1,500 residents. Taxi drivers have voiced concerns at council about fares and illegal cabs.
Source: Era Banner

Cuba announces mass layoffs
The non-state jobs will include, among other things, workers hired by the small businesses, taxi drivers who will now lease their cabs from the state and employees of ...
Source: Calgary Herald

Are we ready for the electric car?
Since earlier this year, the eco firm has been running a trial in Tokyo using three taxi cabs and will soon start testing a small network of stations in Israel, where it says it ...
Source: The Vancouver Sun

Burn the Koran or the Constitution
And since just about everything from eating on Ramadan to liquor in taxi cabs to ice cream cones that look like Allah, that means for September 11 you can kiss freedom goodbye.
Source: Canada Free Press

Rotating billboards installed on some Edmonton taxis
Taxi driver Khuram Shahzad checks out a colleague's Capital Taxi cab minivan with a new trunk advertising unit on it as the cabs sat outside Southgate Centre in Edmonton ...
Source: The Vancouver Sun

Police arrest suspect after string of cab robberies terrifies city ...
He said police hope they have the man responsible for the string of taxi robberies, but ... Sharif said he wants the city to force owners to put shields in all cabs to ensure drivers ...
Source: Hamilton Spectator

Suspect arrested in cab robberies
Hamilton police believe a serial robber suspected of terrorizing city taxi drivers for ... Sharif said he wants the city to force owners to put shields in all cabs to ensure drivers ...
Source: Hamilton Spectator

U.S. consultant makes recommendations for Regina's taxi industry
After the meeting, Sandy Archibald of Regina Cabs and Premiere Taxi noted Mundy’s report gives Regina’s taxi industry high marks for vehicle cleanliness, driver ...
Source: Regina Leader-Post

Silver taxis rule the streets of Abu Dhabi
Despite the rise in fares, residents believe the new taxi services are far more comfortable and advanced than the old cabs. "These taxis are cleaner, more organized and more ...
Source: Zawya.com

Taxis face bumpy future with new Medford airport fees
Now taxi drivers receive a chip that monitors when they go through a gate to a special location where they queue up behind other cabs. Case said there have been instances ...
Source: Medford Mail Tribune

Taxi drivers protest Dallas ordinance promoting natural gas-powered cabs 11:04 AM CT
... Dallas ordinance that allows taxis powered by natural gas to jump to the front of the line at Love Field. "We want justice ... Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert has been a major proponent of the ordinance, arguing that ...
Source: Dallas Morning News

Rell: Earl spares Conn. from any major damage
NEW LONDON ... areas from New Haven east to the Rhode Island state line before Earl weakened. The once-Category 4 hurricane was downgraded to a tropical storm by late Friday. Forecasters predicted Connecticut would ...
Source: Middletown Press

The Case of the Missing Earl
... Christie novel: "The Case of the Missing Earl ... in New London was busy last night," said Whitman, seated in his taxi in front of the station Saturday morning. "People were taking cabs everywhere. New Haven,
Source: TheDay

Cabs with credit card fees break bylaws
At least three major cab companies in Toronto charge customers a user fee if they pay with a credit card, a practice that the city says violates municipal bylaws. CBC News ...
Source: CBC Olympics

The challenge of charging tomorrow's electric cars
Since earlier this year, the eco firm has been running a trial in Tokyo using three taxi cabs and will soon start testing a small network of stations in Israel, where it says it ...
Source: Globe and Mail

Banks shut door on India's all-women cab service ,
'What began as one taxi on Mumbai streets has grown to 60 in three years covering Delhi as well. I accessorised the cabs by adding small feminine touches like make-up kits, bigger ...
Source: Mynews India

Mumbai’s taxi drivers browned off over livery change
And the 50,000-odd taxi drivers – mostly migrants from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar – are ... The state government recently allowed fleet operators – there are about 2,500 cabs ...
Source: Khaleej Times

Police search for Salina bank robbery suspect
Salina police are searching for a suspect who robbed a Bank of America around 10:30 Saturday morning at Salina's Central Mall. The man is described as a Hispanic male weighing between 150 and 160 pounds, approximately 5'8" tall, with a moustache and dark ...
Source: msnbc.com

US student sentenced in Hong Kong taxi crash
An American university student was sentenced Thursday to four years and three months in prison for causing the crash of a Hong Kong taxi and the death of its driver before commandeering the vehicle and slamming it into another cab. A day earlier, a jury ...
Source: AP - msnbc.com

US police: Man calls cab to make robbery getaway
Police say a man robbed a bank and then called a taxi to make his getaway, tipping the driver $5 just before squad cars surrounded the cab. Taxi driver James Anderson tells the Missoulian newspaper the man was acting strangely when he picked him up at a ...
Source: AP - msnbc.com

Police: London cabbie may have assaulted 100 women
Police believe that a London taxi driver convicted of a string of attacks on female passengers is linked to more than 100 cases of sexual assault. Scotland Yard said Tuesday that a total of 102 women have said they were victimized by 53-year-old John ...
Source: AP - msnbc.com

3 arrested in killing of Sacramento-area cabbie
SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Three people are in custody for the shooting death of a Sacramento County taxi driver during an apparent robbery. Sheriff's detectives arrested 20-year-old Antoine Lee Taylor late Wednesday on suspicion of homicide and robbery. They ...
Source: San Jose Mercury News

Third Person Arrested For Shooting Death Of Taxi Cab Driver
A third person has been arrested in connection with the shooting death of a taxi cab driver earlier in the week. The Sacramento County Sheriff's Department announced the arrest of 20-year-old Antoine Taylor of Sacramento in connection with the death of ...
Source: Fox40

3rd Arrest Made In Cabbie's Killing
KCRA.com A third man has been arrested in connection with Monday morning's shooting death of a taxi driver in Sacramento County, a source told KCRA 3. Antoine Lee Taylor, 20, was taken into custody at about 2 a.m. Thursday on suspicion of homicide and ...
Source: msnbc.com

Missoula experimenting with high-tech meters
MISSOULA - The city of Missoula is experimenting with 36 high-tech, solar-powered parking meters that accept credit cards to find out if they can replace decades-old meters for which parts are no longer made. Missoula Parking Commission Director Anne Guest ...
Source: Billings Gazette

Garages Want Taxi-Fare Increase
New York City is weighing a proposal to raise taxi fares by an average of 19%, according to documents filed with the Taxi and Limousine Commission. Garages that lease taxis to drivers want to increase the amount they can charge a cabby for a 12-hour shift ...
Source: Wall Street Journal

