July 16, 2008

• Cabbie charged after truck slammed from behind on Hwy. 404

  A cabbie has been charged with impaired driving after a two-vehicle crash in Markham this morning.
  At about 3:15 a.m., a black pickup truck was headed south on Hwy. (…)

• Police pull cab driver's permit under new city law

  A taxi driver accused of making sexual advances on a teen in his cab has been pulled off the streets until authorities can investigate the allegations, officials said. (…)

• Headed For The Gate

   Listening to the cab radio yesterday you would have thought someone else was driving cab #497.  I was up in the "Gate" and taking calls off of stand 73 and 74.  Why?  Business sucks. (…)

• Yellow Cab driver is found slain

  ST. (…)

• Editorial: Share the taxi riders’ gas pains

  Any reasonably experienced traveler could tell you San Francisco taxi service is second-rate in comparison with other U.S. cities. (…)

• Green Deadline For Hybrid Taxis May Be Dead

  Yellow taxi fleet owners must replace their vehicles every three years; individual owners every five years. New York City’s October 1st deadline for fleet owners to purchase hybrids is in peril. (…)

• Taxi! Taxi!? Bwah-ha-ha-ha-ha

  I love the fact that, in most of downtown LA, it is illegal to hail a cab from the street. Illegal! (…)

• Cabbie’s DUIs jeopardize permit

  A longtime city cabdriver with a string of drunken driving arrests is battling to retain his right to drive a taxi in The City. (…)

July 12, 2008

• Gas hits cabbies: More hours, less pay

  Mikhail Glikberg remembers when he made a decent living as a taxi driver in Boston. He could work a 12-hour shift and take home up to $80 a day after expenses.
  That was a few years ago. (…)

• AAFES mulls city’s new plan to restore Camp Casey taxi service

  CAMP RED CLOUD, South Korea — Dongducheon city officials offered a new plan for the Camp Casey enclave’s taxi service but an agreement hasn’t yet been reached, officials said Monday. (…)

• Taxi fares poised to jump as city rushes to help strapped cabbies

  The city is moving ahead with a taxi fare increase that cabbies say they desperately need, but fear will drive customers away. (…)

• Taxi Driver Claims He Was Escaping Robbery Before Crash

  The cab driver told the troopers he was driving down Americana when he made his way towards Rio Grande and lost control, knocked out a row of trees, hopped the curb and crashed into a traffic control box across the road. (…)

• Calder City cab driver relieved at long sentence for robber

  The longtime cab driver who was robbed at gun-point while taking a fare says he is glad the thief is going to prison for the next 10 to 30 years. (…)

• Valley cabbies adapt to offset high gas prices

  Valley taxicab drivers are feeling the pinch of high gas prices.
  "I'm paying about $110 a day in gas. A few months ago, I was paying about $50 or $60 a day," said cabbie Tom Holbrook. (…)

• AM General might build taxi Save Email Print

  AM General could end up making taxi cabs at its Mishawaka Hummer plant. (…)

July 7, 2008

• City's cabbie unions seek shared voice

  PHILADELPHIA. (…)

• NYC taxi commission: No fuel surcharge planned

  NEW YORK - New York City taxi drivers want passengers to pay a $1 fuel surcharge. But the Taxi and Limousine Commission says it's not going to happen.
  Commissioner and Chairman Matthew W. (…)

July 6, 2008

• Easthampton approves taxi permit

  The City Council has approved a taxi license, as well as new maximum rates that taxi services can charge.
  City Councilor Joseph P. (…)

• Rising gas prices hit taxi drivers

  Rusi Baria has driven cabs in Walnut Creek since 1989, when a gallon of gas hovered around $1 a gallon. (…)

July 1, 2008

• Hearing explores taxi fare increase

  Drivers cite fuel, toll costs in fight to raise rates
  Boston cab drivers rallied outside a hearing today to discuss potential increases to fees and fares. (…)