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"taxi" Definitions
  1. (also cab, taxicab) a car with a driver that you pay to take you somewhere. Taxis usually have meters that show how much money you have to pay.
  2. (in some places in Africa) a small bus with a driver that you pay to take you somewhere. Taxis usually have fixed routes and stop wherever passengers need to get on or off. see also daladala, matatu
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Complexity became so fast, free, easy to use and invisible that soon with one touch on Uber's app you could page a taxi, direct a taxi, pay a taxi, rate a taxi driver and be rated by a taxi driver.
With one touch, we could suddenly call a taxi, direct a taxi, rate a taxi and pay a taxi — or rent an igloo, rate an igloo and pay for an igloo in Alaska.
Taxi industry leaders artificially inflated the price of taxi medallions To drive a yellow taxi in the city, you need a medallion.
A Japanese taxi company, Miyako Taxi, is now trialing a "silent taxi" service where drivers don't talk to you at all, according to RocketNews24.
But it currently offers premium taxi-hailing and licensed taxi-hailing services.
But it currently offers premium taxi-hailing and licensed taxi-hailing services.
My Taxi, in contrast to Uber, works exclusively with licensed taxi drivers.
Northern Taxi, Town Taxi, and C&L Taxi all copped to "not posting rates as required by law" and will pay penalties of up to $2,13.
Taxi in Russia include private taxi company Maxim and Israeli Gett
So I'd run to the nearest taxi rank and get a taxi home.
The vehicles will be driven by taxi drivers from the Fukuoka Nishitetsu Taxi company.
I could not take a taxi — it was the taxi drivers who were rioting.
The slump in taxi pickups is largely a result of Chicago's declining taxi industry.
In part as a result, taxi owners have seen their profits crumble, taxi lenders are slowly going under and taxi unions are scrambling to protect their members' jobs.
In their positioning against Uber, the New York City taxi companies classify Uber as a simple "taxi hailing" app, but that's selling Uber's rethink of the taxi experience short.
It faces competition from homegrown taxi app Ola, which also owns subsidiary Taxi For Sure.
Available July 1 Taxi Driver (20193)An unstable veteran takes work as a taxi driver.
Nino Hervias, a taxi owner and spokesman for the Taxi Medallion Owner Driver Association, which represents many immigrant taxi owners, said that it was time that the city was held directly liable for destroying the yellow taxi industry and pushing so many drivers into bankruptcy.
The case had been brought by German taxi operator group Taxi Deutschland, which offers an app that competes with Mytaxi and which had said Mytaxi's discounts undercut official taxi fares.
Another possibility is placing small, voluntary fees on taxi rides, through Uber and other taxi apps.
Minna no Taxi (Everybody's Taxi) Corporation was formed last year by Sony Payment Services, Sony Corp.
Taxi, a unit of Russia's largest internet search engine Yandex and U.S. online taxi service Uber.
She will even accept "call me a taxi," because to Alexa, taxi is synonymous with Uber.
Cohen then struck up a partnership with Evgeny Freidman, a Russian immigrant nicknamed the "Taxi King" because he operated the biggest taxi fleet in New York City, to manage his taxi holdings.
As they wander lost from taxi ride to taxi ride through the late night streets of Tokyo.
Taxi, a joint venture of Russia's largest internet search engine Yandex and U.S. online taxi service Uber.
Vezet group operates in 123 Russian cities under the Vezet, Taxi Saturn, Fasten and Red Taxi brands.
At the same time, the century-old taxi industry is struggling, with many taxi companies going bankrupt.
Taxi drivers have protested against the company for not following the same rules as the taxi industry.
The designs transform an average taxi into a visual playground — something that greatly benefits taxi drivers who report that riders often give them larger tips or stay in the taxi longer than usual.
We call a taxi and head to the "hotel zone" for dinner at Cenzontle, AF pays for taxi.
They got back to the taxi, and when they told the taxi driver to go, he didn't move.
Now the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission has suspended the driver's taxi license, pending an investigation.
Fortum Charge & Drive has long been working with the taxi industry to enable electrification of the taxi fleet.
A taxi driver uses the 99 taxi app for smartphones in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on October 11, 2018.
To solidify its position in the region, Easy Taxi merged with Colombian taxi-booking app Tappsi in 2015.
If self-driving cars make taxi rides a lot cheaper, people will take a lot more taxi rides.
Mayor Bill de Blasio has supported the new taxi fee, but Meera Joshi, the commissioner of the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission, has said it would be "potentially devastating" for the taxi industry.
For example, the town government looked at taxi-sharing, but found it unfeasible since Imabetsu has only one taxi.
It's like comparing what a [taxi] driver earns from fares to what they earn showing ads in their taxi.
Park managed to get into a taxi, but the taxi driver found it necessary to call for police assistance.
By allowing non-English speakers as taxi drivers, New York City is putting its taxi fleet at a disadvantage.
How reckless loans devastated a generation of taxi drivers Mohammed Hoque earned about $30,21990 a year driving a taxi.
While all taxi fares are currently regulated, under the new rules, if a taxi ride is booked through an app or over the phone, the taxi company can offer a lower rate to compete with Uber.
Consumers on social media were not so happy...But taxi companies and taxi trade organizations in London cheered the decision.
The New York Taxi Workers Alliance, which represents taxi drivers, did not respond to requests for comment on the proposal.
Charging plates are installed in the ground where the taxi is parked and a receiver is installed in the taxi.
It's the difference between the bus and a taxi, except our taxi happens to be better priced than the bus.
Verifone licenses technology to taxi vendors, including individual taxi owners and fleet owners to bring better technology into their cabs.
It started with taxi-hailing, not chauffeur-driven cars, which helped it win over grumpy taxi drivers and local politicians.
The aircraft will be deployed like a taxi, making it the air-taxi version of Uber, according to CNN Money.
"We are hardworking people," said Osman Chowdhury, a taxi driver and member of the United Taxi Drivers Association (NYC) Inc.
Injuries sustained by the taxi driver were apparently minor, although photographs showed extensive damage to the back of the taxi.
To be clear, Flywheel Taxi is not the same as Flywheel, which develops a mobile operating system for the taxi industry.
INVESTMENT IN RUSSIAN REGIONS Vezet group operates in 123 Russian cities under the Vezet, Taxi Saturn, Fasten and Red Taxi brands.
The Taxi and Limousine Commission recently told The Daily News that they would begin swapping out Taxi TV for Android tablets.
Cohen also ran a taxi medallion business with his business partner, the "taxi king" Simon Garber, who was born in Ukraine.
A US soldier in South Korea reportedly involved in the drunken assault of a taxi driver and theft of a taxi.
The focus is on taxi drivers and taxi operator firms because peer-to-peer ride services are not legal in Japan.
Eventually, our taxi driver does not complete enough rides to meet her financial obligations, and is forced to sell the taxi.
Taxi industry leaders steered drivers into reckless loans From 22.5 through 211, about 240,2200 people signed loans to buy taxi medallions.
