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BALBAR MURDER TRIAL: Accused a model criminal, according to RCMP
Robert Balbar, who pleaded not guilty to slaying his common-law wife, was deemed a “good employee” by the Mountie who devised the crucial sting operation that led to Balbar’s ...
Source: Abbotsford News

New blood riles NDP old guard
Tensions could bubble over this week between the NDP's old guard and hundreds of new members gleaned from the city's ethnic communities by leadership hopeful Steve Ashton. Before ...
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

Oyo Woos Graduates for Mass Transit Project
Oyo state government has tasked unemployed graduates in the state to take advantage of its mass transit project and apply as drivers of the taxi cabs the government had just ...
Source: This Day Online

Best Tip For Your Cabbie? Save Up & Buy A Taxi Medallion
While some New Yorkers have been cutting back on taxi fares during the recession, a new study shows the value of taxi medallion is stronger than ever. The value of an average ...
Source: Gothamist.com

29 Plead Not Guilty In Taxi License Case
More than two dozen men, all Ethiopian immigrants or Ethiopian Americans, took up two rows in a packed courtroom Monday to plead not guilty to accusations they bribed a D.C ...
Source: Washington Post

London mayor set to ban old black cabs
Boris Johnson, London mayor, is planning to ban taxis that are more than 10 years old from the capital’s streets in an attempt to curb air pollution . The proposal, likely to ...
Source: Financial Times

'The Amazing Race' eliminates Marcy Maloy and Ronald Shalita
The Amazing Race's second fifteenth-season episode began at the previous Pit Stop -- the Bassac III, a local riverboat that picked up anchor and traveled from Cai Be to My Tho ...
Source: Reality TV World

Iran's Global Foray Has Mixed Results
MONKEY POINT, Nicaragua - Last year, a delegation of Iranians and other foreigners arrived at this tiny, remote coastal village in speedboats. They came to map out plans to build a ...
Source: Inside Costa Rica

Competition Law in spotlight
THE heads of the UK and French competition authorities will be in Jersey next week to mark the fourth year of the Island’s Competition Law. The chairman of the UK Competition ...
Source: Jersey Evening Post

Police appeal for burglary witnesses (From Salisbury Journal)
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a commercial burglary at a taxi firm. At some time between 2-8am on Sunday September 27, unknown persons forced entry into City Cabs taxi ...
Source: This is Salisbury

Balbar a model criminal: RCMP
Robert Balbar, who pleaded not guilty to slaying his common-law wife, was deemed a “good employee” by the Mountie who devised the crucial sting operation that led to Balbar’s ...
Source: Abbotsford News

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ERVING -- A couple from Greenfield and a man from Athol have been arraigned on charges involved with several break-ins last week. Erving nixes gas station zoning change ERVING ...
Source: Recorder

Iowa City taxis fight H1N1
IOWA CITY (KWWL) - The flu fight in Iowa City is going to the streets. Yellow Cab is putting hand sanitizers in all of their cabs. The company says taxi customers will be offered a ...
Source: KWWL

U.S. DISTRICT COURT
More than two dozen men took up two rows in a packed courtroom Monday to plead not guilty to accusations they bribed a D.C. government official to obtain taxi licenses.
Source: Washington Post

Pizarro: San Jose Museum of Art celebrating 40th anniversary
It's not surprising that the San Jose Museum of Art has found a creative way to celebrate the 40th anniversary of its founding back in October 1969. Invitations to the museum's big ...
Source: San Jose Mercury News

Cabbie arrested for 2008 sexual assault
A cab driver has been arrested after an alleged sexual assault that occurred almost one year ago. On Nov. 2, 2008, just after midnight, a man and a woman hailed a taxi from the ...
Source: Abbotsford News

Goderich cabs seek fair compensation
Photo by Gerard Creces - Anytime Taxi owner John Colombe has been mustering support for the first cost of living increase for cab drivers in Goderich in more than six years. What ...
Source: Goderich Signal-Star

London Cab vehicle seizure closes business
A Gregg County judge's order to seize London Cab Co.'s six vehicles leaves Longview with only one taxi option. Company owner Chris London said the vehicles were seized earlier this ...
Source: Longview News-Journal

City taxi-fare increases mirror fuel
TAXI passengers in Shanghai will pay about 10 percent more from tomorrow as the city raises fares for the first time in three years to offset higher fuel prices and environmental ...
Source: English Eastday

Bobb: Corruption crackdown results in $20M savings for DPS
Detroit -- The ongoing internal financial audits to root out waste and corruption in Detroit Public Schools have saved the district nearly $20 million in costs savings, Emergency ...
Source: detnews.com

Audits yield $19.5 million in savings for Detroit Public Schools
Ongoing audits and financial reviews within the Detroit Public Schools have brought the district about $19.5 million in savings. The figures were released by the district today to ...
Source: Crain's Detroit Business

Taxi company's licence revoked
Freedom Cabs Limited operate a fleet of around 15 cabs. The New Zealand Transport Agency says the company failed to meet Certificate of Fitness standards in May. It was also found ...
Source: NZCity

In Taxi Bribe Case, a Taste of Regulation's Perils
The recent indictments of D.C. Council member Jim Graham's chief of staff and 38 others on bribery charges may be a harbinger of things to come if the council continues to move ...
Source: Washington Post

Taxi company ordered off Hamilton roads
A Hamilton taxi company has been ordered off the road after its cars were found to be in breach of safety regulations. Freedom Cabs Ltd, which has a fleet of about 15 vehicles, had ...
Source: New Zealand Herald

UN expert on minorities Gay McDougall issues preliminary report on ...
Statement by the United Nations independent expert on minority issues, Ms Gay McDougall, on the conclusion of her official visit to Canada: During the course of my official visit ...
Source: Georgia Straight

Taxi Issues Go to Higher Authority
The Highway Traffic Board will be dealing with complaints about limos being used as taxis in Saskatoon. The city got some complaints about United Cabs dispatching luxury cars like ...
Source: Saskatoonhomepage

Creepy cabbie taxing your patience? Mexico's women-only taxis offer ...
MEXICO CITY - Each pink taxi comes with a beauty kit, a GPS system and an alarm button. The new fleet of 35 cabs in Mexico's colonial city of Puebla are driven exclusively by women ...
Source: 680 News

Interpreters to help taxi drivers
Shanghai taxis are being upgraded with a new dispatch system that allows English-speaking interpreters to talk to passengers at the touch of a button, local transport authorities ...
Source: English Eastday

What a deal!
It'll do everything but cheat for you: Computer maker Acer Inc. is releasing a laptop with a 3-D screen that with the help of special glasses appears to give three-dimensional ...
Source: Everett Herald

Robberies rattle Danville taxi company
DANVILLE -- Danville's Mr. Taxi will likely add safety features to its cabs following a dangerous October that left one driver seriously injured and the rest of them seriously ...
Source: News-Democrat

What's Up: 24-hour cab service hits the streets
People who need a ride from one place to the next now have another option in the Wausau area. Taxi Time of Wausau began running three cabs Oct. 9, with the potential to add more as ...
Source: Wausau Daily Herald

In Mexico city, pink taxis cater to women riders
The new fleet of 35 cabs in Mexico ’s colonial city of Puebla are driven exclusively by women and don’t stop for men. The cabs cater especially to those tired of leering male ...
Source: Daily Oklahoman

Pink taxis offer respite from leering male drivers
MEXICO CITY — Each pink taxi comes with a beauty kit, a GPS system and an alarm button. The new fleet of 35 cabs in Mexico's colonial city of Puebla is driven exclusively by ...
Source: sign on sandiego.com

Need a ride? It could be costly
Taxi fair in Dan Thomas' cab clicks away as he drives down Main Street in Salt Lake City. The Celtic cross rides with him. He says that he's been totaled four times in the past 5 ...
Source: Salt Lake Tribune

A cab on Halloween? Forget it!
Trying to find a cab to take home on Halloween will be scary, warns the head of the Old Strathcona Business Association, one of many groups bracing for a busy night on Saturday ...
Source: Edmonton Sun

Cameras in cabs - A long time coming
Most cabbies and taxi officials credit cameras in cabs as well as safety training for the decrease. Since 2006, all cabs in Clark County have been equipped with video cameras that ...
Source: Canada Free Press

