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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

Be sure to drive safe this season: Heed
Solicitor General Kash Heed was in Burnaby last Friday to launch the annual CounterAttack campaign with ICBC and police at roadchecks near Burnaby 8 Rinks, one of the many sports ...
Source: Abbotsford News

Iraq WMD claims not manipulated: ex-U.K. spy chief
British intelligence officials did not intend to mislead anyone by releasing documents in 2002 claiming Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, Britain's former spy chief said ...
Source: CBC News

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

New taxi service to launch in Basalt
BASALT — Basalt will get its own taxi service starting Dec. 17. Temple Glassier and Mike Drummond recently received a license from the Colorado Public Utilities Commission to ...
Source: Aspen Times

Elder Care seeks to build new facility
Construction for a new Elder Care facility in Dickinson may begin as soon as June 1. The facility, if approved, will be funded mostly from the North Dakota Department of ...
Source: Dickinson Press & Advertiser

St Kitts & Nevis: Luxury at a bargain price
There's only one place to go for the best rum punches in the world... the rustic, ramshackle Sunshine's bar on the Caribbean island of Nevis. After sampling just a couple of these ...
Source: Daily Mirror

Cherry Creek mall opens door to all cab companies, for a fee
Cherry Creek Shopping Center is asking Freedom and Union taxi companies to pay a fee if they want to serve mall customers. Cherry Creek officials notified the cab companies at a ...
Source: Denver Post

Chauncey V. Mobberly
Chauncey Vernon Mobberly, 84, of Lawton Road, Marietta, passed away on Dec. 11, 2009, at St. Joseph's Hospital, Parkersburg. He was a longtime resident of New Matamoras and had ...
Source: Parkersburg News & Sentinel

Faces For the Forces" - Goes State -Side Biggest Ever Show of Support ...
NEW YORK, Dec 12, 2009 (PR Newswire Europe via COMTEX) -- A nationwide campaign aims to create the biggest ever show of support for US troops serving abroad. It comes in the run up ...
Source: Investors Business Daily

Airport/hotel shuttle revving up
After almost five years of appearances before city hall committees, Taxicab Board and Public Utilities Board (PUB) hearings, a commercial airport/hotel shuttle service has finally ...
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

Towing companies staying busy
Grande Prairie's spell of harsh winter has taken its toll on more than just the people who brave it simply by venturing outside. For those who found themselves with a vehicle that ...
Source: Daily Herald Tribune

Arrive alive
At the CounterAttack campaign launch earlier this month, Dr. Roy Purssell, an emergency physician at Vancouver General Hospital, addressed the serious consequences of mixing ...
Source: Abbotsford News

Symantec updates smart phone management suite
Symantec Corp. is rolling out a trio of updated products designed to secure and manage your fleet of Windows smart phones across their lifecycle. In addition to a variety of mobile ...
Source: it World Canada

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

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

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

When it comes to tips, hotel maids don't clean up
Bellhop: $2 first bag, $1 per additional bag. Skycap: $2 first bag; $1 per additional bag. Doorman: $1-$2 for carrying luggage or hailing a cab. Concierge: $5-$10 if they get you ...
Source: Seattle Times

KAT won’t leave bowlers stranded in 2010
WILLMAR — A group of bowlers who depend on public transportation to get home after their Monday night games won’t be left stranded in 2010. The Kandiyohi Area Transit’s joint ...
Source: West Central Tribune

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

Christmas at work
Christmas day? More like just another Friday for some folks. The holiest day of the year doesn't feel so holy when your alarm is waking you up for work. No presents with the kids ...
Source: Niagara Review

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

Christmas in a cab
Jake Bacon Tom Olander drives along West Route 66 waiting for a fare in his taxi on Christmas Day. Olander said that he was at the end of his 12-hour shift that started at 5 a.m ...
Source: Arizona Daily Sun

SAN MARCOS: Program helps seniors get to key destinations
A transportation program at the San Marcos Senior Center is helping stuck-at-home seniors get to and from key destinations. The center has two 14-seat passenger vans that pick up ...
Source: North County Times

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

When it comes to gratuities, hotel maids don't clean up
Dorethia Wilson, 51, a housekeeper at the Shorecrest Motor Inn on Jefferson, cleans vacant rooms. She says about 75 percent of people tip. DETROIT - Here's a tip: Tip your hotel ...
Source: Atlantic City Press

Detective hopes tip will solve case of missing cab driver
Cumberland County homicide detectives began investigating the disappearance of William James Simon in March 2008. But nearly two years later, they have yet to receive a tip in the ...
Source: Fayetteville Observer

When it comes to gratuities, hotel maids don’t exactly clean up
DETROIT - Here’s a tip: Tip your hotel maid. "Maybe once a month someone will tip, but what can I do? We can’t force people to tip," says Sara Hana, a housekeeper at the ...
Source: Regina Leader-Post

