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Taxi boss gets 50% discount
2008-05-15 18:01:00 Cape Town’s wealthy taxi boss Junaid Peters, who is one of the city’s 10 worst traffic offenders, settled most of his outstanding fines this month at more than a 50 percent reduction. (...) More About: Boss , Taxi , Discount
Frederick, Md., taxi permits up for grabs
2008-05-15 18:00:00 The way the City of Frederick issues taxicab permits continues to stymie competition in an industry that already faces increasing gas prices, according to one cab company owner. (...) More About: Taxi , Permits
Kilkenny?s ?Gaza Strip? heats up taxi drivers? war
2008-05-15 17:58:00 IRATE taxi drivers, angry at being moved off their rank on the Parade, have likened their bitter dispute with the Borough Council to that between Israel and Palestine. (...) More About: Drivers , Gaza , Kilkenny , Gaza Strip , Strip
Let?s go! I?m thirsty! Impatient passenger beats fellow taxi rider
2008-05-15 17:57:00 A taxi passenger eager to get to a Hilton Head Island bar attacked another passenger for delaying the cab’s departure, according to a Beaufort County Sheriff’s report released Wednesday. (...) More About: Beats , Taxi , Rider
Taxi group files fare hike petition
2008-05-15 17:56:00 MANILA—A petition for “emergency relief for drivers,” has been filed by a group of taxi operators at the Land Transportation and Franchising Regulatory Board (LTFRB), an official said. (...) More About: Petition , Files , Group , Hike , Taxi
CABBIES CLEAN UP ACT
2008-05-15 17:54:00 NEW YORK — New York’s reputation for foul-mouthed taxi drivers appears to be going the way of the checkered cab. (...) More About: Clean
MPV follows taxi after getting honked at?
2008-05-12 20:21:00 Then driver flashes ‘V’ sign and drives off THEY were heading home in a taxi when a multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) allegedly drove out from a lane. (...) More About: Taxi
Taxi union wants return to ?cosy? licensing system
2008-05-12 20:19:00 Taxi driver unions will ask transport minister Noel Dempsey to cap the number of taxi licences being issued around the country. (...) More About: System , Union , Licensing , Return , Taxi
Taxi fares raised Saturday
2008-05-12 20:17:00 Commuters began paying more to travel on route taxis Saturday . Fares went up by 25% despite taxi operators clamouring for a higher increase. (...) More About: Taxi
Star pixman, passers-by nab ?taxi driver?
2008-05-12 20:16:00 KUALA LUMPUR: The Star ’s photographer, S. S. (...) More About: Taxi Driver , Driver , Taxi
Teen boy arrested in taxi attack
2008-05-12 20:13:00 Cabbies across the city are breathing a sigh of relief that a suspect has been arrested in the latest attack on a taxi driver. (...) More About: Arrested , Taxi , Attack
Long wait to fix taxi complaint
2008-05-12 20:10:00 THE State Government’s taxi watchdog is taking as long as three months to deal with complaints against taxi drivers. (...) More About: Long , Complaint , Taxi , Wait
Taxi driver honoured for honesty
2008-05-12 19:47:00 DUBAI — A taxi driver who returned a bag containing 130,000 euros was honoured by the Dubai Police yesterday for his honesty. Brig. (...) More About: Taxi Driver , Driver , Honesty , Taxi
Taxi driver and passenger killed in crash
2008-05-12 19:46:00 GARDAI are investigating a two-car head-on collision which claimed the lives of a taxi man and his back seat passenger yesterday. (...) More About: Taxi Driver , Driver , Crash , Killed , Taxi
Taxi driver with no prospects of survival woke up normal
2008-05-12 19:44:00 A MELBOURNE taxi driver stabbed a fortnight ago has made what his doctor describes as a "miraculous" recovery after his heart stopped on the operating table for more than 10 minutes. (...) More About: Taxi Driver , Driver , Survival , Taxi , Normal
Cab fares to rise
2008-05-03 18:32:00 People who use taxicabs in Kirkland Lake will have to shell out more for their rides starting Monday. (...) More About: Rise
