Archive for April, 2008



Taxi stands to be added to Tejon

Wednesday 30 April 2008 @ 3:04 pm

City traffic engineers will add taxi stands along Tejon Street in hopes of keeping people out of the busy street. The decision came Monday morning after a meeting between traffic engineers and police. Engineers say the problem emerged

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Protesting Taxi Drivers Ticketed By Orlando Police

Wednesday 30 April 2008 @ 3:04 pm

Some local taxi drivers paid a price Monday for a protest at Orlando City Hall. More than 100 local cab drivers showed up at City Hall Monday morning to demand changes to the taxi industry. Instead, some of them got big tickets from

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Taxi drivers vs Melbourne

Wednesday 30 April 2008 @ 3:04 pm

Of the many taxi drivers of many many nationalities that I have encountered, there have been less than 5 that I think would pass a driving exam. Take some pride in your work people! Make an effort, know the rules – even the sillier ones

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Taxi ‘Hitman’ arrested in a bullet-proof vest, Flashing a police badge

Wednesday 30 April 2008 @ 2:04 pm

He was arrested in Commissioner Street in central Johannesburg (on Thursday) when he tried to extort money from Faraday Taxi Association executive member Raymond Mndeni Nzima. Posing as a cop he claimed he could make murder cases

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Taxi-to-Praxi: Notes by Maria X

Wednesday 30 April 2008 @ 1:04 pm

Notes from the last hour of the afternoon session. Helen SCAN. curating as practice-led research. open source: working in groups (vs. working as individual). develop software for performance artists – system develops its signature as it

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Melbourne taxi drivers agree to end protest

Wednesday 30 April 2008 @ 1:04 pm

Melbourne taxi drivers have ended their blockade in the city, after winning key concessions from the Victorian government.

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Taxi security cameras cutting in-car crime

Wednesday 30 April 2008 @ 1:04 pm

A Toowoomba taxi company says security cameras installed two years ago have led to a decrease in fare evasions and other in-car crime. The Queensland Government has been installing the digital still cameras in cabs across the state to

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Cancer survivor dies after being stuck by taxi

Wednesday 30 April 2008 @ 1:04 pm

Singapore – A woman who survived breast cancer died after being knocked down by a taxi, leaving her husband so distraught he tried to end his life, news reports said Sunday. Immediately after the accident, Chan Yoke Chan’s husband hit

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Taxi blockade wins safety changes

Wednesday 30 April 2008 @ 1:04 pm

The changes were agreed to at a meeting between the minister and representatives of Melbourne taxi drivers who had staged a sometimes angry blockade in one of the city’s busiest intersections since Tuesday night.

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Taxi Driver Safety Causes Blockade

Wednesday 30 April 2008 @ 12:04 pm

One of Melbourne’s busiest intersections was blockaded again by angry taxi drivers. This follows the stabbing of a young cab driver on April 29,2008. The calls were again for shields in cabs to isolate the drivers from, often,

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