Police search for bank robber in Salina
Salina police are searching for the man who robbed the Bank of America in the Central mall Saturday morning. Police say the man walked into the bank around 10:25 a.m., gave the teller a note demanding money. He left with an undisclosed amount of cash. The ...
Source: msnbc.com

Uptown, That'll Be $20; Upchuck, That'll Be $120
After six year old Jacob Cuthbert drank a Vanilla shake, he felt a little queasy. "I just went up and threw up," said Jacob. Unfortabtely for Jacob's mom and a cab driver, the first grader's choice of where he lost his lunch-- was the back seat of a taxi ...
Source: msnbc.com

Suspect in NYC Muslim cabbie stabbing out on bond
A college student charged with a hate-fueled attack on a Muslim taxi driver was freed on bail Tuesday, staying silent about a stabbing that helped heighten concerns about tolerance in the weeks before the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks ...
Source: AP - msnbc.com

Congressman questions VA hospital about vet's death
BILOXI, Miss. -- U.S. Rep. Gene Taylor said the Veteran Affairs Hospital in Biloxi failed the "Is this the way you would want your dad treated?" test by releasing a reluctant veteran from the emergency room, only to have him die in the back seat of a cab ...
Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer

Veteran dies in cab after coast VA release
BILOXI, Miss — A taxi driver says he’s upset that a fellow veteran died in his cab shortly after he picked up the man up from the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Biloxi. The driver, David Winters, tells The Sun Herald that he picked up 61-year-old ...
Source: Picayune Item

Kidnapped Cabbie Calls Police From Trunk
Good cell phone reception helped a taxi driver outsmart a passenger charged with robbing him at gunpoint, stuffing him in the cab trunk and taking him for a joyride. The cabbie used a second cell phone to dial 911 from the trunk and help bust the kidnapper ...
Source: msnbc.com

Sutter punched cabbie: police
CALGARY — Calgary Flames rookie Brett Sutter sucker-punched a cab driver after being ... “They stated . . . that as he left the club he punched a taxi driver in the face as he ...
Source: Calgary Herald

Feschuk: Bairu hungry for marathon success
His ambulance had collided with a taxi cab! The paramedics informed him they couldn’t leave the scene. Bairu couldn’t exactly walk; he said he couldn’t feel his legs.
Source: Toronto Star

Comparing cab rates: Toronto has the 20th most expensive taxis in ...
Toronto cabs tied with Montreal’s as the most ... “It is also very expensive to operate a cab.” At least there are plenty of efficient alternatives available if taxi fares ...
Source: Toronto Life

Toronto stumped on how to fix high taxi rates
Taxi rates are among the highest in the country after another price ... “The real problem is we have too many cabs on the road,” he said. Flagging a cab is rarely a problem in the ...
Source: Globe and Mail

Newly magnificent Bloor ready for its closeup
There are still spots for taxi cabs.: To what I've seen, nothings actually changed at all. My problem with "upgrades" is that...… aym
Source: Toronto Star

Why the work-life balance is not within my reach
He was, shall we say, 10,000 sheets to the wind, so I bundled him into the taxi with me. Bottom line, in getting out of the cab, I left behind my keys – house, car and storage ...
Source: Globe and Mail

Underground railroad ends in Toronto for gay Iranian refugee
It was dark when Shahmoradi, 34, climbed into a cab. As the taxi left the Gardiner Expressway and headed north on Jarvis Street to COSTI Housing Help Centre, he peered out at the ...
Source: Toronto Star

Doormen at famed hotel accused of bullying cabbies
... with an alleged extortion conspiracy that demanded taxi ... After talking to several cab drivers in the city, CTV News ... When cabs aren’t waiting at hotels, you’ll find them ...
Source: CTV

Doormen arrested for extortion
MONTREAL — Police arrested six doormen at the posh Queen Elizabeth Hotel on Friday for allegedly demanding a cut of cabbies' profits. The porters allegedly forced taxi ...
Source: CNEWS

Cop acquitted of assault on cab driver
Cop acquitted of assault on cab driver. By MEGAN GILLIS, Courts Bureau . Last Updated ... Safruk said that he was on Bronson Ave. when he felt a taxi merged unsafely, sending his ...
Source: Ottawa Sun

Calgary weather got you down? Temperatures ...
Roger Richard, president of Associated Cab, said taxi trips have been taking an average of 50 per cent longer while demand has gone up 500 per cent.
Source: The Vancouver Sun

Family with baby found stranded on Man. lake
Taxi service threatened by shield squabble As the taxi industry approaches one of the busiest times of the year, hundreds of cab drivers may be off the job.
Source: CBC Olympics

A complicated man
... company in Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005) and examined the U.S. government-authorized torture that caused the death of an Afghan cab driver in the Oscar-winning Taxi to ...
Source: CBC Olympics

Man shot near Jane and Finch
Two paid-duty officers drag suspects out of cab and recover a handgun. ... Two men, including the gunman, took off and got into a taxi. As blood spewed onto the ...
Source: Toronto Star

Updated: Three finalists unveiled in New York's taxicab competition
The city will have one distinct taxi design, eventually replacing its fleet of 16 models from nine auto makers
Source: Globe and Mail

Paul Bissonnette: Gross Misconduct Q&A
He may be in the taxi squad on ice, but this Phoenix Coyote is a first liner in off ... [Laughing] Like once we were in a cab in Detroit and he had a baseball bat in the car ...
Source: The Vancouver Sun

New York cabbies face new "professional" dress code
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - New York City's cabdrivers will be subject to a new dress code, the Taxi and Limousine Commission said on Friday. The regulations will instructing cabbies to "present a professional appearance," said David Yassky, TLC ...
Source: msnbc.com

NYC regulators want new dress code for cabbies
NEW YORK — New York City's taxi regulators are planning a new dress code for cab drivers that requires them to "present a professional appearance." Taxi and Limousine Commission chairman David S. Yassky tells The New York Times on Thursday that proper ...
Source: msnbc.com

Freezing rain coats Montreal
Ottawa cab driver faces sexual assault charge Ottawa police charged a taxi cab driver with sexual assault after it was alleged a mentally disabled woman was touched inappropriately.
Source: CBC Olympics

Ottawa cab driver faces sexual assault charge
Ottawa police charged a taxi cab driver with sexual assault after it was alleged a mentally disabled woman was touched inappropriately. Police launched an investigation on Nov ...
Source: CBC Olympics