Taxi companies enjoy a thriving market in Homer
Josh Cooper purchased Kostas Taxi along with four cabs and currently employs 10 full-time drivers for seven-day-a-week, 24-hour service. "I had the oldest cab company, and I am the ...
Source: Anchorage Daily News

drunk drivers beware of cops
PARKSVILLE — Police are cracking down on impaired drivers this holiday season. Staff Sgt. Brian Hunter of the Oceanside RCMP said in the interest of everyone getting home safe ...
Source: Abbotsford News

City councillor feels personal loss over drinking and driving
Getting behind the wheel while intoxicated can change lives “in the blink of an eye,” warns a city councillor who knows first hand the pain a drunk driver can cause. Kim ...
Source: Edmonton Sun

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

The Airdrie Echo 2009 Year in Review
Airdrie welcomes its first New Year's baby, Alijah Queshi, to the world. The government of Alberta bans the sale of tobacco anywhere that sells pharmaceuticals in an effort to help ...
Source: Airdrie Echo

Party hosts have responsibility, OPP caution
Christmas may be over but that doesn't mean the party season is. With New Year's Eve just around the corner, the Ontario Provincial Police are urging revelers and hosts to ring in ...
Source: North Bay Nugget

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

Keep the party fun by drinking smart
Ah, the holidays. All those parties, all that free booze. Talk about a recipe for disaster. Drinking responsibly may not sound like much fun, but it's a heck of a lot more ...
Source: StarPhoenix

Taxi cab business spikes during New Years holiday
ALBANY, GA (WALB) - Taxi drivers were out all night offering rides to people who shouldn't be drinking and driving. One taxi cab company owner says business nearly doubled for him ...
Source: WALB 10

It's taxpayer money, so lift veil of secrecy
FOR more than 20 years Liberal politician Dean Brown served the people of South Australia as a local member, shadow minister, minister, Opposition leader and ultimately premier ...
Source: Adelaide Now

Brainerd City Council
1. Call to order. 2. Roll call. 3. Pledge of Allegiance. 4. Mayor Wallin - Prayer for the New Year. 5. Consent Calendar (NOTICE TO PUBLIC) - All matters listed are considered ...
Source: Brainerd Dispatch

Slain cabbie wasn’t forgotten
Sergei Kostin came to Canada looking for a better life. He struggled to learn and perfect his English, became a citizen and worked long hours as a cab driver in Dartmouth to help ...
Source: The Chronicle Herald

Colour the capital region brown
My tired legs are sending me a message. They don’t know that walking is healthful exercise. My car is disabled. I am forced to go green, ride trains and buses and walk, as I urge ...
Source: Abbotsford News

WAN A HULAIMI/ ELSEWHERE:
TYRES inching up to the chrome in the hot noonday sun, wheels to bumpers with motorcyclists criss-crossing and by its taxi drivers is a nation known. "Kuala Lumpur," says my man ...
Source: New Straits Times

When it comes to gratuities, hotel maids don't exactly clean up
DETROIT - Here's a tip: Tip your hotel maid. "Maybe once a month someone will tip, but what can I do? We can't force people to tip," says Sara Hana, a housekeeper at the Victory ...
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Two injured in I-35 rollover
A driver for Capital City Taxi company in Topeka was lifeflighted away from the scene of a rollover accident Friday afternoon shortly before 1 p.m. The cab, driven by John T. Moten ...
Source: Emporia gazette.com

If life gives you a broken mirror look in it and smirk
More random whines in the life of a middle-aged male. One of my daughters was driving my humble little Chevy in Boston a few months ago when a taxi swooped around her, parked, and ...
Source: New Haven Register

2 arrested in NYC terror probe
NEW YORK — Two men linked to an alleged al-Qaida associate accused of a plot to attack New York City with homemade bombs were arrested Friday after one of the men caused a ...
Source: New Haven Register

Second suspect in NYC terror probe due in court
NEW YORK (AP) — A second suspect linked to an alleged al-Qaida associate accused of plotting to attack New York City with homemade bombs is due in court to face terror charges ...
Source: Orange Leader

2nd suspect in NYC terror probe due in court
Adis Medunjanin, 25, was arrested Friday after he caused a traffic accident while under surveillance. He is to appear in court Saturday. His former classmate, Zarein Ahmedzay, has ...
Source: Lincoln Daily News

Cab company moved off probation by Oklahoma City
A taxi company put on probation for refusing service so it could cherry-pick the highest fares in Oklahoma City was reinstated Tuesday by the Oklahoma City Council. Last year, the ...
Source: Daily Oklahoman

Another Indian taxi driver attacked by Melbourne passengers
Melbourne, Jan 17: An Indian taxi driver, who is in his mid 20s, was bashed by two passengers outside Geelong, Melbourne, on Sunday. According to reports, the driver had stopped ...
Source: New Kerala

