Directory —
Automobile —
Blog Details for "Taxi Blog"
Taxi BlogTaxi BlogTaxi News from around the world. Taxi News from around the world. Articles
Big yellow (and green) taxi
2008-03-18 23:02:00 Cliff Grassmick / Daily Camera Mary Anne Noe gives a new Toyota Prius taxi the once-over on Pearl Street in Boulder on Friday. (...) More About: Green , Yellow , Taxi
Petrol price hikes drive up transport costs
2008-03-18 22:53:00 HA NOI — Enterprises providing transport services have increased charges after an increase in fuel prices on the domestic market two weeks ago. (...) More About: Drive , Transport , Price , Costs
Málaga taxi drivers strike called off after abritration meeting
2008-03-18 22:49:00 The protest over unused licences had threatened to disrupt two of the busiest days of Easter Week The strike threatened by Málaga taxi drivers for Thursday and Friday this week has been called off after a written agreement by Málaga City Hall on Tuesday to call meetings from 27th March, which will take place with the salaried drivers every three weeks. (...) More About: Drivers , Strike , Taxi , Meeting
Taxi boss?s cousin dies after shooting
2008-03-18 22:48:00 A Durban man who was shot six times in a drive-by shooting in Hillary, Durban, last month, died in hospital last night. (...) More About: Boss , Shooting , Taxi , Dies
Gun in slay of 3 Pasay men traced to owner of taxi service
2008-03-18 22:45:00 MANILA, Philippines — The gun used in to kill three men in Pasay City last week has been traced to the owner of a taxi service based at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). (...) More About: Service , Owner , Taxi
LONG-AWAITED changes to training
2008-03-18 22:44:00 LONG-AWAITED changes to training of taxi drivers designed to weed out drivers with limited English and a poor knowledge of Adelaide’s streets have begun. (...) More About: Training , Long
Cab trapped on stairway to heaven
2008-03-18 22:37:00 The driver of this wayward taxi may have been praying for some divine intervention this afternoon, when his Black and White cab became stuck on the stair’s of a Brisbane church. (...) More About: Heaven , Stairway to Heaven
Police search for gunman
2008-03-18 22:37:00 As police investigate the slaying of Mercury Cab driver James Fleming Jr., area taxi service owners and drivers say awareness may be the only way to avoid dangerous situations. Mr. (...) More About: Police , Search , Gunman
New taxi rules adjustments
2008-03-17 21:47:00 So, the LTA has relented. Well, sort of. There is an exception to the no-stopping-by-the-road-side-in-CBD rule. That is, taxis can stop in roads not served by public buses. (...) More About: Rules , Taxi
Shanghai Taxi
2008-03-17 21:43:00 felt that a Blog with a title like “Carry on Cabby” should have at least one article devoted to the much maligned taxi industry. (...) More About: Shanghai , Taxi
Youngest cabbie waiting for fare
2008-03-17 21:39:00 Putney’s Casey MacLaren is looking forward to more than just presents and cards when he turns 21 at the end of the month - London’s youngest ever taxi driver will get his first fare too. (...) More About: Waiting , Fare
Taxicab zones vs. meters
2008-03-17 21:33:00 Some taxi patrons in Carbondale may think riding with strangers is expected when calling a cab, but Carbondale’s taxicab zoning system makes some customers feel like sardines. (...) More About: Meters , Zones
Benicia police updating taxi regulation system
2008-03-17 21:30:00 VALLEJO — Police are overhauling the 15-year-old system used to regulate the city’s taxis and their drivers, hoping to make cabs safer for citizens and to get Vallejo’s taxi code in line with those in other Bay Area cities. (...) More About: Regulation , System , Taxi
Can taxi drivers ever change?