Taxis jostle over business in Airdrie
The number of taxis in Airdrie, just north of Calgary, has quadrupled in the last two years, prompting a cab owner to call for regulations. Mohamed Benini, owner of Avacab Taxis ...
Source: CBC News

Getting a cab in downtown Wilmington could be getting easier
It’s 2 a.m., the bars are closing, and you’re trying to find a cab. Beginning midnight Friday, finding a safe ride home might be easier if a plan officials are testing works ...
Source: Star News Online

Officially Rendered: 2010 Yenko Camaro
Using the V8-powered SS as a base, the "Phase I" Yenko Camaro will feature a supercharger to boost horsepower to 600, a Hurst short-throw shifter, larger brakes and Magnaflow cat ...
Source: autoblog

Cabs add fuel surcharge again
A taxi cab is shown in this file image provided by sister station WABC in New York. October 28, 2009 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- Hailing a cab in Chicago after midnight tonight will cost an ...
Source: WLS

China’s enforcement officers turned thugs
SHANGHAI, Oct 30 — A highly publicised case of injustice has led to calls for the reform, or even abolition, of a law enforcement agency found in every Chinese city, and which is ...
Source: The Malaysian Insider

Entrapment probe goes citywide
SHANGHAI government said yesterday it was pursuing its investigation into entrapment tactics used in the Pudong New Area in a campaign against illegal taxis and will probe ...
Source: English Eastday

Your letter is in the cab: Royal Mail bosses beat strike using taxis ...
Royal Mail bosses today attempted to beat the three-day national strike by delivering post in black cabs. Managers were forced to leave their offices to keep the mail moving as ...
Source: Daily Mail

Who is the fairest cabbie of them all?
Awarding top actors and singers might be a long-standing tradition, but the City of Edmonton wants to add taxi drivers to that list. The city's vehicle for hire commission is ...
Source: Edmonton Sun

Ready for fright
Trying to find a cab to take home on Halloween will be scary, warns the head of the Old Strathcona Business Association, one of many groups bracing for a busy night tomorrow. "I ...
Source: Edmonton Sun

American Life Items
Most cabbies and taxi officials credit cameras in cabs as well as safety training for the decrease. Since 2006, all cabs in Clark County have been equipped with video cameras that ...
Source: Canada Free Press

Compressed natural-gas cabs now fly 1st class at D/FW Airport, cutting ...
Natural gas-powered taxicabs will be first in line for fares at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport after its board approved a measure designed to improve North Texas' air ...
Source: Dallas Morning News

Raleigh cab drivers face changes
Posted: Today at 10:03 p.m. Updated: 20 minutes ago Raleigh, N.C. — Cab drivers in Raleigh are required to start operating under new regulations on Sunday. The regulations cover ...
Source: WRAL

Visa gears up for 2010 FIFA World Cup with new branded taxi campaign
With the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ just a few months away, FIFA's exclusive Payments Partner, Visa, has recently launched its new 2010 FIFA World Cup™-branded London Taxi Cab ...
Source: Biz Community

The phone is ringing for radio taxis
NEW DELHI: One brand name Gaurav Sharma, a 27-year-old senior customer relationship manager at an IT company in Bangalore, uses a lot these days is Meru. Meru is not his favourite ...
Source: Economic Times

Unfree Enterprise
Lately, the lot of the New York cabbie has improved a bit. But there are still some major systemic obstacles that keep drivers and their passengers from getting the conditions and ...
Source: New York Times Blogs

It doesn't matter how you drink, you shouldn't drive
I could not disagree more with Sarah Longwell's op-ed " MADD 's ignition interlock proposal goes to far" (November 4). Ms. Longwell writes: "A 120-pound woman can reach the legal ...
Source: Baltimore Sun

Keep taxi zones on track cabbie
Keep the zones , It has no impact on me because I no longer use Taxi service in Halifax. I gave up on this service years ago. I wonder what will happen to their income when buses ...
Source: The Chronicle Herald

Private taxi operators make fast bucks as Karwa cabs are hard to get
A mad scramble to get into a Karwa bus at the main bus terminal in Al Ghanim on the second day of Eid. DOHA: Private taxis did brisk business during Eid Al Adha holidays as Karwa ...
Source: Peninsula

Meru Cabs looks to double fleet size
Radio taxi service Meru is looking to double its fleet size in the next one year from the current 3,800 taxis. The fleet enhancement is in line with the company's plans to go to ...
Source: Hindu Business Line

Commercial motorcyclists stage violent protest in Calabar
Some commercial motorcycle (Okada) operators in Calabar, Cross River State, at the weekend took the law into their hands as they attacked and destroyed some of the taxi cabs ...
Source: NEXT

Squatters take over sidewalk
MANILA, Philippines— Illegal settlers have occupied the sidewalk on Banaue Avenue corner G. Roxas Street in Manresa, Quezon City. The MMDA must remove the illegal structures here ...
Source: Global Nation

Taxi feud blares over Cherry Creek mall access
Union Taxi drivers circle Cherry Creek Shopping Center on Saturday to protest the mall's exclusion of two companies from its taxi stand. The companies can still pick up clients ...
Source: Denver Post

2 Cab Companies Protest Cherry Creek Mall's Action
Dozens of taxi drivers say they are getting kicked out of the Cherry Creek Mall just in time for the busy holiday shopping season. Drivers from Freedom and Union taxi services ...
Source: News 4

Taxi drivers encircle Cherry Creek Mall protesting exclusive deal
About 100 horn-honking taxi drivers encircled the Cherry Creek Mall and passed out leaflets today protesting new restrictions that give preferential access to two cab companies ...
Source: Denver Post

Packed Shopping Centers
1. Only reason the upscale mall near me was crowded this am... Was the fact that a row of abour 40 taxi cabs were parading by in a demonstration targeted at getting a yes vote on ...
Source: Democratic Underground.com

TransGuardia Dispatch Technology Debuts In Medellin Colombia
(PR Web Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) XA Worldwide is launching a revolutionary dispatch technology that will change the way transportation networks and systems work worldwide, which ...
Source: TMCnet

Island cabbies protest taxi takeover
A small but vocal group of former Silver Shadow Taxi drivers took to the streets of Ganges on Friday to protest wage cutbacks and what they claim was a “deceitful and underhanded ...
Source: Abbotsford News

Throwback Raptors win one ugly
I t was classic jersey night, and the Toronto Raptors went all out. Not only did they wear the blue and white of the Toronto Huskies, the Raptors put on an old-school display of ...
Source: Globe and Mail

Focus On: 244-TAXI
VALDOSTA — A mechanic and car salesman have joined forces to introduce a much-needed service in Valdosta — a 24/7 taxi service with meters. Known as 244-TAXI , the business duo ...
Source: Valdosta Daily Times

Riding the rails from New Orleans to LA
There was the south Florida beach club, where all the members seemed to be white, all the service staff black and everyone intent on not noticing a thing; the doting father keen to ...
Source: Stuff

Bloomington Could Legalize Bike-Powered Cabs
Bicycle-powered cabs similar to rickshaws could soon be legal on Bloomington streets, with some seeing them as a possible downtown attraction. A city councilman has introduced an ...
Source: WIBC.com

Ornaments from around the world sparkle with travel memories
I’ve just returned from my annual December journey to destinations around the world - still giddy after reminiscing with dear friends with whom I’ve tracked lions in Kenya ...
Source: SDNN: San Diego News Network

The party's over: police target drunk revellers
''THAT taxi driver just told me to piss off.'' The man pleading with police has probably been drinking all afternoon but at 3am, when he wants to go home, no one will take him ...
Source: Sydney Morning Herald

Dubai Taxi serves 51 million passengers in 28 million trips during 10 ...
The above statement was made by Yousef Mohammed Al Ali, Director of Fleet Operations Dep't at Dubai Taxi Corporation, who narrated the statistics of Fleet Operations Dep't; which ...
Source: AME Info

Calabar hardly moves these days
The phase-out of commercial motorcycles (okadas) from the streets of Calabar has led to groans and grumbling by commuters, and may hamper movement during the Christmas festivities ...
Source: NEXT

