July 12, 2008

• RBS trials MasterCard PayPass in London black cabs

  The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is piloting MasterCard's PayPass contactless payments technology in London black cabs. (…)

• Three times unlucky for cabbie

   
  It has been three times unlucky for cabby Lee Lian Seng. Wthin a week this month alone, the 57-year-old cabby has encountered fare cheats thrice.
  And he is not alone. (…)

• Taxi driver accused of stealing SIM card

  DUBAI — The counsel of M.I., a Pakistani taxi driver accused of stealing a mobile phone SIM card of a passenger, on Thursday pleaded for the acquittal of his client in the Dubai Court of Misdemeanour. (…)

• NZ Taxi Federation Magazine.

  In terms of developing a better taxi industry compliance framework and infrastructure resources to
  address the concerns expressed by the Auditor General in his 2005 report into “Effectiveness of controls over the taxi industry” Land Transport New Zealand has generally done well. (…)

• Changes at the top.

  NEW ZEALAND’S TWO BIGGEST TAXI COMPANIES HAVE HAD CHANGES AT THE TOP. (…)

July 7, 2008

• DA urges MEC to act on taxi boss

  The DA has called on Transport and Public Works MEC Marius Fransman to set up a meeting with members of the Western Cape Provincial Taxi Council (WCPTC) to "democratically" decide the fate of its controversial chairperson Junaid Peters, a move it feels would curb heightened tensions in the industry. (…)

• Fuel costs drive up Coast taxi fares

  Tax fares are set to increase by 4.75% today as the industry attempts to deal with rising fuel costs. (…)

• Taxi driver says he was victim of sex assault in cab

  A Dublin taxi driver who claims he was sexually assaulted by a passenger while on a journey between the city and an east Meath village over three years ago said the man "reached over and grabbed me by the testicles". (…)

• Taxi wars start in tech capital ‘Bangalore’ - The Greens versus the Whites

  Bangalore’s new airport BIAL, which apparently is an hour journey by road from the city centre, may have had cold shoulders set against it, but it has led to the upsurge of new professional taxi firms, which are not just reliable but also economical compared with other private taxis. (…)

• Cabbie invests $40K in hybrid taxi

  A taxi driver in Hamilton has spent $40,000 to get his new hybrid cab ready to cruise the city's streets. (…)

• Recession? What recession!

  Click-a-Cab has now generated over five thousand taxi bookings in just 6 months! (…)

July 6, 2008

• Braking hard: Dubai Taxis go off road

  Hundreds of taxi drivers staged a sit-in Wednesday to protest unreasonable fines and lack of a regular monthly salary. (…)

• Taxi companies have no plans to raise fares

  SAINT JOHN - Local cab drivers are feeling the pinch from rising gas prices, but so far are holding off on increasing fares in the city. (…)

• Treasury: Insurers raised car insurance fees, not us

  The Treasury has said rumors that it had increased car insurance premiums were untrue, noting that insurance premiums have been set by insurance companies since July 1. 
  In a written statement on Friday, the Undersecretariat for the Treasury claimed that recent news stories which had appeared in several national newspapers and mentioned increases in car insurance premium payments did not reflect the exact truth. (…)

• Cabbies reach taxi camera deal with city

  Little Brother is watching you. (…)

• Taxi bosses use law to cut pay

  For taxi drivers it's bad enough that petrol prices are escalating, bus routes are being planted along taxi routes, and commuters are finding alternative modes of transport - but now some of them are facing the prospect of lower wages. (…)

• Passengers can now rate performance of taxi drivers

  DUBAI — Now, the many passengers travelling on taxis will have the opportunity to rate the performance level of the driver. (…)

• RTA plans more welfare measures for taxi drivers

  DUBAI — No action will be initiated by the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) against those drivers of Dubai Taxi who had stayed away from work for a few hours as a protest last week, Issa Al Dossari, CEO of the Public Transport Agency (PTA) at the authority, said yesterday. (…)

• Taxi receipts - have you ever been given one?

  I don't think I've ever received a receipt from a taxi driver since it became the responsibility of taxi drivers to provide a printed receipt upon payment for a taxi journey. (…)

• Walnut Creek cabs want fares raised to offset gas

  WALNUT CREEK, Calif.—Taxi cab drivers are petitioning the city of Walnut Creek to raise the fares they can charge to help offset rising fuel costs. (…)