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Admire the night skyline, no charge: Through Labor Day, the twelve-minute water taxi between East 34th Street in Manhattan and Hunter's Point Water Taxi Beach, normally $5, will be free [...]

Bad news for anyone in the capital who indulges in a bit of 'creative' expense accounting. Mayor Ken Livingstone wants to end blank taxi receipts and force black cab drivers [...]

Spot the monopolists Higher fares for an unfair racket IF A city goes to the bother of regulating its taxi industry, it should presumably have the interest of residents at [...]

HSBC Bank wants to prove it's in good with New Yorkers. In keeping with its tagline, 'The World's Local Bank,' the global giant is running free cab service for customers [...]

Wheelchair-bound Joe Archer of Adelaide, Australia, had to take a 1,240-mile taxi ride for $5,500 (US$3,000) because the airline he was intending to fly refused a seat for him on [...]

Virgin's executive motorcycle taxi service, Virgin Limobike, has unveiled a new corporate identity, that aims to reflect the brand values of speed, style and quality. It has been designed by [...]

London Taxis International (LTI), maker of London's black cabs, has appointed its first strategic marketing chief, with a brief to build the profile of the model in the UK and [...]

The London mayor, Ken Livingstone, has lodged an official complaint with the London Taxi Drivers Association about the organisation's current outdoor campaign that pokes fun at unlicensed minicabs. Livingstone, through [...]

BJK&E has won the media planning and buying account for the London radio taxi company Computer Cab following a competitive pitch against undisclosed agencies. Computer Cab appointed BJK&E with a [...]

Nicki Websper has been appointed sales and marketing director at London Taxis International, the black cabs manufacturer. She joins from new media company isero.com where she was marketing director. Prior [...]

Agency executives, journalists and film-makers are among those being targeted in the first advertising for Karma Kars, the cab company whose Indian kitsch-styled vehicles are gaining cult status with celebrities. [...]

Karma Kars, the cab service with cars kitted out with mirrored ceilings, joss-sticks and dayglow Indian deities has appointed Springer & Jacoby. The agency will develop an integrated communications campaign [...]

London Taxi Promotions, the UK's second biggest taxi and limousine advertising contractor, is to relaunch in July as Taxi Promotions UK following its expansion into Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester and Glasgow. [...]

Radio Taxis, the black cab company, is embarking on a six-figure advertising and PR campaign to promote the first taxi text messaging order service and online booking. Customers can link [...]

SiGEM Inc., Ottawa, announced Diamond Taxi selected its ePiNG dispatch system to provide enhanced communications among Diamond Taxi's 450 cabs and dispatchers as well as help improve safety and security […]

Singaporeans may soon able to check their e-mails and surf the internet from the back of a taxi. CityCab, the island's second biggest taxi company, plans to launch what it […]

The days of hailing a cab with a whistle or a wave are slowly disappearing. Transportation providers have greater access to online reservations via the Internet or toll-free numbers that [...]

TAXI STOCKHOLM 150000 IS A FAST MOVING LEADER IN AN INDUSTRY FAMOUS FOR ITS OLD FASHIONED WAYS A CEO WHO KNOWS HOW TO DRIVE CHANGE PUT 3,822 CABBIES ON THE [...]

INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Qsent Inc and America Online Inc (AOL) have signed an agreement whereby Qsent will provide access to taxi reservations and other offerings for users […]

Boston drivers have another distraction: video ads for Lycos Network on the tops of city taxi cabs. Twelve executions created by Hill, Holliday, Connors, Cosmopulos primarily feature text and resemble [...]

L.A. AIMS TO IMPROVE SPOTTY TAXI SERVICE WITH NEW FRANCHISE CONTRACTS EVER try to catch a cab in L.A.? It can be infuriating, and even more so since local transit [...]

The state of Missouri has put the brakes on Metro Transport LLC, the area's largest private transportation provider. The Missouri Division of Motor Carrier and Railroad Safety (MCRS), citing 175 [...]

And you thought Campaign only invaded your corporate lives. Eagle-eyed readers still capable of focusing after stumbling out of Abigail's Party may have noticed black cabs magnificently attired in Campaign's [...]

DURHAM -- Sam Bratcher has heard enough complaints about how few taxis there are in Durham and the long period customers often spend wailing on cabs. A taxi driver since [...]

Cab Watch is a not-for-profit organization that links New York taxi drivers with the police through 911-dedicated wireless phones. Taxi drivers can report crimes and other emergencies they witness while [...]

Chevrolet hopes a charity fund-raiser in New York and San Francisco will help cast the Venture minivan in a new role as a taxi. Three weeks ago, Chevrolet put a [...]

Rising passenger complaints compelled New York's Taxi and Limousine Commission to pass a new regulation ordering cabbies to stop using their wireless phones on the job. Drivers who violate the […]

Cabbies caught yakking it up on cell phones while driving could be fined $200 under a cellular phone ban that kicks in July 1 for New Yorkers. The largest municipality […]

RECENTLY WE WERE IN NEW YORK CITY FOR the first time in years. I used to go there a lot 30 years ago. While many things have stayed the same, [...]