Archive for February, 2008



Jaques Ave

Friday 29 February 2008 @ 4:02 pm

Taxis will stand in the area during certain parts of the day, just because of all the calls from here. That was the only picture I took this morning. There’s usually a dozen or more to be downloaded onto the computer by this point in

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Taxi violence brought to dramatic end

Friday 29 February 2008 @ 3:02 pm

A police helicopter was brought in and several armed officers were forced to intervene in the incident between rival taxi associations. The two groups have been fighting over routes for the past few days.

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Lake Titicaca Revisited

Friday 29 February 2008 @ 3:02 pm

It’ll be interesting to see how hundreds of square miles of geoglyphs, estimated to be in the neighborhood of 13000 years old, are eventually explained by more conservative scholars. Prior to Flynn, an even less credible source for

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Taxi Fare Hike Eyed Over Congestion Plan

Friday 29 February 2008 @ 3:02 pm

A plan being pushed by a vocal opponent of the mayor’s congestion-pricing proposal would have taxi riders paying $4 extra each trip rather than forcing drivers to pay an $8 fee to enter Manhattan below 60th Street.

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Taxi violence brought to halt on N1

Friday 29 February 2008 @ 1:02 pm

The metro police’s Edna Mamonyane says taxi drivers were protesting on Rivonia Road this morning and when they started moving towards the highway officers had to intervene. Eyewitnesses say they’ve seen armed officers piling out of a

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[Elink] George W Bush and the taxi driver

Friday 29 February 2008 @ 1:02 pm

Added: 2008-02-29 02:20:25 George W Bush and the taxi driver.

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Taxi firm robbed by gang

Friday 29 February 2008 @ 1:02 pm

A GANG of armed men smashed up a taxi firm during a burglary in Heywood.

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Taxi Licences – a gross market distortion

Friday 29 February 2008 @ 1:02 pm

According to an article in todays Age newspaper in Melbourne “Taxi licences have soared in value, jumping from $123000 in 1989 to $474390 now.” However this is not an issue unique to Victoria. Across many of Australias major cities

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Our most Famous Taxi Driver, wants to "Clear His Name"

Thursday 28 February 2008 @ 1:02 pm

Gerry was awarded a small public service vehicle license, despite the police fighting it’s issuing through the courts and he began operating as a Taxi driver, he now operates a very popular stretched Hummer limousine company.

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Drivers to fight taxi age rule

Thursday 28 February 2008 @ 1:02 pm

Concerned that their livelihoods are in peril over a County Council decision to ban taxis over five years old, taximen in Milford Haven, Haverfordwest and Tenby have formed a Federation of Independent Taxi Drivers to challenge the move.

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