Taxi flag fall accompanies rising wave of driver fear and fury
2008-05-03 18:31:00 "I COULD punch you for $5." The man was drunk and barely comprehensible but taxi driver Adam Dhillon’s heart still skipped a beat. (...) More About: Driver , Fear , Flag , Fall , Taxi
Russell Township taxi bylaw goes in for overhaul
2008-05-03 18:29:00 CANADA - Russell Township residents who are wheelchair-bound or with other mobility problems will soon be able to go on errands around town in a cab that meets their needs, and they won’t have to pay extra to have their wheelchair loaded on board. (...) More About: Taxi
Green Cabs join the taxi ranks
2008-05-03 18:28:00 Christchurch’s traditionally white-vehicled taxi ranks have received a dose of environmentally friendly green with the arrival of a new competitor. (...) More About: Green , Join , Ranks , Taxi
Harsh airport taxi rules create a split in the ranks
2008-05-02 13:46:00 Edinburgh Airport was awash with cars burning scarce fuel. I guessed it was taking at least half an hour to get in and out. (...) More About: Rules , Ranks , Create , Taxi
COUNCIL SPENDS £550K ON TAXIS
2008-05-02 13:43:00 Bristol City Council spent more than half a million pounds of taxpayers’ money on taxi fares in the past year. (...)
Taxis should be a service industry, not an investment one
2008-05-02 13:39:00 THE DRAMATIC front page headline of The Age yesterday, alongside the photo of angry, all-male, bare-chested, fist-waving taxi drivers on strike read: "Assault, Abuse, Fare Evasion, 12 Hour Shifts, Poor Security, All this for $8 an hour". (...) More About: Industry , Investment , Service
TAXI FIRM JOINS BATTLE TO SAVE LOCAL MATERNITY
2008-05-02 13:36:00 A LISBURN taxi firm has shown its support for the campaign to save the maternity services at Lagan Valley Hospital. (...) More About: Local , Save , Battle , Maternity , Taxi
Taxi protest brings city to a standstill
2008-05-02 13:34:00 KILKENNY’s city centre came to a standstill yesterday (Thursday) afternoon as dozens of local taxi drivers held up traffic with a protest on High Street. (...) More About: City , Protest , Taxi
Man hurt in taxi shooting
2008-04-25 16:37:00 TROUBLE BREWING: People went about their business as usual at the Cato Manor taxi rank after gunmen opened fire at a number of taxis in what police say is an ongoing feud over routes. (...) More About: Hurt , Shooting , Taxi
Greece - Taxi and bus fares to increase next month
2008-04-25 16:34:00 The cost of traveling by bus and taxi will rise by 5 percent next month, it was agreed yesterday, but cabbies vowed to press for further hikes in the near future. (...) More About: Greece , Taxi , Month
New rules ordered to end taxi deadlock
2008-04-25 16:31:00 City Hall - The city is looking at changing requirements for its taxi limousine advisory committee, after conflict-of-interest guidelines made meetings impossible. Ald. Gord Lowe and Ald. (...) More About: Rules , Taxi , Deadlock
Taxi drivers in Bucharest protests
2008-04-25 16:21:00 Bucharest. Independent taxi drivers went out into the streets of Bucharest today for a protest to defend their rights the Romanian newspaper Evenimentul Zilei reports. (...) More About: Drivers , Protests , Taxi , Bucharest
Taxi protests likely to spread - union
2008-04-25 16:18:00 As taxi drivers in Waterford and Limerick take to the streets in separate protests this afternoon, the National Taxi Drivers Union (NTDU) has warned that stoppages in other parts of the country are likely over the coming weeks and months. (...) More About: Protests , Spread
?Taxi driver started the fight?
More articles from this author:2008-04-18 19:13:00 Pretoria - An eyewitness to the Menlyn minibus taxi road-rage incident on Wednesday said he saw the taxi driver attack the driver of the other vehicle first - a direct contradiction of earlier reports. (...) More About: Taxi Driver , Fight , Driver , Taxi 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