More Indians assaulted in Australia
Melbourne, Jan 16 : Two more Indian taxi drivers, one of whom was a student, were attacked Saturday in Australia's Ballarat city, making it the fourth attack on the community ...
Source: New Kerala

Jail for man who racially abused Indian taxi driver
A 48-YEAR-OLD man has been jailed after racially abusing an Indian taxi driver during a drunken outburst northwest of Melbourne. Paul John Brogden, of Navigators near Ballarat, was ...
Source: News.com.au

19-year-old man indicted in stabbing death of cabdriver: Victim ...
Jan 16, 2010 (Pioneer Press - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- A grand jury indicted a 19-year-old Apple Valley man in the slaying and robbery of Michael Allan ...
Source: TMCnet

Old phone books as history books
I have on loan from my friend Holly Chabbott a 1956-1957 telephone directory from the New York Telephone Company covering the communities of Lake Placid, Tupper Lake and Saranac ...
Source: Adirondack Daily Enterprise

Man jailed for attacking Indian cab driver
A man has been sentenced in the Ballarat Magistrates Court in Victoria to three months' jail for attacking an Indian taxi driver in the early hours of this morning. Paul Brogden ...
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corp.

Thanks seems to be the hardest word
Were you at all surprised to hear about those unruly Indian passengers on Cathay Pacific Business Class who had to be off-loaded in Hong Kong? When the cabin crew refused to serve ...
Source: Hindustan Times

Man jailed for abusing taxi driver
A 48-year-old man has been jailed after racially abusing an Indian taxi driver during a drunken outburst northwest of Melbourne. Paul John Brogden, of Navigators near Ballarat, was ...
Source: Skynews.com

RTA riders brace to see how service will be reduced
As the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority plans to reduce service in the face of a $17.4 million budget gap, West Shore area residents are bracing themselves. Linda Cimo ...
Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer

Oz man thrashes Indian cabbie; jailed within hours
A man, who went berserk in an alcohol-fuelled racist attack on an Indian taxi driver around 2.15 a.m. today, was swiftly awarded 3-month imprisonment and fined A$ 1,520 within ...
Source: Tribune

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

Fares to airport may drop
Cab fare from the city to the Edmonton International Airport may drop if a new proposed rate structure from the Vehicle for Hire Commission gets the green light. Edmonton taxi and ...
Source: Edmonton Sun

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

Fare to airport may drop
Cab fare from the city to the Edmonton International Airport may drop with a new proposed rate structure brought forth by the Vehicle for Hire Commission. Edmonton taxi and ...
Source: Edmonton Sun

Credit card information used to buy gift cards
A man who used "skimmed" credit card information to buy nearly $6,000 worth of gift cards at a local variety store pleaded guilty to six counts of fraud. Jonathan Jessop admitted ...
Source: Owen Sound Sun Times

New law needed to protect cabbie and bus drivers
Driving a cab in Winnipeg has perhaps never been more dangerous. A recent spell of terrifying attacks on cab drivers in this city has seen taxi drivers kicked, bit, threatened at ...
Source: Winnipeg Sun

City curbs Sky Shuttle service
Bylaw inspectors have ordered the only Edmonton International Airport bus service to stop picking up passengers in the city because it doesn't have a civic licence. But Sky Shuttle ...
Source: Edmonton Journal

Another girl charged in cab attack
WINNIPEG — Another female teen is in now 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 ...
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

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

Lush, dreamy St. Lucia
St. Lucia is a lush, tropical Caribbean island in the West Indies, catering to all walks of life, from sun-soaking resort visitors to more-adventurous villa dwellers. As we ...
Source: Edmonton Journal

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

From Nationalism to Internationalism (Second part)
This is the second part of the booklet From Nationalism to Internationalism. We will publish it in six parts. This booklet tells the story of an activist over a period of about 35 ...
Source: Centre des Médias Alternatifs du Québec

Cabbies need justice
WE don't need a new law to protect cabbies. Just enforce those that are on the books. They are more than adequate. Up to 14 years in prison depending on the level of assault, and ...
Source: Winnipeg 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

Cab Drivers Split On Safety Proposal
COLUMBIA - One Missouri lawmaker is aiming to make work safer for the state's taxi drivers. Rep. Theodore Hoskins, D-Berkeley, is sponsoring a bill that would require all operating ...
Source: KOMU

Charges laid in C-section crash
An Estevan man spent the weekend in jail -- and a young mother and her newborn baby in hospital -- after a serious crash in Regina early Saturday morning. Jesse David Dell, 25 ...
Source: Regina Leader-Post

City Approves Taxi Ordinance With Late Changes
OCEAN CITY — Despite some lingering rage from a few cab companies and drivers, taxi medallions will now be the rule of the road in Ocean City. The City Council voted unanimously ...
Source: The Dispatch

Cabbies call for 'fair go'
Taxi operators have called on police and parking inspectors to show more leniency to cab drivers who breach parking laws. Taxi Council of Queensland chief executive officer Blair ...
Source: Brisbane Times

News and notes from Expo's Mobile Applications Showcase
It wasn’t find one of the busiest places on the show floor at last week’s Macworld Expo . That would be the Mobile Applications Showcase where around six dozen or so iPhone app ...
Source: YAHOO!