New York hotel an affordable gem
More for your money: Bordering the Lower East Side, The Gem Hotel Soho on East Houston Street is a boutique hotel that offers understated luxury and great value. (Kathleen Jay ...
Source: San Francisco Examiner

Port of Seattle switches airport cab company
SEATTLE — The Port of Seattle is giving the contract for exclusive rights to pick up customers at the airport to a different cab company. For 20 years, drivers with the Seattle-Tacoma International Taxi Association, or STITA, held the exclusive ...
Source: Everett Herald

Keep tabs on those bad cabs!
Edmontonians are being warned to stay out of so-called "bandit" cabs this holiday season as city officials continue to hunt down the illegal and potentially dangerous vehicles ...
Source: Edmonton Sun

Nicholas Hirst
IT'S that season again: the season of good will, good cheer, good food, and a scarcity of taxi cabs. I've written about this before. Getting a taxi at this time of year in Winnipeg ...
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

Taxi licence prices tell tale
IT'S that season again: the season of good will, good cheer, good food, and a scarcity of taxi cabs. I've written about this before. Getting a taxi at this time of year in Winnipeg ...
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

El Paso taxicabs to serve the disabled
Ivan Garza, left, of Sun City Cab Co. talks with John Eger of El Paso on Thursday by a specially outfitted cab at Volar Center for Independent Living, 1220 Golden Key Circle. The ...
Source: El Paso Times

Combating drunken driving
All police agencies patrol for drunken drivers. AVOID is a consortium of local police agencies with regular programs such as DUI checkpoints and public service announcements to ...
Source: Bakersfield Californian

Fargo officials to offer taxi coupons aimed at curbing DUIs
It’s going to be $5 easier to drink responsibly over the holidays. Local taxi cabs will have coupons for $5 off the fare home from a bar during the holidays starting Dec. 23 ...
Source: Grand Forks Herald

Historic storm pounds D.C. region
WASHINGTON - The D.C. region is still reeling from a massive weekend snowstorm -- possibly among the biggest ever. A winter storm warning remains in effect for the entire WTOP ...
Source: WTOP

Governor Declares State Of Emergency; BWI Opened
Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley has declared a state of emergency as a powerful winter storm dumped snow across the state. "At 7 this morning, I must have called every cab service in ...
Source: WJZ

Travel Photo of the Day
Pioneer Elevator. Taken somewhere between Olds and Minaret, Alberta. One of the many beautiful flowers you will see in the Burmis area. Explore a land of mystic peaks, enchanted ...
Source: Vancouver Sun

Letters: December 26
Re: D. Dixon's letter Dec 19. Dixon is incorrect in saying there aren't enough taxis on the road. Edmonton has one of the highest taxi per capita rates in Canada! The problem lies ...
Source: Edmonton Sun

MADD Canada urges party hosts to ring in the New Year responsibly
Tips for New Year’s party hosts to reduce the risk of impaired driving. MADD Canada is urging party hosts to plan ahead and take steps to ensure their guests do not drive ...
Source: Abbotsford News

New standard for Airdrie cabs
A new taxi bylaw, aimed at putting standards in place for the previously unregulated industry, is set for implementation early next year. City council unanimously passed the bylaw ...
Source: Airdrie Echo

Police release photos of alleged attackers
West Vancouver are seeking this man in connection with an incident Sunday morning in which a cab driver was allegedly assaulted and robbed. (West Vancouver Police) West Vancouver ...
Source: CBC News

Benefit founder won't drop gloves for this fight
The hotly anticipated theme for this year's Bill Brooks Prostate Cancer Benefit is 'Show Some Love for the Glove.' Happening Friday, Jan. 22 at Hotel Arts and presented by the ...
Source: Calgary Sun

To word mavens, cabbie is king of the triple stacker
M artin Ashwood-Smith, a man of erudition, is not one to use a $5 word when a simple one will suffice. Or do. Not that he lacks for vocabulary, for he is a loquacious personage of ...
Source: Globe and Mail

Avoid unlicensed cabs, warns Calgary taxi association
Unlicensed taxis, sometimes called gypsy cabs, are picking up passengers on Calgary streets, warns the association that oversees taxis in the city. Using such cabs could prove to ...
Source: CBC News

Legal action being taken against taxi co
Trnasport Agency will review submissions made by Auck company AA Yellow Cabs as it takes action for failing to meet legal requirements
Source: NZCity

Indianapolis wants to boost fees
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis city government's plan to raise revenue next year by increasing various user fees brought this reaction from Sergio Gonzalez-Piriz: “Excuse me ...
Source: Courier-Journal

Prayers kept twins’ mother strong
Unceasing prayers and hope for the best kept Marilyn Sumbi strong during the most trying times of her life. Marilyn, a 30-year-old mother who was already experiencing severe labor ...
Source: Manila Bulleting Online

Heroes of the city
Every once in a while, someone writes a book that, on the surface, is simple and quiet, yet underneath is stirringly beautiful and full of life and love. Jill Ciment's Heroic ...
Source: Globe and Mail

Preparing to be busy... and safe as well
Ryan Miller, owner of Driving Impaired Can Kill Ltd., said he hopes to be busy on New Year s Eve. Remo Zaccagna Bars and restaurants across the city are gearing up for New Year's ...
Source: Daily Herald Tribune

Getting to and fro safely ensures a happy New Year
We're coming into the last 48-hour stretch of 2009 and that means it's almost time to celebrate. Along with party hats, noise makers and the occasional sip of a celebratory spirit ...
Source: Goderich Signal-Star

More taxis needed, says citizen lobby group
As New Year's Eve approaches there are new calls to expand Calgary's taxicab fleet, with some entrepreneurs offering unlicensed taxi services to take people to and from year-end ...
Source: CBC News

NYC taxis will display art
Artist and musician Yoko Ono will have her artwork featured on 160 of New York's yellow cabs in January. (Dave Hogan/Getty Images) ? The next place to see modern art in New York ...
Source: CBC News

City Council preview
Tuesday, Jan. 5 Proclamations and Honors: 5 p.m. Mayor Susan Narvaiz and the City Council will honor Police Corporal Frank Calabrese and Fire Captain Bill Schroeder with ...
Source: San Marcos Daily Record

Web site aims to help riders share a cab from Sea-Tac
To find a cab share at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, go to www.ridepenguin.com . You arrive at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and want to catch a cab to your home in ...
Source: Seattle Times

Travel Stories: What trip left the most lasting impression?
My trip to Indonesia was the only one where I took no pictures. This was not by choice, but the project team was on a very tight schedule, and we left the hotel in the darkness of ...
Source: Wall Street Journal

Privatization could be 2010 trend for Indianapolis
Indianapolis - Mayor Greg Ballard begins his third year in office with a lot on his plate. He said his first priority remains public safety. While violent crime dropped in 2009 ...
Source: Democratic Underground.com

Many NYE Revelers Take Cabs To Destinations
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- For many people out partying their way into 2010, finding safe transportation to their destinations was a top priority. With large crowds at the Kansas City ...
Source: KCTV 5

In China, ultramarathons and other grueling outdoor sports no longer ...
YUXI, China - Running ultra marathons that turn feet into blistered, bloody stumps. Nordic skiing in winter's brutal cold. Riding mountain bikes on rump-numbing trails across the ...
Source: Canada East

Nicholas Hirst
The decade just ended was good for Winnipeg and Manitoba. The city hosted the Pan Am Games just before the decade began. The chairman of the Games, Sandy Riley, remembered Winnipeg ...
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

Windsor cabs fail safety inspections
A majority of taxi cabs in Windsor, Ont., need work, according to the results of a bi-annual inspection by the city's licensing department. The city inspected nearly 200 taxis on ...
Source: CBC News

Parker: Mayor indulges a taste for taxis
Call it Mr. Hickenlooper's wild ride. Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper is trading in his official city-owned SUV for a 1981 Checker A/8 Marathon taxi cab. "It's going to be the mayor ...
Source: Denver Post

Making scents in London
LONDON - This city is not known for its pleasant smells. English taxi cabs often leave trails of diesel exhaust; the red phone booths in Soho smell of urine; and sewage odors ...
Source: Boston Globe