But the struggling taxi industry says the surcharge will drive away customers and increase financial pressure on taxi owners and drivers.
Nino Hervias, a taxi owner who is 61 and had pneumonia last year, has not driven his taxi since March 17.
In Victoria, taxi drivers staged protests in 2017 that caused peak-hour chaos as the government moved to abolish taxi licenses.
A taxi driver rests inside a cab while waiting for a fare at the taxi parking lot near Kennedy International Airport.
Two other companies, C & L Taxi, and Town Taxi and Medical Transport, incurred lesser fines and were told to post fares.
Taxi companies, Danish politicians and drivers unions have hammered Uber, complaining that it flouted regulations that taxi companies are subject to.
Like Hong Kong, Thai law doesn't forbid taxi app services — the government set up its own "All Thai Taxi" app and Grab's licensed taxi service is legal — but it doesn't permit consumer vehicles to be used for commercials purposes.
Still, people who leave things in a taxi in New York City can contact the driver by using the Taxi Lookup tool of the Taxi and Limousine Commission and entering the taxi's license number, which is on the receipt.
A protester waves a flag of the "Plataforma Caracol" taxi association during a strike by taxi drivers in Barcelona on July 25.
The Fusion Hybrid Taxi is Ford's first hybrid taxi model and is said to be Ford's most fuel-efficient taxis to date.
It's signed up 3,2.53 private hire taxi drivers by simply acquiring a taxi company which already holds a licence, City Drive Services.
"It's essentially locking in the largest taxi advertising contract, partnering with the largest taxi trade organization in the United States," Gunay said.
It now offers rides with licensed taxi drivers in Berlin and Munich but is a small player in the country's taxi market.
Uber found itself in the dock after Barcelona's main taxi operator alleged in 2014 that it was running an illegal taxi service.
The New York Taxi Workers Alliance, an 18,000-member union representing the city's taxi drivers, hailed the council's vote as a victory.
Freidman, a Russian immigrant nicknamed the "Taxi King," has been partners with Cohen in the taxi business for years, the Times reported.
The New York Taxi Workers Alliance, a group that represents thousands of taxi and Uber drivers, said it supported the cap proposal.
"He continued: "At the end of the day, it is a taxi service and should probably be priced close to a taxi.
Non-professional drivers are effectively barred from offering taxi services, so apps like Uber have to link riders with existing taxi fleets.
I think that this is how we get upset about Uber, because men were taxi drivers and women were not taxi drivers.
Elite Taxi BCN, one of the main local taxi associations that has been pushing for regulation of ride-hailing apps, said Cabify's actions demonstrate, without doubt, that it does not want to run a VTC service — but a taxi service.
And the thesis of cars had come up, and we had met with several taxi [startups] — there were actually taxi startups before Uber.
Last year, Thailand's government banned motorbike taxi on-demand services from both Uber and Grab following complaints from Bangkok's incumbent motorbike taxi industry.
At one point, Purvis shoved money into her hands to get a taxi, but Marquis-Boire jumped right into the taxi with her.
Rocket Internet -backed taxi booking service, Easy Taxi, started in Latin America in 2011, two years after Uber first started in San Francisco.
Meister says the expansion would allow taxi drivers to have a second source of income, but it isn't sitting well with taxi unions.
Tesla might also find that being a robo-taxi provider and a robo-taxi manufacturer are two tastes that don't go great together.
Kakao Mobility, Kakao's taxi-hailing unit, unveiled on Tuesday a corporate taxi-hailing service for business trips that charges a fee per ride.
"Until today, taxi drivers chose passengers," one user, Sinem, tweeted, referring to taxi drivers who won't accept short trips, even for pregnant women.
On Tuesday, Brian Rosenthal told us about the taxi industry's reckless loan practices that devastated a generation of New York City taxi drivers.
Michael Woloz, a longtime taxi industry consultant, said taxi garages had stayed open through some of the city's worst crises — including the Sept.
" Asked whether Freidman's legal or financial issues could effect Flywheel's rollout, the spokesperson said, "If any taxi fleets have any issues as described in your latter question, the taxi medallions still continue to operate at the taxi fleet, or possibly at another fleet.
Polish taxi drivers have staged protests demanding equal rules for themselves and drivers of app-based car firms such as Uber, mytaxi and itaxi, which have become hugely popular in Polish cities but licensed taxi drivers complain they are driving down taxi fares.
The taxi driver recommends that I take a Colectivo taxi to the airport; it's a little more than the bus but a lot faster.
Taipei taxi drivers, representatives of Uber, members of the government, business leaders, trade unions, taxi users, Uber services, all came to share their views.
By the time they hailed a taxi, Mr. Martínez, the group leader, decided to accompany Mr. Carillas himself in the taxi to the hospital.
I haven't been in a taxi for quite a long time, but I used to spend many an hour chatting away to taxi drivers.
My mother had a taxi scheduled to take her from her hotel to the church; due to the rain the taxi was super late.
Chicago taxi revenues have fallen 40% in the last 3 years and 42% of the taxi fleet was idle in March, USA Today reports.
SATA, a regional union representing taxi drivers, called a nine-hour strike on Tuesday against "every innovative platform robbing taxi drivers and our country".
JapanTaxi is even owned by an insider, Ichiro Kawanabe, who runs Japan's largest taxi operator Nihon Kotsu and heads up the country's taxi federation.
Customers across Grab's six countries in Southeast Asia can now book a licensed taxi, motorbike taxi or private car straight from the Maps app.
Some analysts compared the 'disruptive' technology-driven new businesses with the success of taxi-hailing service Uber, which is challenging old-fashioned taxi services.
The 56-year-old taxi driver's vehicle struck the pedestrians in a taxi-queuing area Monday afternoon near Logan International Airport in East Boston.
Studies conducted in 2001, 2006 and 2013 all reported serious shortages in taxi supply because of permit caps originally designed to benefit taxi drivers.
For comparison, 65 percent of respondents say they never use a taxi, and another 21 percent use a taxi less than once a month.
In the past, various state governments in Australia have sought to deregulate the taxi industry and provide traditional taxi drivers some sort of compensation.
The latest suicide was Abdul Saleh, a yellow taxi driver who leased his cab and died last week, according to the Taxi Workers Alliance.
Early this year, a New York City taxi medallion, which is required to operate a taxi in the country's largest city, sold for $241,000.
We got in a taxi, and the next thing you know I'm getting into an argument with the taxi driver over some stupid stuff.
She also plans to take additional measures to prevent the Taxi and Limousine Commission and the city from inflating taxi prices in the future.
James alleges the Taxi and Limousine Commission inflated the cost of taxi licenses nearly 240%, from more than $200,000 to close to $1 million.
" New York City's taxi industry grew out of the horse-drawn hansom cabs of the 2227s, according to Graham Hodges, the author of "Taxi!
"They're approaching it with this cookie-cutter idea," said David Beier, head of the Committee for Taxi Safety, an association of taxi leasing agents.