Cosmetic surgery cost will balloon
TORONTO - Women in the market for a bigger pair of breasts should know that the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) will push up the price by $400-$800. In fact, things may be about to get ...
Source: CNEWS

We're being punished
A Kingston residence for women and children visiting inmates in area prisons has been forced to close for political and ideological reasons, say the organizations who work with ...
Source: Kingston Whig

Regina cab drivers fed up with increasing job-related violence of ...
REGINA - The manager of a Regina taxi company says fewer drivers are willing to work at night because of what they say is an increase in violent robberies. Over the weekend, a cab ...
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

Taxi service to return to Yokota Air Base
Taxi service is on track to resume at Yokota in the next few weeks. The Japanese cab company Akigawa Kotsu has agreed to provide the service and would have 24-hour access to ...
Source: Stars and Stripes

It’s the Little Things
S HUTTLING MY PARENTS across town for the past two months has been a real eye-opener. Having lived in central Florida for over 35 years, my mother and father, recent retirees, are ...
Source: Egypt Today

For a Drugstore, 'Nice' Isn't a Panacea
WYNNEWOOD, Pa. DRUGSTORE chains measure success in market share -- Walgreens, CVS and Rite Aid, the three largest, fill one-third of all prescriptions in the United States. But ...
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

St. Lucia is a Caribbean island that has it all
St. Lucia is a lush, tropical Caribbean island in the West Indies, catering to all walks of life, from sun-soaking resort visitors to more-adventurous villa dwellers. As we ...
Source: Vancouver Sun

Novato taxi service fights county over privacy of drug test results
The owner of a Novato-based taxi service is fighting to keep his employees drug test results from being shared with a public agency that regulates cab service in Marin County.
Source: Marin Independent Journal

Cabbies claim Aspen officer taking them for a ride
ASPEN — An Aspen police officer made no qualms Tuesday that the rules of the road apply to everyone — and that includes cabbies. Two Aspen taxi drivers — and another driver ...
Source: Aspen Times

Atlantic City taxi, jitney drivers to learn how to impress guests
ATLANTIC CITY - Discussing Atlantic City's tourism future, Farleigh Dickinson University Professor Donald Hoover did what any good teacher would do to get his point across: Quote ...
Source: Atlantic City Press

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

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

London cabbies may receive quiet training
LONDON, Mar 6, 2010 (UPI via COMTEX) -- A London official says the city's taxi cab drivers may be required to take courses on how to remain quiet while transporting passengers ...
Source: MENAFN

London cabbies may undergo 'when to shut up' training!
London, March 7 : London black cab drivers may undergo training on when to leave the passengers with some peace and quiet. Authorities were said to be mulling additional lessons ...
Source: New Kerala

Cabbie, security guard clash at airport
The ongoing controversy over taxi service at the Saskatoon airport escalated to the point of police involvement late Wednesday. City police say a security guard asked a cab driver ...
Source: StarPhoenix

Funeral set for cab driver killed by man charged with driving drunk
Funeral arrangements are set for a taxi driver killed by a man charged with driving drunk and colliding with his cab. 64-year-old Patrick Pratt died after a man police say was ...
Source: KFDM-TV

Cab and livery competition heating up
Yesterday, the owners of Yellow Cab were honored by the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce with an achievement award that celebrated the company’s new $700,000 expansion of ...
Source: Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Cab-share pairs are talking shop
New Yorkers are making new friends and business partners in the back seats of shared taxicabs. In just its second day, the cab-sharing program proved to be a great networking tool ...
Source: New York Post

Lawmakers are pocketing perks
WASHINGTON — In this time of economic turmoil and high unemployment, try this on for size: The chances are that the person you elected to represent you in the U.S. Congress not ...
Source: Dickinson Press & Advertiser

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

Halifax cab zones won't change: commission
The Halifax Regional Taxi Commission is holding firm on rules that restrict the number of cabs in downtown Halifax late at night. Dartmouth cab driver Richard McNeil said the group ...
Source: CBC News

Cab company is granted a limousine license
A local cab company has been granted a limousine license as one limousine service officially goes out of business. The application of Pocono Cab Co. to operate limousines anywhere ...
Source: Pocono Record

UMD keeps cheap cab rides going
University of Minnesota Duluth students used a cheap taxi program so much that it ran out of money. Students were notified last week that they’d no longer have use of the Bulldog ...
Source: Duluth News Tribune