Taxi system overhaul says a lot about Fenty
As Mayor Adrian M. Fenty prepares to seek reelection this year, a useful way to evaluate his impact on the District -- both good and bad -- is to look at the city's taxicabs ...
Source: Washington Post

Police seek motive in shooting of officer
Anchorage police said this afternoon they are at a loss so far for establishing a motive or identifying suspects in the shooting of an Anchorage officer early this morning. The ...
Source: Tacoma News Tribune

Old taxi rules to be dispatched
San Marcos — San Marcos’ laws regarding cabs are one vote away from being taxied into the 21st Century. Council members last week voted unanimously for an overhaul of the ...
Source: San Marcos Daily Record

Cabs in all shapes, sizes
GONE are the days when the majority of taxis on the roads were Toyota Crown sedans. Cabs are now coming in all shapes and sizes with the number of models having more than doubled ...
Source: Straits Times

Catch a cab, not a disease
Bruce Bumstead / Brandon Sun A Brandon taxicab offers free condoms as part of a program aimed at curbing sexually transmitted infections. BRANDON -- Some Brandon cabs have been ...
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

Cabbie returns $21,000 lost by tourist
NEW YORK - A Bangladeshi taxi driver in New York City said he returned a lost purse containing more than $21,000 in cash and expensive jewelry because his mother always advised him ...
Source: CNEWS

NYC cabbie follows mother's advice to be honest, returns over $21,000 ...
NEW YORK - A Bangladeshi taxi driver in New York City said he returned a lost purse containing more than $21,000 in cash and expensive jewelry because his mother always advised him ...
Source: Canada East

Brandon cabs offer condoms
Two taxi companies in Brandon, Man. are helping drive home the message behind a public health campaign aimed at reducing rates of sexually-transmitted diseases. Free condoms are ...
Source: CBC News

Booze not race behind cabbie bashings in Ballarat: cops
A TOXIC combination of booze and youth is behind three attacks on Indian cab drivers in Victoria, say police who are insisting the violent outbursts are not race related. Two ...
Source: News.com.au

Attacks on cabbies due to booze: police
MELBOURNE - A toxic combination of booze and youth is behind three attacks on Indian cab drivers in Victoria, say police who are insisting that the violent outbursts are not race ...
Source: Tasmanian Examiner

Taxis not using GPS get taken off road
Taxis not complying with GPS laws were yesterday taken off the road for the first time since new laws were put in place The taxis were told by traffic officers at L.F. Wade ...
Source: the Royal Gazette

Yellow Cab spending up to $8 million to shift taxi fleet to natural ...
In a bid to cut costs and get front-of-the-line privileges at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, the biggest taxi company in North Texas plans to convert nearly all of its ...
Source: Dallas Business Journal

Now, Victoria Police claims booze, not racism behind attacks on Indian ...
Melbourne, Jan 16 : Victoria Police has said that a combination of booze and youthfulness is behind three attacks on Indian cab drivers. Two Indian taxi drivers were assaulted at ...
Source: New Kerala

Booze not race behind cabbie bashings
A toxic combination of booze and youth is behind three attacks on Indian cab drivers in Victoria, say police who are insisting the violent outbursts are not race related. Two ...
Source: ONE News

TLC commissioner Matthew Daus steps down after 14 years
Matthew has done a fantastic job at the Taxi and Limousine Commission," said Bloomberg, who credits Daus with bringing credit cards and GPS to cabs, and creating ... He also will lecture at CUNY 's Transportation Research Center. "I am gratified that ...
Source: New York Daily News

Hockey’s Great One the one to take 2010 Games flame on final journey
VANCOUVER, B.C. - In this nation of hockey, where games of shinny on frozen ponds form part of the collective soul of the country and calls of "car" regularly clear the streets, it ...
Source: Thunder Bay Chronicle-Journal

Taxi drivers want access to diamond lanes
Representatives from Winnipeg’s taxi industry will meet with Mayor Sam Katz over the next few days in an effort to convince the city to allow cabs to use diamond lanes during ...
Source: Winnipeg Sun

New arrest in cabbie attacks
Another female teen is in police custody, following one of the recent attacks on Winnipeg cabs. On Feb. 1, a taxi driver picked up a group of five women in the 600 block of Notre ...
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

Cabs take HST hit
The meter is running — but it needs to run a little faster. “We have to work the HST into the meter,” Councillor Howard Moscoe, chairman of the city’s licensing committee ...
Source: Toronto Sun

Greece deal ready: EU
S everal key euro zone officials have reached a deal to help Greece in its debt crisis, European Union President Herman Van Rompuy said on Thursday. The agreement was forged in ...
Source: Globe and Mail

Labatt Announces Pedi-Cab Service in Vancouver
Labatt's Make a Plan program was designed to help people address the changing circumstances that can unintentionally lead to drinking and driving. February 2010 will be an ...
Source: CNW Group

Road restrictions affect taxi business
Despite the thousands of tourists coming into Vancouver for the Winter Olympics, the taxi industry is not expecting a large boost in business, due in large part to numerous road ...
Source: CTV Olympics

Councillors idling again on taxi rules
SOMEBODY, PLEASE, call these clowns a cab and ship them out of town. It’s past time to demand value for money from our well-paid Halifax councillors, who are better at wasting ...
Source: The Chronicle Herald

Here’s the scoop on travel in Rome, Venice in 2010
Rome and Venice are two of my favorite cities. But to enjoy these classic destinations fully, you need to be prepared for changes in 2010. Knowing about a few recent developments ...
Source: Everett Herald

Sex assault trial for cabbie rescheduled
A Halifax cab driver will stand trial in May on a charge of sexually assaulting a female passenger. Ravinder Pal Singh Arora, 50, of Parkland Drive is alleged to have grabbed a 21 ...
Source: The Chronicle Herald

Halifax cabbie faces May 25 trial on sex assault allegation
A Halifax cab driver will stand trial in May on a charge of sexually assaulting a female passenger. Ravinder Pal Singh Arora, 50, of Parkland Drive is alleged to have grabbed a 21 ...
Source: The Chronicle Herald

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A 2010 Toyota Corolla is seen. Toyota is stricken by massive recalls in the U.S. and stalled sales at home, but it is not without a lifeline - big, fast-growing markets like China ...
Source: Squamish Chief

DDS Wireless Lands Customer in Greater Toronto for its Pathfinder ...
Vancouver, BC, February 16, 2010--(T-Net)--DDS Wireless International Inc. (TSX:DD) reports that its Taxi business unit, Digital Dispatch, has signed a contract with A1 Taxi, the ...
Source: BC Technology

Montreal taxi industry reaches deal with city
The city of Montreal and the taxi industry have reached an agreement that allows cabbies to put advertising on the roofs of their cars. The taxi industry said it has been trying ...
Source: CBC News

Prius brake woe slows Calgary taxi rollout
Toyota's popular Prius is the subject of a recall prompted by a problem with the hybrid car's braking system. (Itsuo Inouye/Associated Press) A Calgary taxi company operating ...
Source: CBC News

Toyota rules in emerging nations
TOKYO -- Toyota is stricken by massive recalls in the U.S. and stalled sales at home, but it is not without a lifeline -- big, fast-growing markets like China and Southeast Asia ...
Source: Detroit Free Press

Taxi! Take me to a green empire
Slumped in the back of a cab at 4am, Jonny Goldstone had a moment of clarity. “I was looking up in the sky at these buildings with all their lights on, and it all seemed so ...
Source: Times Online

SFist Interviews: M.C. Mars
M.C. Mars is a 59 year-old rapper with HIV who has been driving cabs for over thirty years. He’s also a published writer and a former sex machine. No big deal, really. The cool ...
Source: SFist

Crazy cabs and walking infants
Posted: Today at 7:41 a.m. I have ridden in a cab once -- a break-neck journey from the Portland, Maine, airport to a hotel. It could have been worse, though. Check out some of the ...
Source: WRAL

Side shields coming for cabbies?
New shields, new lights, new education: Manitoba cabbies will get something to keep them safe this year. But the details are still to be decided. Exactly what? And exactly when? In ...
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

Bigger shields, distress lights coming for Winnipeg taxis in wake of ...
WINNIPEG - Winnipeg taxi drivers will soon be required to install larger shields and brighter distress signals, in an attempt to combat a rising number of attacks that have left ...
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