How good is a hybrid in the cold?
Prius hybrid taxi cabs weathering the deep freeze in Winnipeg are proof positive
Source: Globe and Mail

Feds spend big money on taxis, limos
... were staff in the environment minister’s office, which doubled their spending on cabs ... said staff “do not use limos” but travel from their offices in Gatineau by taxi when ...
Source: CNEWS

Why Bay St. is selling itself in New York
“As I like to joke, right down to the lineup of taxi cab drivers at Bay and King at 12 o’clock at night.” Moreover, the financial sector helped blunt the impact of the recent ...
Source: Toronto Star

Nightly bar flush a drain on police resources
While some people grab cabs or find other ways to get home ... She suggested a taxi stand be set up or the City extend bus ... like to stands in the cold for 30 minutes waiting for a cab ...
Source: Kamloops Daily News Online

8 hurt in collision near Peterborough
DOURO-DUMMER TOWNSHIP, ONT.— Eight people were sent to hospital, two with life-threatening injuries, after a taxi and a car collided, sending both vehicles into a marsh east ...
Source: Toronto Star

Cebu taxi fare hike mulled as LPG price goes up
CEBU CITY, Cebu, Philippines (PNA) – Taxi-riding passengers in Cebu are bracing for a hike in cab fares after Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp. (PSPC) increased the price of an ...
Source: Manila Bulleting Online

Ivana Lowell: So, who was my father?
"In the cab on the way back from the shrink," remembers Ivana, sitting straight ... In 1977, when Ivana was 12, Lowell died of a heart attack in the back of a taxi in ...
Source: The Guardian

Another cab driver robbed in Escambia
Escambia County deputies are looking for two people who robbed a Williams Taxi cab driver. It was the second robbery of a taxi driver in the Mayfair area in two days ...
Source: Pensacola News Journal

Darrell D. Morris
He was a taxi cab driver for Heavenly Taxi. He enjoyed fishing, singing and being with his children. He is survived by sons, David and Benjamin Morris, both of Logansport; daughter ...
Source: Pharos-Tribune

Abolish Public Transportation board
Earlier this year, after taxi companies complained, the commission shut down an ... You don't want sex offenders driving cabs or people being transported in jalopies.
Source: Tampa Bay Online

Milford bank robber in getaway cab gets 7-year term
MILFORD — A 27-year-old Waterbury man who arranged for a taxi to pick him up when he robbed The Milford Bank at gunpoint in April was sentenced to seven years in ...
Source: New Haven Register

Teen badly hurt in collision
Police tracked down the man soon after in the 500 block of McLeod Avenue, with the cab driver still in the taxi. A 20-year-old man faces charges of impaired driving and uttering ...
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

Man charged in cabbie assault, hijacking
... flagged down a taxi in the area of Springfield Road and Rothesay Avenue. The 32-year-old cabbie told the man he was on his way to pick up another fare but would order another cab ...
Source: Winnipeg Sun

Man charged in cab theft
... Road and Rothesay Street when a 20-year-old man flagged down a taxi. The 32-year-old cabbie told the man he was on his way to pick up another fare but would order another cab for him
Source: Winnipeg Sun

Driving Hands helps get you home
Or else call the cab,” said Spooner, adding that they don’t want to step on the local taxi company’s toes, they simply want to provide an alternative service.
Source: Abbotsford News

Wingless ‘Christmas angel’ returns wallet to ...
... 64, lost the wallet last Thursday in downtown Toronto, possibly in a restaurant or a taxi ... to proceed later to the theatre, but Jack wasn’t feeling well, so they hailed a cab and ...
Source: Toronto Star

Graham James granted bail
Winnipeg cab stolen at gun point A taxi cab in Winnipeg was stolen by a man wielding a gun, police say. Highway crash injures 1 north of Winnipeg
Source: CBC Olympics

Cab recording under scrutiny
Cab conversations are at the center of a “big brother” debate as video and sound recordings of taxi drivers and passengers are now as common as the meter tracking your fare ...
Source: San Francisco Examiner

Taxi driver robbed
News: Taxi driver robbed | robbed, driver, taxi, city, knife ... The suspect took about $110, the cab driver’s cell phone and radio and left the taxi.
Source: News Herald

With Charles and Camilla and the revolting students
The citadel of retail London, at all times massively populated with taxi cabs and buses, tourists, civilians and workers, is scary enough at 5pm when the massive volume of workers ...
Source: Independent

Lexington Police Announce Arrest in Cab Driver Murder
Lexington Police have made an arrest in the weekend murder of a taxi cab driver. John Davis Cherry, 29, is charged with Murder, Unlawful Imprisonment and several drug offenses in the shooting death of Amine Lemghaili. The 28-year-old was found dead inside ...
Source: msnbc.com

Customer suspected of firing shots near Ohio store
CINCINNATI (AP) — A Cincinnati man suspected of firing gunshots into the air near a suburban phone store after a dispute with employees is now facing charges. Sheriff's deputies told The Cincinnati Enquirer the man became upset with workers at a Sprint ...
Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer

Prosecutor: 'Waste Of Humanity' Indicted In Taxi Deaths
A man accused of running a red light and killing two people in a crash is charged with murder. Calling him "a waste of humanity," Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters said that Mark Gerth is being indicted on two counts of murder, four counts of ...
Source: msnbc.com

Fellow Cab Drivers Hope Shooting Death Leads To More Safety
A day after a woman found a Lexington cab driver shot to dead inside his vehicle, family friends and coworkers continue to try to make sense of death. Amine Lemghaili was 28-years-old, a husband and the father of a 4-year-old little girl. A woman ...
Source: msnbc.com

Montreal cabbie can keep religious objects in taxi
The Montreal police memo, issued under the name of Taxi Bureau division chief Benoit Jugand, instructs inspectors that in the event religious objects in a cab are considered a security hazard, or "constitute a form of proselytizing," a senior Taxi Bureau ...
Source: Calgary Herald

Que. hires more prosecutors to ease workload
The Quebec government will spend $100 million to improve working conditions for the province's disgruntled and overworked Crown prosecutors. Justice Minister Jean-Marc Fournier announced a series of measures on Tuesday which include a hiring blitz of 94 ...
Source: CBC Olympics