Sound Off! (March 13)
Congratulations to my shining star, my son Joseph Benavidez, for his victory over the legend Miguel Torres in recent WEC in the May bout in Columbus, Ohio representing Las Cruces ...
Source: Las Cruces Sun-News

Fixed Mobile Convergence
WHITE PLAINS, NY, Mar 12, 2010 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Heineken USA today announced an agreement with Taxi Magic to help consumers easily book and pay for a safe taxi ride home ...
Source: TMCnet

We need to rethink our tipping habits
David Sax: When my parents were younger, they took a trip to New York City and Katz's delicatessen. TESS VIGELAND: If we wanted more letters from you, we couldn't think of a better ...
Source: Marketplace.publicradio.org

Heineken USA Signs Agreement With Taxi Magic to ...
WHITE PLAINS, NY -- 03/12/10 -- Heineken USA today announced an agreement with Taxi Magic to help consumers easily book and pay for a safe taxi ride home after an evening out with ...
Source: Earthtimes

Travel Postcard: 48 hours in Caracas
CARACAS (Reuters Life!) - Caribbean heat mingles with Andean cool in Caracas, which is nestled against a verdant mountain range, cresting at over 9,000 feet (2,765 meters ...
Source: Reuters India

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

48 hours in Caracas
CARACAS - Caribbean heat mingles with Andean cool in Caracas, which is nestled against a verdant mountain range, cresting at over 2,700 metres. Languidly tropical by day, the ...
Source: The Vancouver Sun

Business travel on a budget
On a return trip to Maine after a Mideast vacation, a last-minute business opportunity created a financial detour. But we had to pay for the new travel arrangements. By maximizing ...
Source: Edmonton Journal

Human Rights Hearing Begins Into Racialized, Discriminatory Taxi ...
TORONTO , May 10 /CNW/ - A human rights hearing has begun in the case of Asafo Adai, who alleges Toronto has created a discriminatory taxi system that relegates racialized groups ...
Source: CNW Group

Airport taxi overhaul worries cabbies
The Calgary airport authority is taking bids from companies that want to provide taxi service at the airport, a move that has some cab drivers worried. Alderman Diane Colley ...
Source: CBC Olympics

Pol fury at 'door charges'
City and hotel officials are looking to straighten out greedy doormen who demand cabbies slip them cash for passengers. Planned legislation would make it illegal for anyone to ...
Source: New York Post

Animal transportation company caters to array of customers
Answer : This is an animal transportation service that is a combination of a pet taxi, a pet ambulance and a pet long-distance hauler. Q : What kind of services do you provide? A ...
Source: Coloradoan

MOTORISTS' CORNER By Nimrod NL Quiones
When you visit other parts of the country or the world, you get to learn new things and also compare what is being done there with what we have here. During an overnight hop to the ...
Source: Philippine Star Online

Mother continues search for ex-Reno showgirl
Every year around May 5, Carla Brown travels to Reno to look for clues or that key witness who has yet to come forward since her daughter disappeared five years ago. In her large ...
Source: Reno Gazette

Animal transportation company caters to array of ...
Answer : This is an animal transportation service that is a combination of a pet taxi, a pet ambulance and a pet long-distance hauler. Q : What kind of services do you provide? A ...
Source: Coloradoan

Man faces charges in Brandon cab robbery
A 26-year-old man is facing charges after he allegedly robbed a cab driver at knifepoint in Brandon. The Brandon Police Service said a man got into a taxi in the western Manitoba ...
Source: Winnipeg Sun

Travel Photo of the Day
Discover the hot spots and travel tips with our Travel Newsletter. When most visitors envision New York, they think of Manhattan, the long finger-shaped island pointing southwest ...
Source: The Vancouver Sun

Taxi service closed in Burns Lake
Bill Fitt, the owner of the Lakeland Taxi in Burns Lake said to Lakes District News last week that he had recently decided to close down his taxi service due to added competition ...
Source: Abbotsford News

Mayors call for province-wide taxi bylaw
The mayors of Charlottetown, Stratford and Cornwall are calling on the province to regulate taxis. Currently, each municipality is responsible for rules governing everything from ...
Source: CBC Olympics

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

Cab driver robbed near Rotary Trail
Police are looking for witnesses after a Chilliwack taxi driver was struck on the head and robbed Sunday evening. RCMP say the driver had picked up six males in Yarrow just before ...
Source: Abbotsford News

Taxi Drivers Charity Boosts Help the Heroes Fund
ESSEX, UNITED KINGDOM-- (Marketwire - May 27, 2010) - The Licensed Taxi Drivers Poker Association (LTDPA) has been helping to raise money for the Help for Heroes Charity and has ...
Source: Market Wire