Partitions for cabs for starters
In the past month serious attacks on Winnipeg’s taxi drivers including beatings, carjackings with pepper spray involved, knifings and much more have skyrocketed prompting ...
Source: Winnipeg Sun

Charged B.C. MLA should step aside: MADD
B.C. Liberal MLA Jane Thornthwaite says she was charged with impaired driving after she was stopped at an RCMP road check Monday. (janethornethwaite.ca) The Vancouver head of ...
Source: CBC News

Taxi board OK's bigger cab shields
Winnipeg taxi drivers will soon have to install barriers protecting them from front-seat passengers under a plan to combat rising violence against cabbies. A safety committee at ...
Source: CBC News

Taxi service to return to Yokota Air Base
Officials at Yokota Air Base in Japan are working to return improved taxi service to the base. YOKOTA AIR BASE, JAPAN — Taxi service is on track to resume at Yokota in the next ...
Source: Stars and Stripes

Cabs Install Cameras
In an effort to put their employees at ease Co-Op Taxi, in Regina, is installing cameras in their cabs. The move is in reaction to an increase in violent robberies against their ...
Source: News Talk650

4,000 cabs to exclusively serve Shanghai Expo
SHANGHAI: Shanghai has formed an army of 4,000 cabs dedicated to serve the World Expo 2010 due to open on May 1, municipal traffic authorities said Thursday. The cab team consists ...
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Kim fever grips Korea, boosts Games bid efforts
SEOUL : As South Korean figure skater Kim Yu-Na glided elegantly to gold on the ice in Vancouver, her countrymen were watching with bated breath. Whether in taxi cabs, dentist ...
Source: Arab News

Olathe smoking ordinance to remain intact following statewide ban
Olathe’s smoking law will remain intact despite the statewide public smoking ban passed Thursday by the Kansas House. The legislation passed by the House, and passed by the ...
Source: Olathe Daily News

Cab study coming up
Thunder Bay‘s accessible taxi services are going to be put under the microscope after a local advocacy group aired its concerns before the police services board Thursday. Persons ...
Source: Thunder Bay Chronicle-Journal

Hybrid cabs show promise: Study
A Toronto taxi firm’s test comparison of 11 hybrid cars with five non-hybrid vehicles has provided pollution-and economy-conscious cabbies with cause to be cautiously optomistic ...
Source: Toronto Sun

Peirce: Hybrid taxi fleets, why not now?
Why in the world should Congress be considering a Green Taxis Act? It's because New York - plus Seattle, Boston, San Francisco and several other cities - want to switch their taxi ...
Source: Denver Post

Wheels of Change
We gdan Saeed has sworn off cabs. The 22-year-old college student took a black-and-white taxi from her home in Mohandiseen to her friend’s apartment, exactly two blocks away. The ...
Source: Egypt Today

North Pole woman tried using cabs to steal TVs, police say
FAIRBANKS, Alaska -- Fairbanks police say a North Pole woman accused in December of stealing televisions and hiring a cabbie as her getaway driver is now accused of trying it again ...
Source: KTUU

Police: N Pole woman tried using cabs to steal TVs
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) - Fairbanks police say a North Pole woman accused in December of stealing televisions and hiring a cabbie as her getaway driver is now accused of trying it ...
Source: KTUU

GPS eyed in drive to nail meter-cheater cabbies
Crooked cabbies trying to pull off the same massive meter scam as ex-driver Wasid Khalid Cheema -- who holds the record rip-off crown -- could soon find themselves tripped up by ...
Source: New York Post

How We Met: Xochi Birch & Penny Rudge
I first met Penny when we both started jobs as computer programmers in London; we sat next to each other in our training sessions. We clicked right away. She was easy to talk to ...
Source: The Independent

London cabbies to learn art of silence
Drivers of London's black cabs are famous for their skills as talkers, a trait that delights some passengers but annoys others. Image Credit: AP London: Drivers of London's black ...
Source: Gulf News

Dubai Metro gives boost to public transport in city
Since its launch on September 9 till the end of February 2010, some 11.29 million passengers have already used the Dubai Metro with average daily ridership of 80,000 commuters ...
Source: Gulf News

NYC: Taxi drivers overcharged riders by $8.3M-plus
Thousands of New York City taxi drivers overcharged passengers by ... a rate that was supposed to be used for trips to the suburbs, the Taxi and Limousine Commission said Friday. At least 1.8 million trips were wrongly charged at the suburban rate ...
Source: San Francisco Chronicle

NYC taxis overcharged $8.3 million
NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of New York City taxi drivers overcharged passengers by more than $8.3 million over the past two years by setting their meters at a rate that was ...
Source: Edmonton Sun

Safety measures OK'd for cabs
The Manitoba Taxicab Board has approved a mandatory side shield to protect drivers from attacks by front-seat passengers. The shields are expected to be in place by the summer ...
Source: CBC News

Cabbies don't like mandate for side shields in their ...
Taxi driver Darshan Singh says side shields in cab won't improve safety and could hurt business. (TREVOR HAGAN / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS) NEW safety measures that require all taxis to ...
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

Nicholas Hirst
Let's see if this is right. Let's assume that the federal government's plan to liberalize foreign investment in the telecommunications industry comes to pass. Then, conceivably ...
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

Cabbies call on the city
Edmonton’s cabbie association wants the city government to take over the cab dispatch business. Some drivers see it as a way to bypass cab companies and take control of their own ...
Source: Edmonton Sun

NYC Taxi Service Over Charging Passengers In $8.3 ...
A passenger contacted New York’s Taxi and Limousine Commission claiming that they had been overcharged for a recent taxi ride. New York City yellow cabs have been required to ...
Source: E Canada Now

Do cabbies cheat? Are cabs yellow?
NEW YORK - For Robert Carrizzo, the daily commute from his midtown Manhattan office to the Staten Island Ferry is typically filled with precise rituals. But there is always one ...
Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune

Fare's fair! Cab credit refunds
Taxi passengers who were taken for a ride by greedy hacks who illegally charged higher rates will likely get some money back, city officials said yesterday. The head of the Taxi ...
Source: New York Post

Visayas poll bets campaign during Pacquiao fight
CEBU CITY, Philippines – Local candidates took the opportunity to show “goodwill” to prospective voters in Cebu, Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental and Iloilo by sponsoring ...
Source: Inquirer.net

A taste of paradise awaits in the Caribbean islands
“It’s the sand,” says one patron on a bar stool overlooking the cay. “No, it’s the colour of the water,” says a friend leaning on the bar. “You’re both wrong ...
Source: StarPhoenix

Spontaneous beach-hopping trip to Mexico cures winter blues
I've heard despair is a positive emotion because it spurs one to action. As winter clenched its icy grip around Calgary, I despaired. No amount of friendship alleviated my malaise ...
Source: Edmonton Journal

A fight for the right to live their lives
KAMPALA, Uganda — A woman in her late 20s stands outside a hotel in Kampala waiting for her colleagues to arrive for a meeting. Bulky trousers, a loose-fitting dress shirt and a ...
Source: The Vancouver Sun

Robbery suspect held
A 23-year-old Thunder Bay man who once vowed his name would never be heard in court again has been arrested in connection with a series of high-profile taxi robberies in the city ...
Source: Thunder Bay Chronicle-Journal

A winner at the races
Although the fabled British Bentley name is now part of the Volkswagen group, most of its life was with Rolls-Royce (now owned by BMW). It was a kind of understated Rolls ...
Source: Financial Post

Taxi robberies connected, say police
Thunder Bay Police officers are investigating the city‘s third taxi robbery in less than a week, and are convinced that all three are connected, a police spokesman confirmed ...
Source: Thunder Bay Chronicle-Journal

City needs taxi board: report
Recommendations of the report, commissioned last fall, are still in development, but a draft summary was obtained Tuesday by The StarPhoenix. The final report will be developed ...
Source: StarPhoenix

Photos ordered in cabbie’s racial bias case
A human rights tribunal investigating an allegation of systemic discrimination in the Toronto taxi fleet has ordered the city to produce thousands of photos of licensees, which may ...
Source: Toronto Star