Toyota Motor Corp has said it will take a stake in taxi-hailing service JapanTaxi, set up by Japan's largest taxi firm, Nihon Kotsu.
Unlike a ride in a New York City taxi—a potentially harrowing experience—taking a taxi in Tokyo is typically a white-glove affair.
The problem you have with the taxi system here is the challenge you see with taxi systems globally — there is restricted supply and high prices.
Following in the path of other taxi apps that have added mobile wallets, its 50,000 taxi drivers will serve as the initial users of Tpaga.
With Uber and Lyft, the losers were taxi drivers, chained to the dwindling revenue their cabs created while stuck paying off insanely expensive taxi medallions.
In the past few years, the value of taxi medallions — the license drivers can own, lease, or share to run a yellow taxi — has plummeted.
Sony's joint venture, set up last year with five domestic taxi firms, will also receive investment from map provider Zenrin and taxi operator Teito Motor.
JapanTaxi is a ride-hailing startup operated by Ichiro Kawanabe, who runs Japan's largest taxi operator Nihon Kotsu and heads up the country's taxi federation.
The South Korean government last September started offering incentives for taxi firms to launch diesel vehicles, looking to provide more fuel options for taxi drivers.
Cohen has been in the taxi business with Freidman for years — as of last year, Freidman managed about half of Cohen's extensive taxi medallion holdings.
Sweden, which deregulated its taxi sector almost three decades ago, decided last year to look at how to adapt its taxi and ride-sharing regulations.
Four bike taxi firms are now battling it out on the streets of Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos and the oldest, Nigerian motorcycle taxi firm max.
Fundamentally, they have been externally disruptive, and to a taxi fleet owner in New York City or a [taxi] medallion owner, these are killer companies.
Uber now only offers licensed taxi services in Berlin and Munich, representing a small fraction of the tens of thousands of taxi drivers spread across Germany.
Uber also pulled out of Denmark in March as a result of new taxi laws that required its drivers to put taxi meters in their cars.
Little launched a bus service in January in Nairobi, on top of its car taxi service and motorcycle taxi service, known in Kenya as "boda boda".
Brazilian taxi unions and many politicians have accused Uber of unfair competition, triggering protests by taxi drivers in some cities and even attacks against Uber drivers.
Two of the other plaintiffs were the League of Mutual Taxi Owners and the Taxi Medallion Owner Driver Association, which together represent about 4,000 medallion owners.
One day, she'll spot a female taxi driver and decide she wants to own a taxi fleet; on another day, she'll dream of becoming a caterer.
Uber and Grab, the two largest on-demand taxi services in Southeast Asia, have suspended their motorbike taxi services in Bangkok following orders from the government.
"We believe that innovations will revolutionise the efficiency and service quality of the taxi industry, as well as improve taxi drivers' income," the mainland company said.
NYC taxi medallion owners are screwed NYC taxi medallion owners are screwed Imagine seeing your retirement account balloon to $2600 million and then crash to $22014,000.
Operating a taxi can be a grueling job, with many drivers working long hours, and the taxi commission recently limited shifts to 12 hours a day.
Stringer said the mayor should not have included $731 million from the sale of taxi medallions through 2020, saying the taxi business is currently in upheaval.
Kakao has capitalized on its dominant position in messenger services to expand into deposit-taking services and taxi booking in the nation's $8.5 billion taxi market.
On a visit to London, Pelletier and Espinoza cuddle with Norton in the back seat of a taxi, while the taxi-driver (Adam Poss) looks on.
In order to become taxi drivers, they need a special license that must be obtained from the Tokyo Taxi Center—an organization attached to the Japanese Ministry of Transport—and once they join a taxi company, they need to learn the ways of their specific company.
"We are not against competition, we are not against technology, but we want to compete fair and square," said Nino Hervias, 58, a taxi owner and spokesman for the Taxi Medallion Owner Driver Association, which represents about 1,500 individual taxi owners, most of whom are immigrants.
It's worth noting that Uber competitor Grab, has nearly 38.8 percent of Singapore's taxi fleet, having signed up four of Singapore's six taxi companies onto its app.
Some taxi unions have asked that drivers receive financial compensation from the state for their loss of business and the drop in the value of taxi licenses.
At the adjoining taxi stand, taxi drivers' union leader Ravinder Singh said March to September was usually the busiest season but this year prospects were looking grim.
Taxi companies still received the full fare under the discount scheme, and Mytaxi's services did not interfere with the normal functioning of the taxi market, it said.
The agency regulates the city's taxi industry, and Uber and Lyft were — at least in the PPA's view — flouting the law and operating taxi services without permission.
Stringer said the mayor should not have included $731 million from the sale of taxi medallions over the period, saying the taxi business is currently in upheaval.
In Mabvuku township, to the east of the capital, police fired teargas as taxi operators blocked roads with stones and burning tyres, taxi driver Aaron Mapani said.
The price of a taxi medallion, which is required to operate a taxi in New York, has plunged from more than $1 million to less than $200,000.
For example in New York City, the country's largest taxi market, the majority of taxi operators are considered employees under state law, entitled to workers' compensation protections.
Once sold for more than $1 million, taxi medallions are now selling for as little as $175,000, according to data collected by the Taxi and Limousine Commission.
Uber Technologies Inc, which has faced bans and protests from established taxi operators around the world, is legal in Finland provided its drivers hold valid taxi licenses.
In 2012, the New York Taxi Workers Alliance, a labor organization representing cabdrivers, persuaded the Taxi and Limousine Commission to require taxi medallion owners to deduct 6 cents per fare from the driver's credit card receipts to fund portable benefits for drivers, like health care services and disability coverage.
Other drivers who have taken their lives over the last year: Fausto Luna, an Uber driver; Abdul Saleh, a taxi driver; Kenny Chow, a taxi driver; Nicanor Ochisor, a taxi driver; Danilo Castillo, a livery driver; Alfredo Perez, a livery driver; and Douglas Schifter, a black car driver.
The New York Taxi Workers Alliance (NYTWA), which organized the action, said that this congestion fee could not have come at a more vulnerable time for taxi drivers.
Ford also today announced the Transit Connect Taxi that rocks a 1.5-liter diesel engine and more room behind the second row than the competing Nissan NV200 Taxi.
Black taxi riders were 73 percent more likely to be cancelled on than white riders, and they waited 52 percent longer for a taxi—six to 15 minutes.
In a statement to CNBC, the New York Taxi Workers Alliances defended the city's decision to cap ride-hailing licenses, citing the economic crisis faced by taxi drivers.
The London Taxi Company's (LTC) car plant is based in central England and has the capacity to assemble over 20,000 electric versions of the iconic taxi a year.
POEIATA, Greece's nationwide union of taxi drivers, called a strike from 0200 GMT to 1400 GMT on Thursday, saying that many taxi operators were still offering unlicensed services.