Police seek 2nd man in 1981 cabbie killing
Edmonton police are asking the public's help in locating a man believed to have been with Robert James Fletcher on the night in 1981 when cab driver Gerdina (Jeri) Kruidbos was ...
Source: CBC Olympics

Business Licenses
Business licenses issued recently by the city of Yuma include: • Cintas Document Management, out of county, Cintas Corp., service provider. • Nicklaus Engineering Inc., 1851 W ...
Source: Yuma Daily Sun

TheSpec.com - Business - Blue Line Taxi drivers to vote ...
An effort to unionize drivers at Hamilton's largest taxi company goes to a vote on Monday. The drive to sign up workers at Blue Line Taxi has been under way since April and goes to ...
Source: Hamilton Spectator

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

Associated Cab lands exclusive airport contract
The protest by hundreds of crabby cabbies, decrying move they say will leave them jobless, appeared moot as the airport authority awarded an exclusive contract to one company ...
Source: Calgary Sun

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

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

City of Las Vegas finally cracks down on neighborhood brothels
LAS VEGAS - It’s been two and a half years since Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman told reporters, “ I’ll take a baseball bat and break his head if he ever comes here. ” The ...
Source: Canada Free Press

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

Taxi company installs safety shields
A Prince Albert taxi company has started installing plastic shields in its vehicles, not long after a rash of attacks on cabbies in the Saskatchewan city. The most recent assault ...
Source: CBC Olympics

Aussie design in the running to revolutionise iconic New York City ...
CROCODILE CAB: An Australian-designed futuristic electric taxi known as the Unicab is being considered for a lucractive commission to serve the Big Apple from 2014. Picture ...
Source: PerthNow

Special Series: In a city fashioned for cars, seniors ...
Bob Ferguson figures he'll drive for at least another two years until age 90. His father drove until the age of 92. Either way, "I want it to be my decision," said Ferguson ...
Source: Times Colonist

Airport bus would travel from new LRT station
EDMONTON — A regular transit bus to Edmonton International Airport should start this fall, as long as the airport authority covers half the cost, a city report says. Edmonton ...
Source: Edmonton Journal

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

Aging Drivers: Canada needs senior-friendly public transit — sooner ...
Bob Ferguson figures he'll drive for at least another two years. He'll be 90 then. His father drove until the age of 92. Either way, "I want it to be my decision," said Ferguson ...
Source: Calgary Herald

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

City wants airports authority to share transit cost
EDMONTON — A regular transit bus to the Edmonton International Airport should start this fall, as long as the airport authority covers half the cost, a city report says. Edmonton ...
Source: Edmonton Journal

Taxi growth slows down in Dubai
With a robust public transport network nearly in place in Dubai, it’s not difficult to imagine that these changes may have brought in some hard times for taxi service companies ...
Source: Khaleej Times

New taxi service uses pedal power
Keith Kimbrough takes passengers for an excursion through parts of Old Town. Hub Tours recently launched its new pedicab business. Submitted photo Slow down. Soak in the views of ...
Source: Napa Valley Register

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

Byers: Weekend weather creates havoc for Porter fliers
Airlines can’t control the weather. But they can control what happens to customers when weather derails their travel plans. A bunch of folks, including myself, were on a Porter ...
Source: Toronto Star

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

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

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

HST soon takes effect in Ontario, B.C.
In two of Canada's most populous provinces residents are bracing, preparing and bemoaning Thursday's arrival of the harmonized sales tax. Heidi Graw has decided that after years of ...
Source: CBC Olympics

Dial 511 and get immediate access to a cab or taxi
SAN DIEGO, Calif. (CBS 8) - If you have too much to drink this Fourth of July weekend, getting a cab is as easy as dialing 511. 511 is a free phone and web service that gives up-to ...
Source: KFMB

Student jailed for cab robbery
A TERTIARY student who admitted to robbing two service stations and a taxi was sentenced to three years behind bars. Justice Daniel Goundar told Mataiasi Susu while sentencing ...
Source: Fiji Times

Competition heating up in online brokerage busine
Everybody wants a discount in 2010 and the online brokerage industry is anxious to provide it. Full-service broker Merrill Lynch is the latest to enter the online discount ...
Source: Allentown Morning Call

Capital health offers car share service
CarShareHFX and the Capital district health authority have teamed up to provide health-care employees in Halifax with cost-effective, healthy and environmentally sensitive ...
Source: The Chronicle Herald

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

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

Door 2 Door hearing canceled
The room cleared quickly after a committee voted Thursday that a hearing was not needed for a Neillsville cab company to operate a shared-ride taxi system in the city of Sturgeon ...
Source: Green Bay Press-Gazette

Local cabs could have been competitive
This is a hello from one of the two small, private taxicab companies in Sturgeon Bay that stand accused and convicted of being "unaffordable" and "unavailable." Punishment for ...
Source: Green Bay Press-Gazette