Council to meet with air authority over cabs
It’s a compromise most are content with — for now. After two hours behind closed doors, city council decided to create an ad-hoc committee to meet with the Calgary Airport ...
Source: Metronews.ca

Breaking News Alerts
Sign up to receive e-mail alerts on breaking news from The Vancouver Sun. Canada's lawyers are warning the Harper government against a new law to impose random sobriety tests to ...
Source: The Vancouver Sun

China rides: Middle class driving demand for cars
On a warm afternoon in late April, Yu Aao sits in the plush customer lounge at the SAIC Anji Buick dealership in Beijing, watching Chinese soap operas and sipping on a cool drink ...
Source: Regina Leader-Post

Pearson Airport prepares for high alert during G8 and G20
TORONTO, Ont. - Pearson International Airport is preparing for the arrival of the G8 and G20 leaders in June and that will mean some big headaches and delays for passengers. For ...
Source: 680 News

Man charged with 1981 rape and murder of Edmonton ...
EDMONTON — Nearly 30 years after barber Steve Luc discovered the half-naked body of a woman in the back seat of her cab, Edmonton police charged a man with her murder. Luc had ...
Source: Edmonton Journal

CHINA RIDES
Feng Li, Getty Images Chinese automaker GWM's Greatwall SUV on display at the Beijing Auto Show. On a warm afternoon in late April, Yu Aao sits in the plush customer lounge at the ...
Source: Financial Post

'Cyclops draped in Union Jacks'
They are one-eyed, futuristic blobs of steel. They are also the mascots of the London 2012 Games. British organizers unveiled the metallic twins -- Wenlock and Mandeville, the ...
Source: The Province

Treatment at customs unfair
I agree with Nina Vroemen in the fact that something needs to be done about the attitudes and preconceived notions that the U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel inflict on ...
Source: Windsor Star

A new ''green'' bus for London
London has long been famous for its retro-style taxi cabs and bright red double-decker buses. The urban landscape will slightly change with the arrival of new ultra-modern buses in ...
Source: Auto123

Cabbies want fare increase
Ottawa cabbies want fares to increase 11.5% to offset the new harmonized sales tax and other expenses. The city says that increase is too much, but it’s willing to adjust the ...
Source: Ottawa Sun

Free bus rides to the park this weekend
The County of Grande Prairie and the Stompede Association are offering free return bus service from the city to Evergreen Park for three days. Starting Friday, the bus will leave ...
Source: Daily Herald Tribune

Halifax cabbie guilty of groping young woman
Ravinder Pal Singh Arora tries to use the hood of his coat to hide his face from news cameras after leaving Halifax provincial court Tuesday. The Halifax taxi driver was convicted ...
Source: The Chronicle Herald

No cameras in Abbotsford cabs
While cameras in cabs are now commonplace in the Lower Mainland, and a Chilliwack company is in the process of installing them, Abbotsford’s two taxi companies aren’t following ...
Source: Abbotsford News

China gobbling up brand-name cars
On a warm afternoon in late April, Yu Aao sits in the plush customer lounge at the SAIC Anji Buick dealership in Beijing, watching Chinese soap operas and sipping on a cool drink ...
Source: The Vancouver Sun

Cabbie convicted of groping woman in his vehicle
Ravinder Pal Singh Arora tries to hide from news cameras beneath the hood of his coat at Halifax provincial court on Tuesday. He was found guilty of sexual assault. (TIM KROCHAK ...
Source: The Chronicle Herald

Group floats taxi changes
The city should bring in performance standards to lessen wait times for limousines and taxicabs, according to a paper penned by an advocacy group. Penned by Voters for Taxis, the ...
Source: Calgary Sun

Taxis unlawfully flag shorter trips at peak times
Three-quarters of Auckland taxi drivers are unlawfully refusing to take short fares during peak hours, a Herald on Sunday poll has found. Reporters approached 20 drivers at popular ...
Source: New Zealand Herald

Cabbies protest exclusive airport deal
Exclusive right to on-demand cab service at the Calgary International Airport was awarded to a sole provider yesterday, despite a protest held by city cabbies. Associated Cab (Alta ...
Source: Metronews.ca

Calgary Airport Authority signs deal with Associated Cabs
The Calgary Airport Authority has awarded a contract to have just one taxi company provide on-demand service. Associated Cabs has signed a six year deal that takes effect Monday ...
Source: Am770chqr.com

Associated Cab gets six-year deal at Calgary airport
Associated Cab (Alta.) Ltd will be the cabs of choice at the Calgary International Airport after an agreement was announced today via media release. The contract will last six ...
Source: Metronews.ca

Travel Photo of the Day
If you travel Metrorail during rush hour (Mon-Fri 5-9:30am and 3-7pm), you may not be so smitten with the system, since delays can be frequent, lines at farecard machines long ...
Source: The Province

At least five killed, 25 hurt in U.K. shooting rampage
A gunman killed at least five people in a rampage through quiet towns in and around the scenic Lake District of northwest England on Wednesday before police found a body they ...
Source: Globe and Mail

Green Taxi Fleet
Hybrid taxis could soon join the city's fleet of cabs. A report for the Community and Protective Services Committee recommends the city repeal provisions that currently prevent a ...
Source: 580 CFRA

Hudak says he'll limit HST bite
Tim Hudak won’t promise to repeal the Harmonized Sales Tax but he promised to try and limit its reach if elected premier next year. “As far as I’m concerned all options are ...
Source: Toronto Sun

Bylaw Targets Bandit Cabs
Residents are being urged to avoid bandit cabs this summer. The warning comes as Bylaw Services launches a new crackdown on illegal cabs on Ottawa streets. Dozens of related ...
Source: 580 CFRA

The Calgary Airport Authority Announces Completion of Request for ...
CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - June 2, 2010) - This afternoon, The Calgary Airport Authority and Associated Cab (Alta.) Ltd. signed a six-year contract to provide on-demand taxi ...
Source: Market Wire

Police weigh clampdown on smoking in cabs
Owen Sound police are considering clamping down on cab drivers who smoke in their taxis contrary to the Smoke-Free Ontario Act. A public meeting at 11 a.m. Monday upstairs at the ...
Source: Owen Sound Sun Times

Cabbies pinched by G20
Downtown cabbies have been asked by Toronto Police to be their eyes and ears on the street and report suspicious behaviour during the G20 Summit. But, Toronto taxi drivers said ...
Source: Toronto Sun

Entrapping that cabbie was heavy handed
I have a great deal of sympathy for Gurmeet Sangha, the Surrey cabbie fined a whopping $1,150 for picking up a bogus fare in Vancouver. It's way over the top. Sangha clearly was ...
Source: The Province

G20 survival guide
Michael Budahi plans on ditching the car, and taking the GO Train if he comes into work next Thursday and Friday. So far, his plans are to keep his store at King St. and Wellington ...
Source: Toronto Star

My mom is too old to drive
A sure sign that it’s time to give up driving is your family’s refusal to ride with you. So is forgetting how to find your way home, or arriving home with bumper damage and ...
Source: Globe and Mail

Cabbies fined $1,150 for picking up illegal fares
A Surrey cabbie slapped with a $1,150 fine for picking up passengers in Vancouver is claiming entrapment. Gurmeet Sangha of Guildford Cabs had just dropped off a passenger in ...
Source: The Province

Dozens of cab drivers ticketed in undercover sting
Dozens of cab drivers were ticketed on Saturday in an undercover sting that is part of a continuing campaign to ensure they are following provincial rules. Dozens of cab drivers ...
Source: Calgary Herald

The first-timer's guide to London
This was my first trip to this city of lords and chimney sweeps. As I was raising four children, everyone else seemed to slip away to London except me. The London I finally ...
Source: Edmonton Journal

Regina drivers trying to get used to downtown traffic changes
REGINA — Two days in, the jury was still out on just how effective and easy to understand the switch to two-way traffic on some downtown streets has been. While the changeover ...
Source: Regina Leader-Post

Travel Photo of the Day
Discover the hot spots and travel tips with our Travel Newsletter. The major street layouts in Beijing are often well planned: sidewalk for pedestrians, a fenced-off bike lane, two ...
Source: Edmonton Journal

