April, 2008
Taxi stands to be added to Tejon
City traffic engineers will add taxi stands along Tejon Street in hopes of keeping people out of the busy street. The decision came Monday morning after a meeting between traffic engineers and police. Engineers say the problem emerged …
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Protesting Taxi Drivers Ticketed By Orlando Police
The drivers told Eyewitness News they’re forced to lease their taxis from Mears because they have contracts with all the major properties in town, like Disney. Some of them pay $880 a week because the company recently increased its …
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Taxi blockade wins safety changes
Ms Kosky said she had agreed to meet with the drivers’ representatives again within the next two weeks to further thrash out some of the issues. http://news.theage.com.au/taxi-blockade-wins-safety-changes/20080430-29f1.html.
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Cancer survivor dies after being stuck by taxi
Singapore – A woman who survived breast cancer died after being knocked down by a taxi, leaving her husband so distraught he tried to end his life, news reports said Sunday. Immediately after the accident, Chan Yoke Chan’s husband hit …
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Taxi ‘Hitman’ arrested in a bullet-proof vest, Flashing a police badge
In November Top Six Association boss Sicelo Mabaso denied that there was a “war” in the taxi industry. Mabaso insisted that these incidents should not be referred to as “taxi wars”. http://www.sowetan.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=757946.
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Taxi security cameras cutting in-car crime
Mr Kroehn says while there were privacy concerns from the public when the cameras were first installed, most people have accepted the necessity of the devices. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/28/2229106.htm?site=southqld.
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Rising anger
Aspen Fuel Prices – April 29th 2008. Rising anger. by Paul Andersen Aspen, CO. http://www.aspentimes.com/article/20080428/COLUMN/665674548. A friend who’sa builder used to drive his big diesel everywhere. Now he runs errands in a hybrid …
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Melbourne taxi drivers continue station sit-in
Taxi drivers are continuing their sit-in outside Melbourne’s Flinders Street station this morning in protest about the near-killing of one of their number earlier this week.
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Vic Taxi Drivers Try to Reduce Incidence of Violence Against Them…
Zoom news image HUNDREDS of taxi drivers blocked central Melbourne streets this morning demanding to speak directly to a government minister about the stabbing of a colleague. More than 1000 cabbies rallied in freezing temperatures …
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Lexington gets taxi cab franchise
For more than a year the city of Lexington has gone without a local taxi franchise. That’s about to change when five National Cab Company cars take to the road.
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