Autonomous taxi competitive landscape (Ahmed, 2017) Autonomous taxi competitive landscape (Ahmed, 2017) Firms that charge relatively low prices and offer substantial differentiation are following a best-cost strategy.
A handful of taxi operators have partnered with Toyota Motor Corp to share data on traffic and driving logs as the automaker considers developing self-driving taxi services.
The driver's taxi license, required to drive for Uber in New York City, has been suspended as the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission investigates what happened.
Getzel also performed accounting work for Evgeny Freidman, a former business partner of Cohen who is known as the "Taxi King" for his ownership of numerous taxi medallions.
The argument the taxi lobby gives against ridesharing is taxi drivers have thousands of driving hours under their belt and know the city they are driving in well.
Sony launches a taxi-hailing app to rival Uber in Tokyo The service is a joint venture between Sony, its payment services subsidiary and five licensed taxi companies.
The impact: Since November, five taxi drivers have reportedly committed suicide as a result of this financial burden, the New York Taxi Workers Alliance told Axios in May.
MyTaxi, founded in 2009, works with licensed taxi drivers and now has more than 22,000 drivers in Germany — and the same number again in other European markets. Taxi.
Out on the streets, taxi drivers received word of the danger within minutes when an advisory of police activity came across the blue screens on their taxi meters.
"This is an important step in addressing one of the many pressing challenges that face the for-hire and taxi industries today," said the taxi commissioner, Meera Joshi.
Though citywide taxi ridership numbers for March are not yet available, some taxi companies, cab owners and drivers said their rides had plunged by two-thirds or more.
Last November, amid a spate of suicides by taxi drivers, including three medallion owners with overwhelming debt, the Council created a task force to study the taxi industry.
Since I'm still awful at it, I use an app called Hong Kong Taxi Cards to show taxi drivers an image with my desired address written in Cantonese.
One taxi driver scribbled down his name and the ride's cost on a piece of paper with the taxi company's logo, but left off the time and date.
If the court determines Uber is a transportation service, as taxi unions claim, it would be subject to the strict labor and safety regulations that other taxi associations face.
First they have to take a yellow taxi to the crossing, which consists of a taxi rank with a few hawkers selling food and refreshments or toys and gifts.
Rival services include third-party apps for calling cabs and private vehicles as well as taxi-booking services such as those provided by taxi operator ComfortDelGro Corp Ltd (CMDG.SI).
"Easy Taxi is now focusing on Latin America — a region with significantly higher GMV and more favorable regulatory environment," Paul Malicki, Easy Taxi global CMO, told TechCrunch via email.
Bhairavi Desai, the executive director of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance, a group that represents taxi and Uber drivers, said executives like Mr. Maredia should be held accountable.
"The 'Taxi of Tomorrow' was problematic from the start," said Michael Woloz, a lobbyist who represents the Metropolitan Taxi Board of Trade, which represents the owners of 5,2200 medallions.
In June, Via partnered with a competing taxi app, Curb, to give discounted fares to taxi riders around Manhattan in return for sharing the back seat with a stranger.
"Uber and Lyft really decimated the green cab sector," said Bhairavi Desai, the executive director of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance, which represents taxi and ride-hail drivers.
The Chicago mayor's office said it has been working hand-in-hand with the city's taxi industry, reducing tight orders to help taxi drivers compete with ride-sharing services.
The Berlin winner, "Taxi Tehran," saw Mr. Panahi play a cabdriver picking up a variety of passengers in the Iranian capital, and was filmed almost entirely in a taxi.
Infected taxi drivers have been reported in Thailand and in Japan, and a Taiwanese taxi driver with no known contact with coronavirus patients died of COVID-19 on Saturday.
Transport for London, which regulates taxi and private hire services in the city, said Uber did not meet the "fit and proper" standard needed to hold a taxi license.
But Meera Joshi, the commissioner of the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission, has criticized the fee, saying that it would be "potentially devastating" for the taxi industry.
Number of drivers: 2000,299 globally After pulling out of Asia, taxi-hailing app Easy Taxi still had operations in 250 countries across the Middle East, North Africa and Latin America.
And aside from one picture of a seemingly empty Terminal 4 tweeted by the New York Taxi Workers Alliance, it's unclear how many taxi drivers actually participated in the strike.
For Mr. Miner, hailing a taxi through a smartphone app, particularly late at night, was easier than flagging down a licensed taxi that charged for extras like using the trunk.
The crowdfunded Taxi Fabric project, which was started in Mumbai to give the city's taxi seats a designer makeover, has now arrived in Delhi to refurbish the Indian capital's autos.
Flywheel recently received approval from the NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission to operate TaxiOS, its smartphone-based taxi meter that comes with electronic dispatch, payments, navigation and GPS-based metering.
Yes. It's just hard logistically to make The Daily from the road, although we literally just made an episode from inside a cab, a taxi cab, with a taxi driver.
The new, aptly named 'Japan Taxi' (or Jpn Taxi for conveniently fitting on a rooftop sign) is already on roads, and bears a slight resemblance to London's signature black cabs.
A representative from a local taxi company said a cab had been dispatched to Driver's address at the time of the police raid and the taxi driver sustained minor injuries.
At issue is a set of new regulations introduced after taxi unions staged a nationwide strike last month, calling for an end to Uber and other non-taxi chauffeur services.
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi recently paid a visit to Japan where he said he conducted "promising" meetings with taxi companies aimed at boosting Uber's licensed taxi product in the market.
"Uber's absurd proposal is a street safety disaster waiting to happen," said David Beier, president of the Committee for Taxi Safety, a group that lobbies for the traditional taxi industry.
RTA is buying Model S sedans and Model X SUVs to be used by the Dubai Taxi Corporation, which operates taxi services in the emirate, RTA said in a statement.
Polish taxi drivers will file a motion to the court on Tuesday to ban the U.S. Uber business in Poland, Gazeta Wyborcza daily said quoting representatives of the taxi unions.
A study by Facta consultancy, partly commissioned by taxi companies, said the newcomers had gained market share by cutting prices but the overall taxi and VTC sector had not grown.
The reference to taxi cabs appears to be a jab at Cohen's ownership of a number of taxi medallions, which are required to operate yellow taxis in New York City.
Amid the global rise of ride-hailing services and other next-generation taxi services, a growing number of companies are jockeying for a share of Japan's $16 billion taxi industry.
"The taxi industry is one of the most politically connected industries in the city," said Fidel Del Valle, who was the chairman of the taxi commission from 1991 to 1994.
There is "resounding support" for the cap among drivers, said Bhairavi Desai, executive director of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance, a group that represents many taxi and Uber drivers.
The other is to download the BiTaksi taxi-hailing app on your phone — Uber has more limited functionality, and the taxi drivers I spoke to seemed to dislike using it.
"A cycling journey may be shorter than a (minibus) taxi if a commuter's destination is off the taxi route and the last mile element is a long walk," he said.