Frozen body found in river
An autopsy will be performed on the body of man found frozen in the ice of the St. Lawrence River on Sunday. Const. Simon Delorme said a passerby spotted the body near the riverbank not far from the de la Concorde bridge near Old Montreal and contacted ...
Source: CBC Olympics

Jeddah boy who fled exam found in Haram
Rizwan had reportedly taken a taxi from Hindawiya district to Sharafiyah and managed to get a cab ride to Makkah. He was found by strangers who handed him over to the police. The cops contacted the boy's father. The father said Rizwan chose the safety of ...
Source: Arab News

Police Blotter
a satellite radio receiver and cell phone charger were removed from her vehicle. • Burgit’s City Taxi of South Main Street said Friday that a patron fled a cab on Barney Street without paying a $60 fare.
Source: Times-Leader

Telluride a place to mingle with celebs
"Sandra Bullock was in the seat you're sitting in just two days ago," a cab driver for Telluride Express told me ... The most popular mode of transportation in Telluride is not by taxi or getaway horse, though. The old town lies below the mountain ...
Source: Lansing State Journal

Man found locked in cab with wounded driver to be charged
Detroit — Wayne County's prosecutor today announced charges will be brought against a 41-year-old man found Wednesday locked in the back seat of a taxicab with a rifle. Officers discovered the cabbie had been shot multiple times. Terrence Banks of ...
Source: Detroit News

Man Blames Juvenile Cousin For Taxi Cab Shooting
WLWT.com A man charged in the shooting of a cab driver over the weekend faced a judge Monday morning. Police said Montez Wagner and a 16-year-old cousin were picked up by the taxi outside of a White Castle restaurant in Colerain Township on Saturday night ...
Source: msnbc.com

I’m not a bad person,’ says GTA baby snatcher with guilty plea
She distracted Roma’s father with paperwork and immediately ran into a waiting taxi with the baby, according to an agreed statement of facts read in court. Gopaul said she realized the enormity of what she had done the moment she got into the cab.
Source: Toronto Star

MMDA rushes tagging for public transport
MANILA, Philippines -- The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has directed public utility vehicle operators to implement vehicle tagging on all public utility vehicles (PUVs) such as buses, jeepneys, and taxi cabs, in three months time.
Source: Manila Bulleting Online

A hole in the roof!!!!
Well, for a short time, maybe that was true. There were air carriers more than taxi cabs in New York. A few years later though, the number shrunk to a monopolistic number already, and the market powers these carriers have are not ensuring cheap travel any longer.
Source: Gather.com

MMDA to tag PUVs
MANILA, Philippines - The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is set to tag all public utility vehicles (PUVs) such as buses, jeepneys, and taxi cabs within 3 months. The agency has issued Memorandum Circular No. 5 on the program, which covers ...
Source: ABS-CBN

Trio convicted over taxi driver bashing
A dispute arose between the taxi driver and the group, leading to a minor accident after the cab veered across Parkes Way.Later Banks and Sarlija returned to the cab and stole two mobile phones valued at $1850 ... ... Former Australian batsman Dean Jones ...
Source: Australian News

Tipping the scale: A guide to gratuity
These jobs include but are not limited to taxi drivers, waiters, delivery people ... On the other hand, a two-minute cab ride doesn't constitute additional compensation, like a longer journey does, aside from the usual 15 percent. Results | The end ...
Source: The Sun News

Police warn of 'pregnant wife' con
He rushes into a business — a retail store or restaurant — claiming he has locked his keys in his car and urgently needs cab fare to get his pregnant wife to the hospital before she gives birth. 'He is very convincing and often knows the names of the ...
Source: CBC Olympics

Taxi driver ran after passenger pulled gun
A former taxi driver testified Tuesday about a marathon ... and Black Creek Dr. When they arrived, he told him to turn the radio off. Driving the Crown cab slowly, Mossa said he heard Kassim say “either ‘I just shot my girlfriend or my wife, now ...
Source: Toronto Star

Night of debauchery’ haunts law firm
A “night of debauchery” at a King St. W. nightclub that resulted in three Toronto lawyers leaving their jobs has sparked a $1.3 million wrongful dismissal lawsuit against a legal firm known for its labour relations acumen. Lawyer Adrian Jakibchuk ...
Source: Toronto Star

Brit-Indian honeymooner's brother tried to get Shrien's CCTV footage with convicted taxi driver
She was shot after the apparent hijacking of their taxi in a township in Cape Town ... According to the police dossier, the footage shows Dewani staying in the cab that drove him and Anni from the airport the day before the killing, and talking to Tongo ...
Source: New Kerala

Vacaville's small firms hit by rising fuel prices
Taxi companies are in a unique quandary when it comes to raising fares amid fuel price spikes, said Dean Laing, CEO of Vacaville Checker Cab. Drivers must pay for their own gas, but fares and rates -- $2 for a flag drop and $2.50 per mile afterward ...
Source: Vacaville Reporter

Data show 9 illegal cab companies in city
In comparison to the nine cab companies that did not have licensed drivers on file, the city had 58 licensed taxi drivers. Some companies overlap with town unlicensed cabs due to separate licensing requirements by each municipality. (Page 2 of 3 ...
Source: Poughkeepsie Journal

Tropicalia travel: Bermuda a jewel amid turquoise
Nonresidents are not allowed to drive cars in Bermuda, so you will be limited to a bicycle, a bus, a ferry, a taxi, a private driver or — my ... As for the other modes of transport, cabs and private drivers can get expensive (cabs $6.40 for the first ...
Source: News-Press

Enforcement 'falls through cracks,' town says
Jicha said he didn’t know which cab companies were unlicensed. “I cannot tell you if there is one, two, 10 or 20 illegal cabs. How do you differentiate?” he asked. One way is to compare municipal taxi driver’s license and company “for-hire ...
Source: Poughkeepsie Journal

Transportation access is a civil rights issue
In October 2009, the first wheelchair-accessible taxi came to the New Haven area when Metro Taxi introduced the state’s first accessible cab, “Metro Access.” Since then, the wheelchair- accessible taxi has unleashed pent-up demand of seismic proportion.
Source: Hartford Business

Passings: Dennis Hopper
There was no bottom to them. Afer a minute or so, as I tried to meet his gaze, he turned away. Like a crazy fan, I chased hm through the night in a taxi cab and lost him somewhere. A few months later, on a dare at a college party from a friend named Peter ...
Source: American Reporter