Cabbies barred from airport jostle for space downtown
Cabbies banned from airport pick ups have flooded downtown and into parking spots as the city looks to add more taxi stands in the core. City traffic manager Troy McLeod said he ...
Source: Calgary Sun

Taxi Drivers Should Be Declared "Workers" in Ontario
TORONTO , June 29 /CNW/ - Ontario Taxi Drivers from both Hamilton and Toronto presented proposals today to the Occupational Health and Safety Advisory Panel. Jaswinder Bedi of the ...
Source: CNW Group

Las Vegas
Discover the hot spots and travel tips with our Travel Newsletter. Unless you plan to spend the bulk of your vacation in a city where walking is the best way to get around (read ...
Source: The Vancouver Sun

Cabbies crowding the core
Taxis have taken over the core, and downtown dwellers say public parking spots are being swallowed up. City traffic manager Troy McLeod said he‘s aware of more taxis using ...
Source: Metronews.ca

The road warriors
W ith gas selling at just 50 cents a litre, Andrew Grant's co-workers at Yellow Cab thought he was crazy. It was November, 2001, and the Vancouver cabbie had just announced he was ...
Source: Globe and Mail

Cabbie’s protest promise falls flat
Halifax streets will be safe from protesting taxis during the Queen’s visit, cabbies say. Taxi driver Al DesLaurier told The Chronicle Herald last week that frustrated cabbies ...
Source: The Chronicle Herald

A gastro-haven for eco-friendly diners
With gas selling at just 50 cents a litre, Andrew Grant's co-workers at Yellow Cab thought he was crazy. It was November, 2001, and the Vancouver cabbie had just announced he was ...
Source: Globe and Mail

Cabbies insist HST is 'un-fare'
John Strang is disgusted. On July 1, the new Harmonized Sales Tax takes effect and he says it will do nothing but hurt his company, U-Need-A-Cab. Our rates will increase 8% across ...
Source: North Bay Nugget

TAXIGUY and Molson Coors Canada Offer Free taxi App for Smartphones ...
MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - June 30, 2010) - Photos and video for this release will be available on Marketwire's website. Just in time for Canada Day celebrations, TAXIGUY and ...
Source: Market Wire

Burrard Street Bridge bike lane to stay indefinitely
Protected bike lanes on the Burrard Street Bridge will become permanent, Vancouver City Council decided in a unanimous vote Thursday. After years of wrangling over the bike lanes ...
Source: The Province

Buenos Aires
Discover the hot spots and travel tips with our Travel Newsletter. The best way (by far) to get around Buenos Aires is the metro -- called the subte -- the fastest, cheapest way to ...
Source: Regina Leader-Post

Retirement: Don't let the numbers fool you
T he following passage is excerpted from Retirementology: Rethinking the American Dream in a New Economy, by Gregory Salsbury. If you have a question for Mr. Salsbury on retirement ...
Source: Globe and Mail

New Orleans
Discover the hot spots and travel tips with our Travel Newsletter. You really don't need to rent a car during your stay in New Orleans. Not only is the town just made for walking ...
Source: The Vancouver Sun

Biking a great way to explore the five boroughs
F. Scott Fitzgerald loved Manhattan. In The Great Gatsby, he described its "first wild promise of all the mystery and all the beauty in the world," when viewed from the Queensboro ...
Source: StarPhoenix

Taxi co-op goes hybrid
With gas selling at just 50 cents a litre, Andrew Grant's co-workers at Yellow Cab thought he was crazy. It was November, 2001, and the Vancouver cabbie had just announced he was ...
Source: Globe and Mail

Frisco comes to Granville Mall
Vancouverites looking for a taxi on the Granville Mall may have been a bit perplexed earlier this week. Several new cab companies seemed to have cropped up overnight, all bearing ...
Source: The Vancouver Sun

State lawmakers target transit for the disabled ...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Assemblyman Michael Cusick said disabled New Yorkers should be given "easy access" to transportation, including taxis and for-hire vehicles, and called on ...
Source: Staten Island Advance

Madison company has eye on traffic so you can avoid ...
That Bluetooth device for your cell phone or laptop computer can do more than just make a connection. TrafficCast International in Madison has found a way to use the wireless ...
Source: madison

Niagara police crack down on illegal taxi cabs
Niagara police have cracked down on illegal taxi cabs. A Niagara Regional Police blitz last weekend netted 35 charges under the Highway Traffic Act including driving without ...
Source: Niagara Review

Kami Cabs welcomes inspection attention
As the city pledges to get tough on local taxicab operators, at least one cab company welcomes the extra attention. The general manager of Kami Cabs said he has no ...
Source: Abbotsford News

Free park concert in Boise is big hit on hot Saturday ...
BOISE - Thousands of music lovers jammed Ann Morrison Park Saturday for Boise Music Festival performances by Macy Gray, Backstreet Boys, Bret Michaels and others. The ...
Source: Idaho Statesman

Music fans flooding in early to Boise's Ann Morrison ...
When: The fireworks display will start at approximately 10:15 p.m. July 4. Where: Ann Morrison Park, Downtown Boise. Cost: The event will be free and simulcast on Today ...
Source: Idaho Statesman

'Centerfield' -- whether in song or real life -- is ...
When the song came on the car radio, a smile inched across my face. And memories flowed, both about what the lyrics were saying and the images they were conjuring up. It ...
Source: My West Texas

China's vs. India's models
In the 20th century China went from imperial dynasties that ruled the country for thousands of years, to the Republic of China established in 1912 under Sun Yat-sen 's leadership ...
Source: Examiner

22 cab drivers busted in Seattle
SEATTLE - Seattle Police bust a major theft ring, involving almost two dozen taxi cab drivers. Investigators say the trafficking of stolen goods was going on for at ...
Source: KREM

No charges against cabbie in highway death
The driver whose taxi Patrick O'Sullivan stepped out of before being struck by passing vehicles on Hwy. 401 will not be charged, police said Monday. The 23-year-old Pickering man ...
Source: CNEWS

Taxi driver in Hwy. 401 death won't be charged, police say
The driver whose taxi Patrick O’Sullivan stepped out of and onto Hwy. 401 where he was fatally struck by passing vehicles will not be charged, police said Monday. The 23-year-old ...
Source: Toronto Sun

TV series transforms Vancouver thoroughfare into the street of San ...
VANCOUVER -- Vancouverites looking for a taxi on the Granville Mall may have been a bit perplexed earlier this week. Several new cab companies seemed to have cropped up overnight ...
Source: The Vancouver Sun

Maxi taxis in overcharging claim
Launceston cab drivers say some maxi taxi drivers are ripping off customers, writes CLAIRE VAN RYN. BEWARE the maxi taxi ripoff, Launceston taxi drivers have warned. The 7-13 ...
Source: Tasmanian Examiner

Is Italy Too Italian?
“THIS tradition is finita,” says Luciano Barbera, as he opens the door to an underground warehouse. Dozens of large wooden boxes are stacked to the ceiling ...
Source: New York Times

Life After Durban: The Last Report Upon Returning to UC ...
Well, I’m done with my semester in Africa and school at UC Irvine has started again, so it looks like my life is back to reality. The time I spent in Africa seems more ...
Source: New University Newspaper

There'll always be an England
Hundreds of feet below the steep cliffs, seven dogs chased one another across the sands of Mawgan Porth Beach until they were exhausted, as their human companions ...
Source: Denver Post

Cab company's future in valley stuck on yellow
After operating less than 18 months in the Coachella Valley, Classic Yellow Cab may already be about to permanently flip on its “out of service” light. Company ...
Source: Desert Sun

Blood and Rain: They live by night
If you think of it in literary analysis terms, a taxi may well be said to be a metaphor for life on the move, sans the linearity most trips are associated with. A taxi cab, rather ...
Source: Buenos Aires Herald

London taxis ranked world's best
London taxis, with their friendly drivers who actually know where they are going, are ranked best in the world, according to an annual taxi poll. The survey by travel website ...
Source: Canoe

Thomson releases green plan
The mayoral candidate, whose campaign is focused on adding 58 kilometres of subway line over 10 years, says going underground will get more people out of polluting cars than ...
Source: Toronto Star

