Latino livery taxis battle cabbies in central Mass

2010-03-05T14:00:14Z

<div id="subtitle">Taxi turf war: Latino-owned livery cars face shutdown, claim unfairness in fight with city</div><div><p>A turf war between licensed taxis and livery drivers has taken on ethnic overtones in central Massachusetts, as two Latino-owned companies popular in immigrant neighborhoods in Worcester face the threat of shutdown if they don't pay thousands in...

NTSB calls for tougher passenger bus scrutiny

2010-02-23T18:54:27Z

<div id="subtitle">Safety panel wants motorcoaches not up to US safety rules off roads, out of operation</div><div><p>Passenger buses that aren't built to U.S. safety standards should be taken off the road, the National Transporation Safety Board said Tuesday.</p>&l...

Holiday Thanksgiving Travel

2009-11-25T15:16:25Z

A weary Thanksgiving holiday traveler rubs her eyes while waiting for a Concord Coach bus to depart from Portland, Maine, Wednesday evening, Nov. 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

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39 indicted in bribery probe of DC taxi industry

2010-02-24T23:32:49Z

<div id="subtitle">39 people in DC taxi industry charged with paying bribes for cab licenses</div><div><p>Thirty-nine people connected with the Washington, D.C., taxicab industry have been indicted on bribery charges.</p><p>An indictment unsealed Friday charges three men with paying bribes totaling $220,0000 to the chairman of the National Express Group PLC on Thursday tabled a final indicative offer that values the bus and train operator at 765 million pounds ($1.25 billion).</p><p>The offer by the Cosmen family and

West Seattle

2009-08-30T11:45:53Z

The King County Water Taxi service arrives at Seacrest Park dock in Seattle, Washington, on June 5, 2009. (Greg Gilbert/Seattle Times/MCT) Photo via Newscom...

c35 March 21, 2009

2009-08-26T19:50:42Z

STRDD The VIA Rail Canada station in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada is also the passenger terminal for Greyhound and Pacific Coach bus lines....

JAPAN-AUTO-ENVIRONMENT

2009-08-26T10:30:50Z

(L-R) Japan's largest cab operator Nihon Kotsu president Ichiro Kawanabe, California based car battery venture Better Place Japan president Kiyotaka Fujii and Japanese Resouces and Energy Agency's Minoru Nakamura show an a...

New York Feeling Economic Slump

2009-08-23T09:31:12Z

Aug 22, 2009 - New York, New York, USA - A view of uncollected trash and yellow taxi cabs on Madison Avenue....

Monterey High Students Ride MST

2009-08-20T16:35:39Z

Due to lack of bus services to schools, Monterey High students ride MST in Monterey, Calif. on Thursday Aug. 20, 2009 at the Transit Plaza..(Orville Myers/ Monterey County Herald....

Policing the roads

2010-02-25T21:43:48Z

<div id="subtitle">Federal government needs to crack down on illegal bus operators and trucking companies</div><div><p> Hundreds of truck and bus companies shut down operations to get out of paying for violations of federal regulations — and then reopened under other names, a recent investigation by the Government Accountability Office ...

GAO: Unsafe truck, bus operators still on highways

2010-02-26T03:02:15Z

<div id="subtitle">GAO: Hundreds of tractor-trailer and bus operators ordered to shut down still on US highways</div><div><p>Hundreds of tractor-trailer and bus companies ordered to shut down because of federal safety violations ranging from suspended licenses to possible drug use have stayed on the road by using different names, investigators say.</p><p>T...

Texas in clash with Greyhound over Ike bills

2010-02-26T06:00:56Z

<div id="subtitle">Greyhound Lines, Texas in dispute over bus bills for hurricanes Ike, Gustav evacuations</div><div><p>Greyhound Lines Inc. is still waiting for the state of Texas to pay it nearly $1 million for the bus company's work evacuating people from hurricanes Ike and Gustav last year — even as another hurricane season ...

Judge Attempts To Block City's Incentives For Turning Cab Fleets Green

2009-06-23T19:02:18Z

NEW YORK - JUNE 23: A man waits near a taxi cab stand on June 23, 2009 in New York City. A Manhattan federal judge halted Monday New York's latest attempt to force yellow taxis to go green by using fuel-efficient hybrids. The Metropolitan Taxica...

Passenger-shot video shows bus driver using phone

2010-02-27T08:44:17Z

<div id="subtitle">Passenger-shot video shows bus driver using phone; Mass. company says he could be fired</div><div><p>A Massachusetts bus company says a driver could be fired because a video shot by a passenger shows him tearing paper tickets and using his cell phone while behind the wheel.</p><p>Officials with U.S. Bureau of Prisons has saved money through a program that sometimes enrages the public when word of it gets out.</p><p>Most of the time, however, including the past three...

New Web site lets you compare bus tickets

2010-02-27T11:18:03Z

<div id="subtitle">New Web site BusJunction compiles bus ticket info comparing routes, prices</div><div><p>Intercity bus travel has taken off in the last few years. Now a new Web site makes it easier for riders to find their routes.</p><p>BusJunction.com works something like Expedia or Orb...

race to witch mountain premiere

2009-04-09T15:49:28Z

Carla Gugino and yellow taxi cab, Uk premiere for 'Race to Witch Mountain' at the Odeon, West End London, England- 05.04.09

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Taxi Medallions For Yellow Cabs of New York City

2009-03-01T08:15:36Z

<p>Taxi Medallions For Yellow Cabs of New York City</p><p>By Terence Gelber</p><p></p><p>The Taxi Medallion of New York City</p><p></p><p>The New York City Taxi Medallion is an interesting form of property. It represents a transferable right granted by the City to pick up passengers, but through regulation the dollar value of this right is now nearing a million. In Fact,...

Tennessee News - January 18, 2009

2009-04-29T21:42:09Z

People load charter buses as they leave from Lake Providence Missionary Baptist Church for the Presidential Inauguration in Washington D.C. .January 18, 2009

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