One bttn buyer is France's largest radio taxi operator, Les Taxis Bleus, which the startup says uses bttn in its concierge service, as well as distributing branded bttns to restaurants, hotels and boutiques — "where customers are frequently in need of a taxi" (that's certainly one way for the taxi industry to fight Uber…).
"There is a compelling need to deepen the reform of the taxi industry and regulate taxi services to put them on the track of sound and sustainable development," the statement said.
Taxi firm owner Chan Man-keung, a spokesman for the Association of Taxi Industry Development, said the group opposed legalisation of Uber as it would totally disrupt the public transport mechanism.
Strikingly, a country that has produced globally popular taxi and navigation apps does not allow Uber to offer its cheap car-for-hire services because of resistance from the taxi lobby.
In July, Yandex's joint venture with Uber agreed to buy rival taxi firm Vezet's core business, further cementing Yandex's role as a major online taxi operator in Russia and neighbouring countries.
Spillar has created a working group of taxi and limousine company representatives, as well as members of Austin's taxi drivers union, in order to get them on board with his proposal.
"It's going to have a huge impact," said Juan Olivar, 35, a Mexico City taxi driver, noting that taxi fares would need to rise to make up for the fuel hike.
The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission said they want an Uber driver's taxi license revoked after he reportedly kicked a lesbian couple out of his car after they kissed.
Toyota's new taxi, which is being developed in cooperation with the Japan Federation of Hire-Taxi Associations, will focus on being accessible to the elderly, families with children and foreign tourists.
Brunsdale related an anecdote about aerialist Minnie Fisher, who was riding in a horse-drawn taxi during a taxi strike when she was hit in the head by a protester's rock.
Taxi investigations: New York officials have announced two inquiries into the city's taxi industry after a Times investigation revealed predatory lending practices that left thousands of immigrant drivers in crushing debt.
Mr. Freidman, known as the Taxi King for his once vast and longtime holdings in that industry, managed taxi medallions owned by Mr. Cohen and his family between 2012 and 2018.
Though the new app services have hurt taxi owners and drivers, they have been embraced by many riders, especially in the boroughs outside Manhattan where subway and taxi service is limited.
He told me he had created a website to raise money so that his mother, Helen, who drove the taxi with her husband, could pay off their taxi medallion and retire.
Taxi trade groups have opposed Uber's rapid expansion and said the company should be required to fingerprint drivers and make cars accessible to people with disabilities, as required of taxi companies.
Manjot Saini, the owner of the newest taxi company, Global Taxi Innisfil, said he had offered to beat Uber's price by 2300 cents a ride, but the town turned him down.
The firm has not given up on the Japanese market, which has barred non-professional drivers from offering taxi services, and is working on partnering with traditional taxi firms, he said.
In Japan, which bars non-professional drivers from offering taxi services, it was blocked by authorities from setting up in two cities while it also faced opposition from established taxi operators.
A study in the Baltimore area in the mid-1990s suggests that assaults on taxi drivers dropped precipitously after the city required taxi owners to put partitions into all their vehicles.
Currently, non-professional drivers are barred from offering taxi services on safety grounds, and ride-hailing companies are limited to services that "match" users to existing taxi fleets via mobile platforms.
" A French taxi driver told me: "I'm very happy.
The New York Taxi Workers Alliance, which represents about 21,000 taxi and ride-app drivers, said a detailed survey of seven members who are taxi drivers found they earned an average of $368 — not including expenses, gas or taxes — from March 15 to March 21, a 71 percent drop from $643,260 two weeks earlier.
And so too is the new pooled taxi service — which it's calling BB1: short for "Black Bus 1" (implying this is the first in a line (ha!) of such pooled taxi routes.
Other flying taxi programs, usually involving electric aircraft are in development, but as Uber points out there's plenty of issues standing in the way of you hailing a taxi in the sky.
"As I got busier and busier with people that just wanted to see my show, I did less and less taxi [driving] and pretty much turned off the taxi radio," he says.
"San Francisco's taxi industryis moving in the right direction and there is still a strong demand for taxis," said a spokesman for the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, the city's taxi regulator.
Taxi unions made compromises with the government and Kakao, taking a step back from earlier calls for a ban, Lee Yong-bok of the Korea National Joint Conference of Taxi Association said.
Dennis Klusmeier, head of the city's largest taxi dispatch company, Taxi Düsseldorf, said Uber drivers didn't comply with the law that requires private-hire drivers to return to a garage between rides.
The New York Taxi Workers Alliance, a group that represents drivers, is urging the city to work with banks and philanthropic groups to write off 20 percent of taxi owners' outstanding debt.
In light of the taxi driver suicides, Mr. Khosrowshahi said he would support a fee on Uber trips to pay for a "hardship fund" to support taxi medallion owners who are struggling.
As ride-sharing vehicles have upended the taxi market in New York, taxi drivers have been hit with increasing debt despite working longer shifts, leading to incredible stress and depression for some.
The technology that makes Uber and Lyft possible was available to New York's taxi medallion holders, but, protected by their taxi monopolies, they stuck with the status quo and let service deteriorate.
It also unveiled a "world first" full-scale air taxi "VoloPort" last October in the city, working with partner Skyport to develop a commercially scalable model for these urban air taxi stations.
The taxi-sharing feature will be available on two smartphone apps: Arro, the taxi-hailing app created by Creative Mobile Technologies (CMT), which controls the payment systems and video screens in about 8,000 yellow and green taxis; and Bandwagon, a Brooklyn-based startup that has been piloting its taxi-sharing technology at LaGuardia Airport since last year.
And locking Uber into lobbying city authorities to 'modernize' and deregulate taxi rules in its favor — such as by removing permit caps and making it easier for more people to become taxi drivers.
A driver for the Independent Taxi Operators Association – identified as Raymond "Buzzy" MacCausland – found a backpack in the rear of his taxi after dropping off a fare, according to the Boston Police Department.
Lilium raises $90M Series B for all-electric flying taxi The funding, and the executive hires, lend credence to Lilium's business in an increasingly competitive industry (yes, the flying taxi industry is competitive).
The city's taxi drivers started the protests last week against the private services, which offer rides that often undercut taxi prices and can be hailed via the internet rather than in the street.
"I was walking to the bus stop, trying to get to the taxi rank when I saw a bus pull in," the taxi driver, named as Aguek Nyok, told CNN affiliate 7 News.
In 2007, New York City's Taxi and Limousine Commission, in a belated embrace of the 21st century, required that every taxi plying the streets of the five boroughs start taking credit card payments.
Slackening the rules would pitch the heavily-regulated taxi sector, which requires licenses and closely monitored quality and safety controls, against untested drivers which operate with little, or no, restrictions, taxi unions say.
Meanwhile, the taxi industry has tried its hand at a few apps: Flywheel, Sidecar, GetTaxi, Hailo, and Taxi Magic are some of the apps that tried, and mostly failed, to match Uber's model.
Aisyah, dressed in a gray sleeveless top, jeans and a scarf, then arrived and got into a taxi that appeared to be waiting for her while Huong was still in the taxi line.