Green taxi fleet anchors Thomson’s environment plan
T oronto should offer taxi drivers a rebate as high as $800 for switching to a hybrid vehicle, mayoral candidate Sarah Thomson said as she unveiled her environmental plan Thursday ...
Source: Globe and Mail

London taxis ranked world's best, NY/Paris the rudest
SYDNEY, Aug. 8 (Reuters Life!) – London taxis, with their friendly drivers who actually know where they are going, are ranked best in the world, according to an annual taxi poll ...
Source: Manila Bulleting Online

Cabbies line up to get meters recalibrated
MUMBAI: In a bid to redress the grievances of passengers who often have fights with cabbies while calculating the new fare, several taxi owners have decided to ...
Source: Times of India

London taxis ranked best in world, poll says
London taxis, with their friendly drivers who actually know where they are going, are ranked best in the world, according to an annual taxi poll.
Source: Today's Zaman

Forgetful patrons hound axe firms for lost property
A South Korean looks at drivers’ photos at Vinasun Taxi Company in Ho Chi Minh City after leaving his bag in a car After leaving US$26,500 in a Ho Chi Minh City taxi cab, last ...
Source: Thanhnien

Go Dumpster Diving on Park Avenue
Park Avenue shoppers may have an excuse to go dumpster diving. For the first three Saturdays in August New Yorkers can take a refreshing dip in a dumpster that has been retrofitted ...
Source: msnbc.com

Bixi bike-share program response lukewarm
Toronto's cycling infrastructure department is trying to drum up interest in the planned Bixi bike-share program, saying it is concerned about the relatively low number of people ...
Source: CBC Olympics

Accessible Cabs Can Use Para Transpo Spaces: City
Ottawa's accessible cabs can use spots designed Para Transpo spaces to pick up qualified Para Transpo users. In response to an inquiry from Councillor Jacques Legendre, City Staff ...
Source: 580 CFRA

Cab companies call for action
Managers of Winnipeg's largest taxi companies are calling for quicker police response to violent attacks against drivers. Duffy's Taxi general manager Phil Walding and other ...
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

Vancouver cab employees find $400,000 in missing jewelry, return goods ...
VANCOUVER — Two Vancouver cab company employees say they were just doing their jobs when the reunited a California couple with $400,000 worth of jewelry they had ...
Source: The Vancouver Sun

Cab employees find, return $400,000 worth of jewelry
Longtime Black Top Cab employees John Kahsay and Jai Kirpal say they were just doing their jobs when they reunited a California couple with $400,000 worth of jewelry ...
Source: The Vancouver Sun

Cabbie attacks raise concern
Canada and International News ... Brett Patzer, of Custom Plastic Creations, sits in the back seat of a taxi cab behind a full shield.
Source: CNEWS

How to safeguard you smartphone data
Whether you leave your phone in a taxi or a thief on a bicycle swipes it right out of your hand, what can you do to protect yourself before either (or worse) happens? Ross Rubin ...
Source: ITBusiness.ca

Sarah Thomson’s green plan shocks all by not being pie-in-the-sky
Hybrid taxis, like these in New York City, are part of Sarah Thomson's green plan (Image: Yodel Anecdotal) Most observers have been pretty tough on Sarah Thomson ’s ...
Source: Toronto Life

Robber targets city cabs
Hamilton police are looking for a bandit with a penchant for robbing cabs. So far, police believe the same man has held up three cab drivers July 26, Aug. 5 and again Monday. He ...
Source: Hamilton Spectator

Brutal year for taxi operators
A Winnipeg taxi driver stabbed for a $5 fare Tuesday is the latest in a line of cabbies hurt for money this summer, but officials say changes are coming to help protect them. The ...
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

Groping cabbie jailed for five months
Women should be able to feel safe in taxis, a judge said Friday in sending a Halifax cab driver to jail for groping two female passengers. Ravinder Pal Singh Arora, 51, was ...
Source: The Chronicle Herald

Send Taxi Study to the Curb
Like most cities in Canada, Regina’s municipal government already has its fair share of challenges. Yet a new report prepared for council wants the city to take on even more ...
Source: Canada Free Press

Pair attempted to rob cabbie
Police are looking for suspects — possibly two females — who attempted to rob a Winnipeg taxi driver Tuesday. One of the females may have been armed with a knife, police said ...
Source: Winnipeg Sun

Suspects attempt to rob cab
Police are looking for suspects — possibly two females — who attempted to rob a Winnipeg taxi driver Tuesday. One of the females may have been armed with a knife, police said ...
Source: Winnipeg 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

Saint John cab company plans safety lights
The owner of a taxi company in Saint John plans to install new safety devices after one of ... By the end of next month, he plans to have flashing lights installed on all his cabs.
Source: CBC Olympics

Groping cabbie jailed for five months
Halifax taxi driver Ravinder Pal Singh Arora was sentenced to five months in jail and a ... Both women avoid taking cabs now, and worry that Arora knows where they live.
Source: The Chronicle Herald

Send Taxi Study to the Curb
The consultant recommends a new “Taxi Regulatory Division or Board” and spending over $90,000 to hire two new staff members. The pair will inspect cabs and test the English ...
Source: Canada Free Press

New bus service will take Seaforth riders to Goderich or Stratford
"We have a proven track record of over 30 years," he says, adding that the company started with taxi cabs in London and now provide airport shuttles and city transit in St. Thomas ...
Source: Huron Expositor

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

The Case of the Missing Earl
Every cab 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.
Source: TheDay

Hurricane's threat turns to be more of a whimper
Every cab 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.
Source: TheDay

Statewide crackdown on drunk driving underway
To drive home the point, TxDOT is using mobile billboards in the form of "cop cabs" -unique vehicles that are a police patrol car on the front end and a taxi cab on the ...
Source: Cleveland Advocate

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

Taxi drivers anticipate increase in business at IRs
However, taxi drivers said they may benefit as visitors to the IRs are now more likely to take cabs. Meanwhile, some people are still unaware of the change.
Source: Channel NewsAsia

Broome looking for feedback on local taxicabs
To report your taxicab experience, send an e-mail to cabs@co.broome.ny.us or go to www.gobroomecounty.com/taxi. You can also call (607) 778-2227 (CABS) to report your ...
Source: Press & Sun-Bulletin

Las Vegas travel choices have mixed benefits
The trains are also likely to sync well with Vegas' plethora of public transit options, from taxi cabs to double-decker buses to the new monorail system.
Source: Riverside Press Enterprise

How good software makes us stupid
Imagine for a moment that you have thumbed a ride in one of London's iconic black cabs. "Where to, guv?" he asks, in typical cockney-twang. You tell him. After all, a taxi ...
Source: BBC

Schools' transport costs exceed estimates
Each school day, a taxi cab drives into the suburbs northwest of Omaha, picks up a ... Every day, buses, vans and cabs fan out across the Omaha metro area, pick up ...
Source: Omaha World-Herald

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

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

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

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

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

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

US mother gives birth to baby boy in backseat of taxi
A woman in the US gave birth to her son in the backseat of a livery cab after she could not make it to a hospital on time. Finn Murray Sweeney popped into the world on 51st St and Seventh Ave as a steel-nerved cabby rushed his parents to Roosevelt Hospital.
Source: Daily News and Analysis

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

Ravella at Lake Las Vegas is luxury for less
Ravella, formerly the Ritz-Carlton on Lake Las Vegas (a $70 groaner from the Strip by cab), is one of those what-were-they-thinking ... But as I was arranged for a taxi, it somehow came up with a $30 town car trip to McCarran. All in all, Ravella has ...
Source: Los Angeles Times

11 vehicles set on fire in city
Dhaka, June 4 (bdnews24.com) – In pre-hartal violence, 10 buses and a taxi cab have been set on fire in different parts of the capital. However, there was no report of any casualty or injury in the arson attacks. First bus was torched near RAJUK Bhaban ...
Source: Bangladesh News 24 hours

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

West Shore RCMP looking for missing father, son
The pair travelled by 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 Vancouver Sun

Taxi drivers welcome Govt’s assistance but want easy access to permits
Ranjeet Singh, 48, urged the Government to help taxi drivers who were blacklisted by banks and were unable to purchase their own cabs. “Most taxi drivers are blacklisted because they have to take loans to support themselves. Guarantors of bad debts ...
Source: star.com.my

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