Airlines may get foreign cousins to invest in local ...
What happened to all Indian airlines in the last one year that foreign airlines may be allowed to buy stake in them? The recent media reports state that the loss making airlines ...
Source: Economic Times

HOBOKEN BRIEFS
A week after reminding residents that they can report suspected violations of city taxi and limo policies, the city suspended and fined two taxi drivers as a direct result of rider ...
Source: Hudson Reporter

Alleged actions at law firm party sparks legal spat
Lawyers at a notable Toronto labour law firm who advise employers on dealing with sensitive workplace issues have become embroiled in their own storm centring on allegations of ...
Source: Financial Post

Company President Drives Into The Ranks Of Stanford Who's Who
Bernard Cormier has been accepted among the prestigious ranks of Stanford Who's Who as a result of his spectacular work in the Transportation Services Industry. MONCTON, NB, CANADA ...
Source: 24-7PressRelease.com

TheSpec.com - Business - Blackballed for unionization?
Faheem Shahid drives Hamilton's streets and listens to the silence. Day by day, he waits patiently for the radio to dispatch his taxi to pick up a fare -- maybe a decent out-of ...
Source: Hamilton Spectator

Safe Ride: Hospitality industry sponsors rides home ...
Bill Smith, owner of First City Taxi/Safe Ride, left, and Karl Jacobson, owner of Slim’s Bar & Grill and member of the Beltrami Area Beverage Association, display a Safe Ride van ...
Source: Bemidji Pioneer

Dial-A-Ride will end same-day 'demand' trips
PHOENIX - The Phoenix Public Transit Department says it will end all same-day scheduled “demand” trips on Dial-A-Ride later this month. The department said the cuts were ...
Source: ABC 15 News

Data mining your digital footprints
Forget the so-called paper trail. Wherever you go these days, you’re creating a path of digital data, thanks to GPS technology and an ever-expanding network of location-aware ...
Source: The Keene Sentinel

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

Airport Authority negotiating ground transportation ...
West Bay- The Airport Authority is in the midst of negotiating ground transportation rates with local taxi and shuttle companies. They'd like to see standard fares from the new ...
Source: WJHG-TV

Co-Owner Of Company Is Transported To The Ranks Of ...
Stanford Who's Who welcomes Barbara J. Cameron-Stuart to the ranks of leading professionals as a result of her exceptional effort in the Transportation Services Industry. MCALESTER ...
Source: 24-7PressRelease.com

5days, 5boroughs
I'm not entirely sure exactly how many times I've been to New York City, but I do know I've never left Manhattan. This time around I do want to literally get out of my comfort zone ...
Source: The Vancouver Sun

Closure nixes travel plans
Regina resident Amir Shah wanted to take his family to Pakistan this summer to visit his ailing mother and to celebrate his daughter's birthday with extended family members. But ...
Source: Regina Leader-Post

Cab stands need tweaking: city
Potential penalties for taxi drivers caught picking up customers outside designated areas don’t sit well with the industry association. “It’s the right of the ...
Source: Abbotsford News

Cab stand starts up in U. City
The Delmar Loop is cab driver Christian Johnson's weekend hotspot. He generally hangs out there, cruising for fares in his red and white County Cab van. The popular ...
Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch

No one takes Anges iPhone for a ride
Taxi drivers the world over might want to think twice about pinching their passengers' belongings following the vigilante justice dished out by Angela Devery, who lost her iPhone ...
Source: The Vine

Did the JLP Administration 'arrange' the vote?
Last Thursday as I sought informal feedback from the streets on the Government's failure to get an extension of the state of emergency, the general view ranged from "the PNP ...
Source: Jamaica Observer

Five boroughs in five days
I’m not entirely sure exactly how many times I’ve been to New York City, but I do know I’ve never left Manhattan. This time around I do want to literally get out ...
Source: The Vancouver Sun

Co-Owner Of Company Is Transported To The Ranks Of Stanford Who's Who
Stanford Who's Who welcomes Barbara J. Cameron-Stuart to the ranks of leading professionals as a result of her exceptional effort in the Transportation Services Industry. MCALESTER ...
Source: 24-7PressRelease.com

Man claims taxi ran him over
A Brandon man who says his leg was run over by a cab driver who then took off is appealing for witnesses. Jason Van Ninieuwenhuizen says he's looking for a little justice after he ...
Source: Brandon Sun

Carl Long
Carl B. Long, 47, Williston, died on Thursday afternoon, July 29, 2010, at the Trinity Medical Center, Minot. His Mass of Christian burial is at 11 a.m. on Tuesday ...
Source: Williston Daily Herald

Inspector Targets Taxi Company Violators
INDIANAPOLIS -- Code enforcement officials knocked on doors at the headquarters of Indianapolis cab companies Friday and found some businesses in violation. The sweep was part of ...
Source: 6 News WRTV