In fact, they remind me of being in taxi cabs, and I tend not to want to feel like I'm sitting in the backseat of a taxi when I'm in my living room.
The firm acquired control of Brazilian taxi start-up 99 Taxi earlier this year, and has teamed up with other upstarts including Tallinn, Estonia-based Taxify and Dubai, United Arab Emirates-based Careem.
Zimbabwean taxi drivers, along with owners of taxi firms, accuse police of seeking to raise money for their operations by imposing hefty fines on their vehicles, which they say impacts on their business.
Taxi medallions in search The search warrant behind Monday's raids of Cohen also included a request for documents related to Cohen's ownership of taxi medallions, two sources familiar with the matter tell CNN.
Despite the minority liberal government's ambitions to deregulate the taxi business and accommodate new operations like Uber, the taxi law passed in February introduced measures such as mandatory fare meters and seat sensors.
The Düsseldorf police said six incidents between taxi and Uber drivers had been reported, including one in which an Uber driver was forced to stop by taxi drivers, then verbally abused and harassed.
A survey by a competing group, the New York Taxi Workers Alliance, which represents taxi and ride-hailing service drivers, found that about 20163 percent of drivers made incomes between $20,000 and $39,000.
Schrader wrote Taxi Driver, which Scorsese directed, and Scorsese also declared Diary of a Country Priest to be an influence on Taxi Driver, which, like First Reformed, leans on its main character's narration.
To reach Tokachi Millennium Forest in Hokkaido, Japan, travel by Japan Railway from Sapporo to Tokachi Shimizu Station, then take a taxi to the entrance of the park (taxi ride: approximately 20 minutes).
Taxi using the Uber app in places Yandex is available.
Dawud Abdulwali, 56, a taxi driver, was charged with arson.
Eventually the flying machine wants to become an air taxi.
No more waiting for a taxi that may never arrive.
They were basically taken out of the taxi and robbed.
It's like if Louie De Palma from Taxi was president.
If nothing else ... she managed to dodge creepy taxi drivers.
She stepped outside, phone in hand, to call a taxi.
The founding team is responsible for Columbia's largest taxi app.
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's biggest taxi operator, ComfortDelgro Corp Ltd (CMDG.
We shake hands before loading up in a hired taxi.
We shared a taxi from the airport and split ways.
Taxi drivers puff away in the queues at petrol stations.
And, in the words of taxi drivers everywhere, be lucky.
Just possibly they're replacing a short taxi or metro hop.
Another finding was that taxi drivers treat the sexes differently.
First, according to them, Uber is running illegal taxi operations.
The court says Uber represents unfair competition for taxi drivers.
MOSCOW, June 25 (Reuters) - Russia's largest online taxi service Yandex.
He bought taxi medallions on credit and leased them out.
At least 19 other companies are developing aerial taxi plans.
UK transport app Citymapper is launching a new taxi service.
One market the firm thinks promising is electrifying taxi ranks.
Neighbouring Indonesia has seen similar anger from the taxi community.
And if that happens, well, what's an air taxi for?
Taxi is available in Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia, and Georgia.
"Better get a taxi before the rain starts," said Liam.
"Uber is really hurting us," said taxi driver Alireza Khododad.
A taxi driver later found her remains in his trunk.
No witnesses, nor the swimmers' taxi driver, have been located.
The local taxi union is certainly pleased Uber's backing down.
I backed away, got into a taxi and went home.
Still, at least the taxi home is only a fiver.
Meanwhile, taxi companies offered free rides for those in need.
Is a taxi medallion much different than an insurance license?
Authorities started investigating after a taxi driver reported the incident.
In short, Uber is expanding the market for taxi services.
The lost benefit hasn't all suddenly gone to taxi passengers.
Muslim taxi drivers are offering free rides in the city.
It was the taxi driver who figured it out first.
It's like I've given the taxi driver the ultimate gift.
Let your taxi driver choose a local hotel for you.
Permanently stationed outside were a gaggle of motorcycle taxi guys.
Some of them, like fake taxi drivers, are fairly universal.
Do you want to press charges against the taxi driver?
The 1957 Chevy taxi we rode in was beautifully maintained.
He rode out Hurricane Maria in a local taxi terminal.
That's the screen in the back of a taxi cab.
Wan Azirul later identified the ticket as a taxi voucher.
They got into a taxi and raced to the hospital.
A taxi whips to converging clusters of crowds in Shibuya.
There's been some scrape with the taxi and the coloreds.
Seems like taxi and record companies and bookstores would agree.
The taxi driver knew the state of the reservoirs exactly.
South Korea had about 270,000 taxi drivers on June 30.
Ms. Weisberg said she liked talking to her taxi driver.
I had spoken to in the taxi the week previously.
Lydia picks up the phone to call the taxi company.
She scrounges up enough coins to pay for a taxi.
Some supervisors liked ridesharing, but others vocally supported taxi interests.
The taxi industry was not a player in state politics.
Still, the traditional taxi industry is big business in Japan .
Records related to Cohen's taxi medallion business were also sought.
Uber, which vies with protectionist taxi fleets, has done well.
The question is what notes should those taxi horns play.
But the taxi lobby's aim is to protect its turf.
Yeah, the taxi photo, which we used for a single.
VICE: What made you decide to start driving a taxi?
Crazy Taxi is my favorite arcade game of all time.
The taxi takes me to the gates of my flat.
Why would anyone drive a truck, or take a taxi?
In January San Francisco's biggest taxi company filed for bankruptcy.
The FAQ contains unprovable claims about Uber's flying taxi technology.
Within the city, get a blue cab, or petit taxi.
The taxi industry has also been decimated by Uber's rise.
On his first day, taxi drivers met him with animosity.
Driverless cars may well replace truck, bus, and taxi drivers.
A taxi was parked outside his home, waiting for him.
Taxi drivers complained that they were cut off from fares.
So we reached him inside his taxi and reinterviewed him.
No taxi came, but I sure felt that hypothermia would.
Taxi drivers say their business has been decimated by Uber.
Hace dos años, pidió un préstamo para comprar un taxi.
The latest death was a taxi driver named Roy Kim.
"Poor families," said Hamid Mousavi, a retiree driving a taxi.
They were not the only ones worried about taxi medallions.
The sales put the taxi commission in an unusual position.
Meanwhile, in New York City, the taxi commission reduced oversight.
Mohammad Hossain emptied his savings to buy a taxi medallion.
What about the taxi drivers and Uber and Lyft drivers?
Her father, James, was a taxi driver and a pastor.
Moving it into flying taxi services may take even longer.
The bill gives the Taxi and Limousine Commission that authority.
I had this conversation in the taxi to the airport.
Unlike yellow cabs, they cannot wait in the taxi lines.
Don't take the bus or subway, or even a taxi.
They exchanged a quick hello while handing off the taxi.
Uber busted open the local taxi monopoly in many places.