Michael Kelly: Taxi adventure
Omaha native Dan Wuebben, who lives in New York, hailed a cab at LaGuardia Airport and took a $5,000 cab ride — to Los Angeles. Not because of a fear of flying. Not because of a family emergency. Not, like some people who literally run across the country ...
Source: Omaha World-Herald

Friends hail New York cab for 3,000-mile cross-country trip
Fugghetaboutit. At least that's what the father of John Belitsky, a former taxi driver himself, said when he heard about his son's plan to pay a cab driver $5,000 to bring him and his friend Dan Wuebben from the East Coast to the West Coast in one trip.
Source: CNN

Chicago's New Incentive for Hybrid Taxi Cabs
A new program may bring more hybrid taxi cabs to the city of Chicago. Mayor Richard Daley announced The Green Taxi Program yesterday. That initiative will reimburse cab companies for using hybrid cars or vehicles powered by natural gas. The city will use $ ...
Source: 22 WSBT

Kimmel a hit as city 'Cab Guy'
In the Taxi TV skits, he drives a city cab and tells riders, "If you're already sick of me, just imagine how the driver feels." But is the comedian too big for just cabs? "I'd love to expand to Greyhound buses," he deadpanned. As for NBC talk-show host ...
Source: New York Post

After NH-7 toll notice, Bangalore drivers threaten stir
The rates were approved by NHAI, it said. Following this, the India Motor Transport Congress, Bangalore Tourist Taxi Owners Association, Karnataka Maxi Cab and Taxi Association and Karnataka Tourism Forum warned that they would begin a severe protest if ...
Source: Daily News and Analysis

UAE taxi drivers bemused by US safety warning
000 in cash he found in his cab. And while there have been some court cases of drivers assaulting passengers, they are few and far between given that the Road and Transport Authority (RTA)?estimates there are a million taxi trips per year in Dubai alone.
Source: 7 Days UAE

TAPES THAT SHAME MAYOR
His sex slur on a female colleague, his targeting of Asian taxi drivers, his glee as he claims to pull ... emerged where the ‘Robocop’ mayor can be heard to call hackney cab drivers “scumbags” and “f***ing thick”. The politician insisted ...
Source: Sunday Sun

Discount Cab Marks 350 Prius Taxis by Donating $1 Per Ride on Earth Day 2011
--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Discount Cab is marking Earth Day by attempting to break its record for most taxi trips dispatched in one day ... Hughes believes the hybrid cabs have had a lot to do with that increase. “We’re averaging more than 10,000 trips ...
Source: Yahoo Finance

Universal appeal
Our taxi driver, for instance, who had come back to Singapore ... and is accessible by MRT rail system, buses or cabs.
Source: Deccan Herald

No relief in sight as gasoline costs soar
Filling his tank last night at a Shell gas station, where regular gas was priced at $4.09 per gallon, 29-year-old taxi driver Mohamed Jama said increased gas prices are affecting his livelihood. “We used to go around before; now we sit at cab stands ...
Source: Boston Globe

Radio 2's Comedy Showcase - Fare Trade
Richard Wilson stars as frustrated taxi driver, Frank Ross, who thinks he's too good for his job. Frank used to be a Latin teacher and he used to be married. Frank used to be a lot of things, but now he drives a mini-cab in order to make ends meet.
Source: BBC

Henner says Conaway 'was like a brother to me'
Jeff Conaway's death has left a hole in the hearts of the cast of "Taxi." "Jeff was like a brother to me," Marilu ... Conaway played Bobby Wheeler, struggling actor by day and NYC cab driver by night, for three seasons.
Source: msnbc.com

Family applauds arrest of suspect in cab driver's murder
and went around the taxi and continued chasing Mr. Kerner, shooting him multiple times in the back," Fortunato said. It's the second murder of an area cab driver in a little more than a year. Arvil Hicks III was gunned down in the Irish Channel in May 2010 ...
Source: WWL-TV

Why Jerusalem Matters
When Aldous Huxley said, "we have each of us our Jerusalem," he meant much more than a temporal city of taxi cabs and traffic jams. He meant a vision of what life might be. The vision of life's promise is one we surrender at our peril, because it gives us ...
Source: Aish

"The Dr. Oz Show" Kicks Off New 4PM Time Slot With Free Rush Hour Cab Rides!
Once the cabs drop off passengers after leaving the various staging areas however, they are free to anyone that can hail them in New York . If an ad for "The Dr. Oz Show" adorns the taxi top, the ride is on Dr. Oz! May 26 is the first day that "The Dr ...
Source: Yahoo Finance

San Fran officials approve taxi fare increase
"Cab drivers have not received a raise since 2003. These increases, along with improving taxi service for our customers ... a 40-cent increase in the current $3.10 starting rate for cabs and a plan to put more cabs on the streets on weekends and during ...
Source: Yahoo Finance

iMingle Insurance Releases iPhone App Utilizing DecisionMaker Mobile
Tools to find a taxi, car rental agency or towing service based on the ... they can capture critical information about a potential claim immediately after it occurs or they can find a cab or towing service through their phone with a few touches on the ...
Source: Yahoo Finance

Police: Talib's mother says her son could have fired gun at man
Talib was charged with simple battery and resisting arrest in connection with an assault on a taxi driver in Tampa in 2009 ... and Talib settled out of court with the cab driver. Talib's troubles date to 2008, when he was involved in a fight with fellow ...
Source: NFL

Learning to Love Dad's Old Mercury Comet
With one, strike the fear of death look from him, I did what any teenage girl could--I whined."It looks like a taxi cab! Maybe I should pick up fares." "Maybe you should. Come to think of it do you have a job?" He turned his head back to reading the paper ...
Source: Associated Content

Where the streets have no English
Just out of curiosity I asked how much a taxi from Itaewon — the foreign section of Seoul — to Ansan would cost (in case I got lost or missed the last train at 11:30 p.m.). He figured it out in the cab’s touch-screen computer: 35,000 won, not bad.
Source: Philippine Star Online

When Raleigh's Speedway hosted an Indy-style race
"Watching Troy race, all of my ambitions were toward open-wheel stuff," Ruttman said. "The Indy car guys called stock cars taxi cabs. They had doors, and it wasn't cool to race taxi cabs. If you were a real racer, you raced open-wheel stuff. And my desire ...
Source: Raleigh News & Observer

Hartal gets underway
In pre-hartal violence, 10 buses and a taxi cab were, however, set on fire in the capital on Friday. Over 100 BNP-Jamaat leaders and activists were also picked up from different parts of the country ahead of the general strike. The two major opposition ...
Source: Bangladesh News 24 hours

