News on Taxi and Limousine Services

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...

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 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...

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....

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...

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,...

Sunline Transit Agency regulators evaluate franchise solution for desert's taxi operators

2010-03-01T12:34:20Z

<div><p>Acting swiftly in accordance with direction provided by its board of directors, Sunline Transit Agency, the regulatory body for the desert's taxi fleet, has initiated the process of evaluating a possible franchise system for the approximately 190 taxicabs currently operating in the Coachella Valley. To that end, Sunline ha...

Malaysia's 'worst in the world' taxis tarnish national image

2010-03-02T03:05:29Z

<div><p>The ads promoting "Malaysia: Truly Asia" aim to welcome visitors with a warm smile to a prosperous and modern nation, so the taxi fleet branded "the worst in the world" can come as a bit of a shock.</p><p>Even the locals are not spared the shabby service of unkempt and hostile drivers behind the wheels of decrepit vehicles who refuse to use the m...

China city vows crackdown on taxi strike violence

2010-03-02T12:07:03Z

<div><p>Authorities in one of China's biggest cities vowed on Tuesday to crack down on violence that has marked a rare strike by taxi drivers, and called for an immediate return to work.</p><p>Several thousand taxi drivers extended a strike in the urban areas of the southwest Chinese city of Chongqing, home to over five million people, after cabbies ...

Judge gives red light to green cabs in NYC

2010-03-02T13:45:37Z

<div id="subtitle">NYC rule requiring fuel-efficient cabs crashes at desk of federal judge, disappointing mayor</div><div><p>A federal judge blocked the city Friday from requiring all new taxicabs to be fuel-efficient hybrids, hampering Mayor Michael Bloomberg's ambitious goal to make all yellow cabs green by 2012.&...

Valley taxi owners, regulators struggle to come to terms on key issues

2010-02-28T16:47:42Z

<div><p>Responding in part to the demands of the Coachella Valley Taxi Owners Association, SunLine Transit Agency's Board of Directors, the regulatory body for the desert's taxi fleet through SunLine Regulatory Administration, voted unanimous...