Today, a Chicago taxi medallion is worth $30,000 or less.
We take a taxi over, and my colleague expenses it.
Some taxi drivers even use it just for small talk.  
James L. Brooks [a creator of "Taxi"] was very influential.
A hearse, repurposed as a taxi, happened to drive by.
Do locals recommend taking a taxi or riding public transit?
Taxi operates, including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia and Kazakhstan. Yandex.
This is the neighborhood of Mr. Kim, the taxi driver.
His father owns and operates a taxi service in Lindenhurst.
Olivier landed at JFK, where a taxi picked him up.
The taxi driver who remembers his courteous, softly spoken passenger.
Our taxi on average run about 220 kilometers per day.
The gunman arrived alone at the Manila resort by taxi.
When they introduce themselves to their taxi driver, he scoffs.
MOSCOW, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Russia's largest online taxi service Yandex.
Nobody gets in a Black Taxi outside of central London.
Afterward, Ms. Peters took a taxi all the way home.
In the taxi home, my driver was wearing a mask.
A taxi will have to suffice for the return trip.
His wife is a teacher; a brother drives a taxi.
The TV series has Trumpian overtones and "Taxi Driver" references.
My Taxi is already unpopular among some for discount strategy.
She was walking toward the taxi rank, 30 yards away.
As you remember, taxi service in San Francisco was horrible.
In April of this year, there were 11.1 million taxi trips in New York City, about 400,000 trips per day, according to the most recent data published by the city's Taxi and Limousine Commission.
The cost of the fare would cost a minimum A$17.39, according to the state government's taxi fare rates, but could climb to at least A$223, according to the private Taxi Fare Calculator.
New York City is offering to hire gig workers who are licensed with the NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission (TLC), like Uber, Lyft, and taxi drivers, to help with delivery work amid the coronavirus pandemic.
How can a traditional small-business taxi service compete against Uber when the traditional small-business taxi service cannot command billions of dollars in investor capital to provide a service at a permanent loss?
Adoption of the 'JPN Taxi', which has a liquid petroleum gas hybrid engine aimed at lowering carbon emissions, has been gradual but Toyota say 10 percent of all Tokyo's taxi drivers have made the switch.
Click here to view original GIFGIF: Made from an animation of Uber's latest flying taxi concept (Uber)Uber unveiled a new design for its futuristic "aerial taxi" at the second annual Uber Elevate conference today.
Business Briefing Taxi drivers in Hungary's capital demonstrated on Monday against the ride-hailing service Uber in the face of new regulations setting a fixed tariff for traditional taxi firms that is higher than Uber's.
The taxi industry's complaint and long-time beef with ride-hailing companies is the apps represent unfair competition, with VTCs firms accused of operating a taxi service without having the same regulatory burden as taxis.
For now, InDriver will stick to car-based taxi service in Africa (with no immediate plans to enter the motorcycle taxi space) or add things it does in other markets, such as truck rental services.
And despite local taxi unions' best efforts to scare the ride-sharing giant away—intimidation tactics include throwing rocks at Uber offices and stuffing effigies of Uber drivers in taxi trunks—the service keeps thriving.
Freidman, a flamboyant figure in New York, is said to control upwards of 1,000 taxi medallions — those little tin shields affixed to the hood of taxi cabs that authorizes them to pick up street-hails.
Uber has also managed to avoid many of the limits that face taxi companies, such as medallion systems — the requirement that vehicles be painted bright yellow paint and regulated by the Taxi and Limousine Commission.
After launching its service in Denmark in 2014, Uber was criticised by taxi driver unions, companies and politicians who said the firm posed unfair competition by not meeting legal standards required for established taxi firms.
Why it matters: A handful of taxi drivers have committed suicide since November because of the financial burden of the city's expensive medallions, spurring renewed criticism of ride-hailing companies's effect on the taxi industry.
During a long drive around Manhattan, he told us the story of a taxi industry beleaguered by competition from apps like Uber and Lyft, which had, he believed, undercut the value of his taxi medallion.
"Drivers don't want some city official telling them they're getting screwed over," said Bhairavi Desai, the founder of the Taxi Workers Alliance, which represents medallion owners as well as drivers who work for taxi fleets.
That shift has coincided with lower taxi fares, lower taxi medallion prices and, for the first time since 2009, lower subway ridership — even though the city's population, and the number of jobs there, keeps increasing.
Bhairavi Desai, the executive director of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance representing cab drivers, said James's call to action is welcomed as validation of the city's liability in the taxi crisis, the Times reported.
"A Purple Taxi" ("Un Taxi Mauve") (1973), about a French expatriate in Ireland and the colorful characters he encounters, was made into a 1977 film with Philippe Noiret, Peter Ustinov, Fred Astaire and Charlotte Rampling.
After announcing plans to merge with its former rival Hailo, My Taxi looks set to dominate the European market, and has tried to court taxi drivers by positioning itself as the only alternative to Uber.
It already launched a self-driving taxi fleet in Guangzhou. Roadstar.
It would be the taxi-ization of nearly all human mobility.
That did not work out so well for the taxi industry.
It came in 1974, the year he started driving a taxi.
It's cheaper to get an airport taxi, so we do that.
You'll master basic conversational skills, like shopping and ordering a taxi.
Today, Uber and Lyft have decimated the value of taxi medallions.
New York taxi unions emerged as the heroes of that controversy.
It also competes with taxi businesses such as ComfortDelGro Corp Ltd.
Of course, he took a Didi taxi to the Apple Store.
Alan could have prevented Nadia from being hit by a taxi.
The firm launched Snapp, formerly known as Taxi Yaab in 20170.
We share a taxi up to North London with a friend.
Also, since when is there so much solidarity with taxi drivers?
The inmates and taxi driver remained in San Jose until Jan.
How far will that get me in a taxi from here?
Uber announces flying cars to replace taxi systems in the future.
The one who bought May, for example, is a taxi driver.
Former child bride becomes India's 'first female taxi driver' No penalty?
After all, it's setting out to create the anti-taxi experience.
Even Cairo taxi drivers can rattle off its satellite co-ordinates.
More than once, I have had the same taxi driver twice.
"It was terrible," says a taxi driver who witnessed the tragedy.
I think the taxi industry has to move into the 21st.
Look through history, though, and taxi monopolies look anything but impregnable.
Doors close and we receive our taxi clearance to the runway.
And, of course, rivals Uber and Grab Taxi pose fierce competition.
She suggested he take a taxi, however, Hufnagel again allegedly insisted.
Before Lawrence hailed a taxi, the duo stopped for a kiss.
But regular taxi drivers have complained about its impact on business.
Taxi part of the JV; Uber was only in 21 cities.
Taxi drivers in Madrid are also on strike from this morning.
Think about that like from an Uber with a taxi service.
The taxi drivers refused to service the airport during the demonstration.
A shorter taxi strike also took place in Valencia this morning.
His advice for air taxi startups sounds weary, but on point.