Hotel Review: Singapore Moon Hotel
The bustling Orchard Road shopping area is about a 10-minute cab ride away, and a station for Singapore’s MRT train system, which can take you all over the island, is an 8-minute walk. By taxi, it’s a 20-minute ride to the airport. Rooms are tiny ...
Source: New York Times

The gospel of Pappy: From pulpit to airwaves, The reverend has 'let 'er fly' for more than six decades
I told him I was ready to go to the rock pile," he says, recalling the story. At the time, Pappy says, he was driving a taxi cab and a friend who had just been paid for his farm crop wanted to go to Greenville. The two loaded the cab with moonshine ...
Source: Knoxville News Sentinel

Lack of sleep hurts job performance
Black and White Cabs of Norfolk and Virginia Beach limit drivers to 12 hours, said Frank Azzalina, director of business development. Harold Jaggan, manager of Yellow Cab and Blue and White Taxi companies in Chesapeake, Portsmouth and Virginia Beach ...
Source: HamptonRoads.com

Vacation Bible schools promise spiritual fun
"We're going to have the Statue of Liberty here, and our own taxi cab," said interim children's director Kerry Williams. Their charge was lowered from last year to $10 per week. "It costs us to do it, but we try to reach out to the non-churchgoers," said Williams.
Source: AZCentral.com

London calling
The taxi fare was about 15 pounds — $23 — and took 10 or 15 minutes. I wasn’t really paying attention to the time, but was listening to the 72-year-old cab driver’s recommendation to check out the best park in London — St. James. I headed there ...
Source: St. John's Telegram

NJ cop arrests cabbie, sparks airport protest
NEWARK, N.J. — Taxi drivers staged a five-hour shutdown at Newark Liberty ... Veltre followed Deraz to the cab staging area near the airport, where an argument ensued. Port Authority Police were called and arrested Deraz, Coleman said.
Source: Police one.com

Family of Cumbria killer Derrick Bird form incredible bond with victim's relatives one year on
Amazingly, the families of the murderer and one of his victims have become united after the massacre. Cab driver Darren, 45, was at the Whitehaven taxi rank where he and Bird worked when his colleague pulled up and opened fire. Yesterday, his sister Sharon ...
Source: Daily Mirror

Police plan sobriety checkpoint in Winslow Twp.
a taxi or ask a sober friend to drive you home. Spend the night where the activity is held. Always buckle up regardless of your seating position in the vehicle. If you’re intoxicated and traveling on foot, the safest way to get home is to take a cab or ...
Source: NJ.com

Cabbie escapes knife-wielding man
A Winnipeg taxi driver was forced to wave down police for help after ... to harm him unless he drove him to a certain place in the city. Aitken said when the cab got to Pembina Highway and Dalhousie Drive the cabbie flagged down police and the man was ...
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

A MAN AND A SUMMER TO REMEMBER
There was no bottom to them. Afer a minute or so, as I tried to meet his gaze, he turned away. Like a crazy fan, I chased hm through the night in a taxi cab and lost him somewhere. A few months later, on a dare at a college party from a friend named Peter ...
Source: American Reporter

New York Civil Rights Violation Lawyer Investigates NYC Taxi of Tomorrow -- Not as Wheelchair Accessible as Promised
The city says that it does issue medallions for wheelchair-accessible taxicabs, and that taxi officials were planning a program to arrange cab rides by telephone for the disabled. According to the New York Post, only 240 of the nearly 13,500 cabs in the ...
Source: 24-7PressRelease.com

Celebrating Decades in Singapore and Malaysia
The taxi queue was organized, but we had to pay S$5 more for budget flights on cab fare. There was also an added charge for cab use if you traveled on the weekday and at midnight. The cab fare cost S$22 from the airport to Bencoolen.
Source: Associated Content

Shahbaz asks MPAs to ensure transparency in projects
He mentioned that provision of interest free loans to the youth under self-employment scheme, yellow cab taxi scheme and provision of state land to the agriculture graduates in the budget were such steps as would help eliminate poverty and unemployment ...
Source: Nation

Police hunt knifepoint hold-up men after two separate incidents in Brisbane
Police are searching for three men who robbed a taxi driver at knifepoint at Boondall on Brisbane's north. The 27-year-old driver was called to a job at Aberdeen Pde at about 11.30pm. When he pulled up in his empty cab, a man armed with a knife approached ...
Source: News.com.au

Road travel fares fixed for Amarnath yatra pilgrims
taxis and maxi-cabs, during the trip. According to an order issued by Transport Commissioner, the fare for mini buses from Nunwan to Chandanwari on Pahalgam route will be Rs 68 per passenger per trip, a department spokesman said. Taxi (petrol) fare from ...
Source: MSN India

Taxi driver taken for a ride
Police have arrested a man who allegedly threatened a taxi driver with a knife. Around 10 p.m. Friday, police say the suspect entered the front seat of a cab in the area of Pembina Highway and Grant Avenue. Once inside, the man exposed a large knife that ...
Source: Winnipeg Sun

Officer avoids jail time for assault
Minutes later, Tanino and Klassen pulled up in a cab. Klassen testified as he got out of the taxi, he saw Gillan and Khan standing facing one another, with Khan putting his hands on Gillan, who stepped back two steps. "I thought I was seeing an assault in ...
Source: The Vancouver Sun

Sydney: Bubbly and big city fun
9.45am: We catch a cab to Paddington to meet "our personal stylist" Fleur for ... Let's Go Surfing gives surf lessons as well as hiring boards. 6pm: We catch a taxi back to the hotel, but stop at Westfield Bondi to pick up a pair of NRL shorts for my ...
Source: New Zealand Herald

Red Sox: 'The Greatest Choke in Baseball History'
One Red Sox fan, quite bitter over Crawford’s efforts all year, said, “They should fire anyone who was involved in getting Crawford here — the general manager, the manager and even the cab driver ... the fate of the taxi driver.
Source: pilot.com

Indian taxi driver allowed to stay in Australia despite bashing elderly woman passenger
Melbourne, Oct 9 (ANI): An Indian taxi driver in Melbourne, who bashed an 81-year-old woman in his cab, has escaped deportation and will be allowed to stay in Australia. Twenty-four-year-old Bhupinder Singh, who came to Australia on a student visa ...
Source: Newstrack India