Forgo penalties for cab licence course, says jobless ...
HAVING been unable to find a full-time job for some time, I enrolled for a taxi driver vocational licence course on July 13. The course was to have started on Thursday. A week ...
Source: Straits Times

Crouching tiger, hidden temple
MANILA, Philippines - I was born a brave soul. I would get lost in cities I’ve never been to and just let serendipity (or a taxi cab) help me find my way home. I went to the ...
Source: Philippine Star Online

Aus Fed Election: Journo Takes Down Senator?
In what can only be described as a bizarre and poorly disguised takedown, Fairfax newspapers’ reporter Tim Lester has belittled Independent Senator Steve Fielding over a trip to ...
Source: Scoop

The Cash Cab is only for show
Y ou could say Adam Growe is moonlighting. He’s not just a comedian; he’s a licensed cab driver – a necessity for the host of Discovery Channel Canada’s Cash Cab , in which ...
Source: Globe and Mail

Rundown taxi relief soon
The revised policy for taxi service would create room for more taxis in the city, said officials of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA). The policy is on its final stage of ...
Source: The Daily Star

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

Sea-Tac airport hails a new cab company
It's called the Seattle Tacoma International Taxi Association. But in November, its taxis will no longer serve the airport. On Thursday, the state Supreme Court decided ...
Source: Seattle Post Intelligencer

Pollies in flood of expenses
SOUTH Australian federal politicians have claimed more than $5.2 million on the public purse, including reimbursement for traffic infringement notices and travel for family members ...
Source: Adelaidenow

Is Karen Diebel Really A Big Taxer?
I haven’t really jumped into FL-24 race other than to raise some concerns I had with Karen Diebel that everyone assures me are actually not big issues. But one thing ...
Source: RedState

Yellow cabs are running in the red
WILLIAMSBURG — The dominant cab company is leaving town as a victim of the recession, over-supply and perhaps improved bus service. Yellow Cab of Williamsburg will ...
Source: Vancouver Business Journal

Expo taxis will remain in service
The fleet of World Expo taxis will continue to roam the city's streets once the fair ends on October 31 and fares will remain the same, the Shanghai Transport and Port Bureau said ...
Source: English Eastday

Cabbies vote to form union, results delayed
Almost 800 members of Yellow Cab, Prestige Cab, Barrel Taxi and Checker Taxi voted July 13th on whether they would join a local Teamsters Union. However, the Labour Relations Board ...
Source: Am770chqr.com

Toronto’s taxis are not the green way to travel
O range cars with turquoise hoods, red cars with yellow hoods. Like them or loathe them, these are a couple of the unique colour schemes of Toronto’s 5,700 taxis. Yet the one ...
Source: Globe and Mail

Paradise in Los Cabos
Who would have thought the highlight of a trip to Mexico would be a kiss from a dolphin? Good holidays are laced with surprises and a friendly dolphin headed the list of memorable ...
Source: Calgary Herald

Winnipeg taxi drivers seek immobilizers for safety
WINNIPEG — Winnipeg's taxi industry wants another weapon in the battle against car thieves -- special immobilizers that can be remotely activated to stop a running vehicle. Bruce ...
Source: CTV

5 days, 5 New York boroughs
I'm not entirely sure exactly how many times I've been to New York City, but I do know I've never left Manhattan. This time around I do want to literally get out of my comfort zone ...
Source: The Vancouver Sun

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

Montreal newspaper defends Hasidic Jew cartoon
MONTREAL — A Montreal newspaper says it did not mean to offend the Jewish community by printing a cartoon depicting a Hasidic Jew with a taxicab, but nonetheless defended itself ...
Source: Calgary Herald

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

Taxi system not ideal, but is there a better way?
The challenge is to find a way to ferry thousands of downtown Athens bargoers home on weekend nights in a city where demand for taxis otherwise is low. The way cab companies deal ...
Source: Athens Banner-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

Dan Macchiarini, artist who makes money
Sunday, August 29, 2010 Dan Macchiarini, a North Beach resident, is going to make some money at Burning Man this year. In the capitalist meaning, that would be a high ...
Source: San Francisco Gate

Man's escape not so great
• Fugitive tries to swim: When police tried to arrest a man late Friday, he reportedly ran from them and jumped into the Fox River near the Main Street bridge. But he was pulled ...
Source: Batavia Sun

Northern Ireland's Republican militants rekindle ...
BANGOR, Northern Ireland -- The bombers were nothing if not audacious. First they gleaned intelligence that a British army major would be spending the night at a friend's place in ...
Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer

Northern Ireland violence on the rise
BANGOR, Northern Ireland | The bombers were nothing if not audacious. First they gleaned intelligence that a British army major would be spending the night at a friend ...
Source: Kansas City Star

On the Road with the Taxi Gourmet: Foodie Heaven Is ...
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Source: Der Spiegel

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