Archive for October, 2008

Hybrid Taxi Law Blocked by Federal Judge

A federal judge has stepped in to block a regulation requiring all new taxis in NYC to meet a minimum fuel-efficient standard of 30 miles per gallon, Reuters reports. Taxi fleet owners had filed a lawsuit last month to stop the mandate, …
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Victory For Private Enterprise: Judge Blocks NYC Hybrid Taxi

A federal judge ruled today that NYC can’t force taxi operators to switch to hybrid technology. The city has over 13000 yellow taxicabs. Nearly 1500 of them are already hybrids because their owners decided, because of market pressures …
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Judge Blocks Hybrid Taxi Requirement

A federal judge on Friday blocked New York City from requiring owners and operators of yellow taxicabs to switch to more fuel-efficient hybrid vehicles that operate on a mixture of gasoline and electricity.
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The Taxi Mafia

I have lost track of the amount of times I have waited on the side of a road and waved furiously at taxis (with their lights on – which in this country indicates they don’t have any passengers) and they have either not stopped, …
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Head-on Taxi collision leaves driver dead

A taxi driver was killed and 13 passengers seriously injured in a head-on collision in Copesville yesterday evening.
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Ride the Water Taxi tomorrow with the Mariner Moose!

Just got word from King County Councilmember Dow Constantine’s office that not only will there be free coffee and donuts on the final morning of the Elliott Bay Water Taxi’s…
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Las Vegas Taxi Cab Drivers and Free Rides to Gentlemans Club

So we’re out in front of the Palms Casino in Las Vegas and waiting in line for a taxi. We get in and ask him the questions we had previously asked each other. Can you guess what kind of response we got? The cab driver proceeds into …
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Taxi rates in Broward going up

It’s going to cost more to take a taxi in Broward County, but only for those flying into town. WLRN Miami Herald reporter Rhonda Victor says that’s the result of action taken by…
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Taxi Fuel Surcharge

Why are we still paying taxi fuel surcharge ??? I read : ComfortDelGro removing TFS from 12 November. Trans-Cab removing TFS from 11 November. No news from Smart Automobiles and Premier Taxi, yet. I feel : THEY SHOULD REMOVE IT NOW ! …
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Driving away taxi business

Madam, – Taxi drivers bang on endlessly these days about their lack of business. Yet when I rang around various companies seeking vouchers to give to elderly relatives for Christmas, the responses were negative in the extreme.
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