Bashed cabbie calls for security screens
However, NSW Taxi Council chief executive Peter Ramshaw says closed-circuit cameras in cabs negates the need for compulsory plastic screens around drivers. Three teenagers have been charged over the violent attack.
Source: News.com.au

Cardiff City fan too big to fit through turnstyles loses 14 stones
It was during a family holiday to Spain last year that Paul, who runs his own taxi firm Bear Cabs, realised he had to change. “A culmination of things made me think enough is enough. I couldn’t walk, it was a struggle to go even a short distance and I ...
Source: WalesOnline

Son's search for his long-lost father ends in Chattanooga
A few days later, Josh came home from class to find his father loading his things into a taxi. "I'm sorry," Edward said to his bewildered son. "I'll always love you." Then he got in the cab and pulled away. "And he was just gone," Josh said. "I screamed ...
Source: msnbc.com

RCMP searching for father and son in Washington State
The pair traveled via Canadian taxi cab to Seattle. Once in Seattle, they hired a local taxi. The destination of that taxi is not yet known. Based on information received from people familiar with the pair, police have concerns for the well ...
Source: The Province

Police to protest supporters: Honk if you'd like a ticket
A Seattle police officer tickets a taxi driver who honked in support of the Occupy Seattle ... the protesters followed and shouted at police who then formed a blockade around the driver's cab. The cab driver was then given a $144 ticket - and protesters ...
Source: KOMO News

MERIDIAN MAYOR'S RACE: Tammy De WEERD has 4 opponents
The city’s multiplying business and building regulations and its recent precious metals ordinance and proposed taxi cab ordinance infringe on small businesses and impede growth, he said. “We need to tear down obstacles to creating private ...
Source: Idaho Statesman

Editor’s choice: Reader’s letter
The whole nation heaved: cafés, hair salons and taxi cabs debated vigorously. If you ask me, yes, Christofias should have resigned. Long before the Polyviou report came out. Not because he is “guilty” or not. Let’s not get into that, ...
Source: Cyprus Mail

THE DVD SHELF: "The Bad Seed," Hit British Miniseries, Gene Wilder's "Willy Wonka," Buster Keaton, Zero Mostel and More
The show aired on Friday nights from 8 to 8:30; McCormack jumped into a taxi as soon as her scenes were finished, changed into her costume in the cab, and made it over to the theatre in time for the 8:40 curtain! (You've got to love that McCormack ...
Source: Playbill

Chester Puchalski
Chester was born in a taxi cab in Scranton, Pa., were he was raised. He moved to Morristown, N.J., for five years, and had lived in Dover, N.J., for most of his life before moving to Montville four years ago. He received his B.S. in chemistry at the ...
Source: NJ.com

Meru bosses, union don’t see eye to eye
Commuters continued to suffer on Thursday as the Meru Cab ... taxi wing Swabhiman Sanghata, led by industries minister Narayan Rane’s son Nitesh, are adamant to continue the strike. Rajesh Puri, the chief executive officer of Meru Cabs said ...
Source: Hindustan Times

Victims identified in two fatal crashes in west St. Louis County
She was pronounced dead at Mercy Hospital in Creve Coeur at 8:06 p.m. Police said a Ford Crown Victoria taxi cab on Dougherty Ferry Road made a left turn at Des Peres Road and struck Smith's Hyundai Accent head-on. The Hyundai was pushed in the median and ...
Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Meru strike called off, 21 ‘errant’ drivers taken back
the Meru Cab management on Saturday took back all the 21 drivers who had misbehaved with commuters, driven passengers out from cabs and damaged taxis. AK Tiwari of the taxi union run by Nitesh Rane said the management had bowed down to their demands.
Source: Daily News and Analysis

CTV's Craig Oliver unveils moving new memoir
His father was a bootlegger who grew too fond of his own wares and who did jail time. His mother was an alcoholic who at various times drove a cab, managed a taxi company and ran a seedy motel where she kept a revolver in a desk drawer. The young Oliver ...
Source: CTV

On deaf taxi drivers
Nothing riles me early in the morning than taking a taxi whose chauffeur is allegedly deaf ... You finally encounter a cab but you are soaked. You are naturally unhappy. Instead of confronting a rude chauffeur, you are dreaming of hot salabat (ginger ...
Source: BusinessWorld Online

Driving forces on the road
Provided to China Daily Hangzhou: West lake dreams Hai Liang cannot remember how many times he has made a stop at Hangzhou's majestic West Lake since he started driving a taxi here six years ago. "At least once every day," the 39-year-old cab drivers says.
Source: China Daily

Apple's Siri will need to learn new tricks
It could order movie or concert tickets, book restaurant reservations using OpenTable, and call a cab via Taxi Magic. It could also tweet. Perhaps an open framework is coming. Apple typically does not discuss future releases, and the Siri reborn for the ...
Source: Zimbio

Splendour of the Seas Cruise Review by Alf767
We had to take the water taxi to the hotel. PROS: Nice hotel with beautiful views ... Athens--Okay, we've been here a few times. Went took a cab and went shopping by the Acropolis. We even took time to have a nice Greek lunch...it was delicious.
Source: Cruise Critic

Guard hacked dead
It was at the Mandaue City Police Office where Navarro admitted the crime. Navarro said a co-worker found P14,000 cash in a taxi cab. Navarro said he got a share of the money. Navarro said Morandarte got mad when he was not given a share. He said that ...
Source: Global Nation

New Toyota hybrid could push Toronto taxis to change
This is the perfect size and configuration for both hatchback-loving Canadian families and Toronto taxi cabs. Car manufacturers seem to be ... If the Prius v catches on as a cab in Toronto's largest city I think it just might lead to a breakthrough in ...
Source: CTV

My flood diary
The only bright spot of the day so far has been the upbeat cab-driver who took me to the office. (It’s a real mess at the office car park, and I had to leave my car at home.) This taxi driver lives in Nong Chok – far riskier than my place – but his ...
Source: star.com.my

Chauffeurs in London – The best way to determine the town Sights
There are a selection of ways you may get round the town, through the well-known Black Cabs to the historic underground rail procedure. 1 technique of transport which you might not have viewed as is actually a chauffeur pushed taxi! London ...
Source: ETtoday

New index pinpoints inequalities in Canadians’ quality of life
Instead, he’s driving a taxi and says high gas prices and a glut of cab drivers in Toronto mean he’s earning less than minimum wage. “I went to school to get a better job, but when I graduated no one wanted to hire me,” he says. The index also shows progress.
Source: Globe and Mail