2008-03-17 21:24:00 The SA National Taxi Council (SANTACO) launched a "taxi pledge" on Monday. (...) More About: Drivers , Change
Cab driver robbed
2008-03-17 21:21:00 Police are looking for two suspects after a cab driver was assaulted and robbed early this morning. The incident occurred around 2 a.m. Police said two men flagged down the cab in the area of Bank St. (...) More About: Driver , Robbed
Free cab rides offered during holiday
2008-03-17 21:19:00 Berg Injury Lawyers, Yellow Cab of Alameda and Veterans Cab are teaming up to make sure people get home safely on St. (...) More About: Holiday , Free
Police identify woman struck and killed by taxi in Lawnside
2008-03-16 22:29:00 Police have identified the woman killed after being struck by a taxi cab in Lawnside Friday night, according to officials. (...) More About: Police , Woman , Killed , Taxi
Smoking ban winning over Tokyo taxi drivers
2008-03-16 22:26:00 Mar 15, 2008 (Japan Times - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) — JNJ | news | PowerRating | PR Charts — In the roughly two months since most Tokyo taxis adopted a no-smoking policy, there has been little trouble among passengers, while an increasing number of drivers are thinking of quitting the habit themselves, a recent survey found. (...) More About: Drivers , Smoking , Winning , Taxi
Taxi strike on the cards
2008-03-16 22:23:00 Hundreds of Cyprus taxi drivers are reportedly threatening to walk off the job in protest at the government’s refusal to hike the price of fares. (...) More About: Cards , Strike , Taxi
Govt needs to end its protection of taxi industry
2008-03-16 22:20:00 ,Fifty new taxi licences as recently promised by the ACT Government will not solve Canberra’s chronic taxi problem. (...) More About: Industry , Taxi , Govt
Manteca to examine results of Dial-A-Ride Taxi program Council to weigh six
2008-03-16 22:18:00 MANTECA — Local bus riders hope the "luck of the Irish" is on their side Monday night. (...) More About: Results , Ride , Council , Program , Taxi
Cab passenger in accident finds no one has to pay for her injuries
2008-03-15 19:50:00 Kathy Graves just wanted a cab ride but instead is getting the runaround while learning the hard way that Nevada law does not require taxis to carry uninsured motorist insurance. (...) More About: Injuries , Accident
Govt needs to end its protection of taxi industry
2008-03-14 22:18:00 ,Fifty new taxi licences as recently promised by the ACT Government will not solve Canberra’s chronic taxi problem. (...) More About: Industry , Taxi , Govt
Sydney taxis voted the nation?s worst
2008-03-14 22:16:00 SYDNEY’S taxi service has been labelled a "joke" and the worst in Australia by the nation’s top tourism and transport operators. (...) More About: Sydney , Nation , The Nation
Cabby watching porn on onboard TV acquitted
2008-03-14 22:12:00 TAIPEI, Taiwan — A Taipei taxi driver who watched an X-rated program on an onboard TV while carrying a passenger was absolved on Wednesday of pornographic exhibition. (...) More About: Watching
2 passengers rob cabby of $28 and cell phone
2008-03-14 22:10:00 A Black & White Cab Co. driver was robbed yesterday of $28 and a cell phone by two people he picked up in East Toledo, police said. Edward Tolliver, 49, received a call about 4:30 a.m. (...) More About: Phone , Cell Phone , Cell , Passengers , Cell-phone
Angry taxi drivers rev up over LPG prices
2008-03-12 22:13:00 CITY traffic could be disrupted during the Grand Prix by protesting taxi owners. They are threatening to blockade parts of the CBD over rising LPG prices. (...) More About: Drivers , Angry , Taxi , Prices
Taxi firm may join the ranks
2008-03-12 22:11:00 Two taxi co-operatives could exist in the small Wollongong market by May after representatives from the Kingsgrove-based St George cabs met with Illawarra taxi owners on Monday. (...) More About: Join , Ranks , Taxi
A robotic taxi named robuCAB
2008-03-12 22:10:00 According to ICT Results, a EU-funded project named Embounded ‘has achieved the twin, and apparently contradictory goals, of making embedded systems both smarter and tougher.’ One example is the robuCAB, a ‘4 seats automated people mover’ developed by a French company and built from a 4 wheel-drive electric chassis with on-board PC. (...) More About: Robotic , Taxi
Fake cabs easy snare for the gullible
More articles from this author:2008-03-11 22:02:00 ISLAMABAD: The number of ‘fake’ taxicabs on city roads is growing and so is the threat to life and property of their users. (...) More About: Fake , Easy 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
|