San Diego’s continuing taxi cab scandal
Not only that, but the Regional Airport Authority and advocates for expanding the Convention Center are seeking to add additional charges to the cab fare for programs unrelated to taxi travel. Who is it that needs taxi cabs? Surveys show that ...
Source: San Diego Union-Tribune

Picasso thief pleads guilty to theft of Tete De Femme
Wine sommelier Mark Lugo, 30, took Tete de Femme from the Weinstein Gallery on 5 July before getting into a cab with the $275,000 (£170,000 ... Lugo was arrested within 24 hours after co-operation from the taxi driver and security camera footage from ...
Source: BBC News

LPG taxis’ ‘ailing’ tales ‘anecdotal, unscientific’
Fregil is engaged in the LPG conversion business. She has converted more than 10,000 taxi cabs to date, and has been driving an LPG-powered car for the past six years. She said neither she nor the cab drivers [in a sister car-leasing company] have fallen ...
Source: Global Nation

Punjab CM stresses need for breaking begging bowl
A female applicant, Rabia Kosar, also got the key of a yellow cab. To a question by Chief Minister, she said that she had learnt driving and she would drive the taxi to earn money for her family. The CM said that the provincial government would encourage ...
Source: DAWN Group

Nike SB Dunk Hi Marge Simpson_12071
The kicks are set in a dark grey satin TUF upper that is contrasted with yellow. The color make-up is drawn from taxi Nike Air Max 24-7 cabs, which define the city streets. "NYC" is embroidered on the side and further references to taxis can be seen on the ...
Source: Zimbio

Jewish Hospitality
"Just follow me and I'll take you to the best place in town." Gary and the other boy, whose name was Aaron, jumped in a taxi, and after a few minutes, the cab stopped in front of a plain-looking apartment building. Gary didn't get it. "Hey, where are we?
Source: Aish

Bad vibes’? When asked, ‘God’ indeed showed himself in Norfolk!
I slowed down at it, quickly got into the back of the cab; and said, “Take me to my ship, please. I’ve just seen God!” Taxi drivers in that Norfolk area, a Navy metro town, have seen it all; they spook at nothing. “Which ship you on?”
Source: Examiner

Livingston soldier first casualty of Vietnam
Then the taxi cab pulled up, its driver carrying a telegram. He knocked on the door. Leading up to Vietnam James Thomas Davis was born June 1, 1936, in Overton County. He was the eldest son of World War II veteran James "Clarence" Davis, a pharmacist at ...
Source: Herald-Citizen

Update: Officer Pulls Driver From Fiery Wreck
Channel 6 News contacted the taxi companies in town to see if we could track down the cab driver but the office staff does not work on weekends so we were unable to speak with the cab driver.
Source: WOWT

Naive? Certainly. Dishonest? Possibly. But is Shrien Dewani guilty of murdering his wife?
Their driver was Zola Tongo, 30, who was moonlighting from his taxi firm to earn some extra money ... the 25-year-old alleged to have driven the hijacked cab. While Qwabe has given police a confession, he has since retracted it and claimed he was told ...
Source: Daily Mail

CAT cabs for disabled could be on streets soon
“This will allow you to.” Passengers who qualify for the program will pay half the cab fare, while CAT will reimburse the taxi company for the rest. Reimbursement funds come from a federal grant that was used to pay for the vehicle
Source: Savannah Morning News

Gold Coins From Duluth Taxi Cab Turned to Good Work
DULUTH, MN (Northland's NewsCenter) - It's not what you might expect to find in the back of an old Duluth taxi cab - a pouch of gold coins about a century old. Those gold coins were put up for auction Monday by the cab owner who found them. He's ...
Source: msnbc.com

Taxi-cab traffic stop yields $12K worth of heroin, Ectasy in Ohio county
MARION, Ohio — A Michigan man is facing felony drug charges after Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers seized 1,283 small bas of heroin and 50 Ecstasy pills, valued at $12,000 during a traffic stop Wednesday on U.S. Route 23 in Marion County ...
Source: Vindy.com

Team 4 Investigates Troubles Getting Taxi Cabs In Pittsburgh
Why is it sometimes so difficult to get a taxi cab in Pittsburgh? "I approached four taxis and none of them would take me home," Eric Vearnon said. Team 4 investigative reporter Jim Parsons looked at customer complaints on file with the state ...
Source: msnbc.com

Two patrons hurt when taxi crashes into West Town restaurant
A taxi cab ran into the the restaurant Prasino located on 1846 W. Division St. Thursday afternoon. Prasino opened its doors in August of this year. The restaurant was open at the time but no one was hurt. Two patrons of a West Town restaurant ...
Source: Chicago Sun-Times

Yellow Cab sues city over being opted for other taxi companies
Yellow Cab is suing the city after other cab companies were chosen over them after their current contract is coming to an end. Yellow Cab filed for a preliminary injunction against the city after two other taxi businesses, Total Transit of ...
Source: Fox 13 Now - Salt Lake City

Panel hears Yellow Cab’s protest over taxi contracts
An attorney for Yellow Cab called a new airport concession fee charged for all taxi services — whether or not riders travel to the airport — an illegal, hidden tax. But city officials said the fee charged by the Salt Lake City International ...
Source: Salt Lake Tribune

End of the road for ‘Cash Cab Chicago’
all you be getting is a taxi ride. The Discovery Channel reportedly has put the brakes on the local edition of “Cash Cab,” the game show that gives prizes to unwitting riders who answer trivia questions. Second City actress Beth Melewski ...
Source: Chicago Sun-Times

Nissan Begins Leaf Taxi Testing in New York City
So can an electric vehicle fill those mighty big wheelwells? Nissan thinks so, and is beginning a pilot program in New York City to study the feasibility of electric taxi cabs.A New Cab King Cometh? Having already won the bid to build the next ...
Source: Reuters India

Board denies appeal of Salt Lake City’s new taxi contracts
An administrative board on Wednesday denied an appeal by Yellow Cab Driver Association, but a judge’s temporary restraining order blocking new taxi services in Salt Lake City remains in effect. The panel rejected Yellow Cab’s contention that ...
Source: Salt Lake Tribune

Details of cab driver killing are revealed
A passing taxi cab near a Whataburger gave four men the idea that ended the life of O'Bryan Lashan Brandy, probable cause statements for those accused of killing him show. "They be having money bags, I done seen them," suspect Davin Bowers ...
Source: Tallahassee Democrat

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