NASA's new lunar taxi, called Orion, is almost ready to go.
"The situation is very bad for us taxi operators," Singh said.
After eating I hail a taxi back to S's apartment ($21).
This is shaping up to be one slick-looking space taxi.
Taxi drivers have all kinds of people getting in their cars.
They included taxi drivers, Iraqi soldiers and defectors from Islamic State.
"Traffic in Manila is not ordinary", says a taxi driver, wearily.
Even with surge, Uber was more affordable than Radio Taxi & Govt.
He didn't provide details about how the taxi driver was freed.
Instead, the drones will be offered in taxi or ridesharing services.
Standard taxi fares for the same trip are fixed at €30.
The group spun out of La Estrella and flagged a taxi.
The battle for India's taxi-riding business travelers is heating up.
The whole trip will usually cost you less than a taxi.
In Dubai, a self-driving taxi service is already in testing.
In a familiar pattern, entrenched taxi interests are applauding this development.
Launching the test run of the first 'Autonomous Taxi' in #GITEX2018.
As soon as the taxi doors closed, the police saw them.
Ride an Uber, give five cents to the struggling taxi industry.
"Many taxi drivers think they're above the law," Miglino told me.
Interestingly, nearly 90 percent of U.S. taxi drivers are independent contractors.
They piled into a taxi van and drove to Gold Street.
The start-up also faces competition from other air taxi firms.
Can a taxi driver deny a ride to an interracial couple?
Uber, Lyft, and taxi drivers wear a lot of different hats.
The median annual pay for a taxi driver is approximately $25,000.
Tokyo has some of the best taxi services in the world.
On the outskirts of the city, they found a taxi driver.
They told her to call a taxi to pick Elena up.
I took a taxi to her house and rang the doorbell.
Skaife sat in the front seat of the taxi to Inwood.
Many drivers also work for black car services or taxi companies.
Boston and Chicago taxi medallions have seen sharp price declines, too.
She hailed a taxi and asked to be taken to Pasmore's.
Gregory Pacho, who is Polish-Italian, runs a thriving taxi company.
Rescued by a helpful Brazilian who shared a taxi with me.
More recently, when I was in a taxi in Knoxville, Tenn.
As several fellow taxi drivers said: They killed him for nothing.
Business The battle of the taxi apps will be fiercely contested.
The police were also trying to track down the taxi driver.
The taxi catches up with the march and lets them out.
The local taxi regulator was blocked from cracking down on companies.
Taxi drivers and passengers could be extremely rude to each other.
Uber is really more than a glorified taxi company now, huh?
"I went looking for those taxi horns once," Mr. Strunsky said.
None of Cohen's taxi businesses have been accused of any wrongdoing.
Or taking a taxi to see him at some ungodly hour?
None of that would apply to our hypothetical pitching taxi squad.
Taxi represented around 22009 percent of the parent company's market capitalization.
That doesn't mean you'll be waiting on impossibly long taxi lines.
Soon after, Didi struck partnerships with a number of taxi companies.
I am in a taxi, driving from Kingston to New Cross.
I am sat in the taxi with my now ex-girlfriend.
The taxi pulls up at a house I know isn't hers.
A taxi company is also participating, and provides wheelchair-accessible rides.
Taxi drivers have felt the change most directly from ride sharing.
He was introduced to the taxi business through his wife's family.
" In this episode of Transmissions, Motherboard goes to Brooklyn's "Taxi Graveyard.
It's the model Uber has used to upend the taxi business.
In Douala, Cameroon, the company has built a moto-taxi service.
Lasha Kavtaradze, the journalist, and I took a taxi from Tbilisi.
The taxi driver is missing, according to the official, Catalina Cladera.
From there they took a taxi together to the Saudi Consulate.
The taxi failed a recent inspection because of a ripped seat.
Taxi drivers kept off the streets to avoid the blazing sun.
In 2018, it started a self-driving taxi service in Arizona.
Our classy president is tweeting about Michael Cohen's taxi medallion tomfoolery.
There are 207,920 taxi drivers and chauffeurs employed in the US.
Many taxi and Uber drivers say they support the cap proposal.
Mr. Taxi could not cut stems fast enough as he talked.
Shapiro had spent the previous five years as a taxi driver.
Reckless loans have devastated a generation of New York taxi drivers.
I hailed a taxi; at home, everybody was still in bed.
But SpaceX isn't just focused on being a taxi for astronauts.
But SpaceX isn't just focused on being a taxi for astronauts.
No tomes el autobús ni el metro, ni siquiera un taxi.
I left the next morning, taking a taxi down the mountain.
On Sunday, the taxi commission offered condolences to Mr. Gandonou's family.
Nonetheless, the two shared a taxi after dinner to their homes.
At that time, the taxi industry was becoming a big story.
The higher level matches the rule in Montreal for taxi drivers.
Uber: Why can't I use an app to summon a taxi?
A group that represents taxi owners notified me about his death.
But for many taxi owners, such measures have not been enough.
As we drove, Peter told me how the taxi business worked.
In some places ride-sharing may cost more than a taxi.
The man then jumped into the taxi and left her behind.
She fled the scene in a taxi at around 10 p.m.
They argued the taxi industry crashed only because of ride-hailing.
They eventually bought about 21000 of the city's 7,000 taxi medallions.
"He's a deputy attorney general and sports taxi," Mr. White said.
" One day I got this script for this thing called "Taxi.
A lot of the "Taxi" actors are in New York now.
The station is 252 minutes away by taxi or car service.
Watch 1976's "Taxi Driver" and last year's "Joker" in tandem.
Melvin Theuma – taxi driver and alleged organiser of illegal gambling syndicate.
Lakor drives a motorcycle-taxi to keep up with the rent.
The lost benefit has not all suddenly gone to taxi passengers.
The ultimate goal is to create a personal, autonomous taxi service.
I found Jamel at the taxi queue at Heathrow Terminal 2.
It's not just the taxi-drivers replaced by Uber and Lyft.
While driving a taxi, Mr. Macy began booking small parts onstage.
A taxi dispatcher checked the cab's GPS device and told Mrs.
At the taxi stand, John and I shared a fierce hug.
At the time, taxi companies had iron grips in many towns.
I took a taxi back to my hotel and went home.
In some instances, the planes even taxi with participants on board.
People scrambled to work in dilapidated taxi minivans from the suburbs.
Our taxi was like a pink beetle drawing a pepper corn.
She got out of the taxi and crouched over the boy.
One afternoon, Blahyi and I took a taxi into central Monrovia.
The taxi commission did not respond to questions about the collections.
This was having to do with the taxi industry or something.
It has a focus on airport taxi lines and convention centers.
Few buildings here have addresses, so taxi drivers operate by landmarks.
The plaintiff, Taxi Deutschland, said it would seek immediate provisional enforcement.
The plaintiff, Taxi Deutschland, said it would seek immediate provisional enforcement.
Those attacks took place in a taxi and a police car.
The women fled the airport in a taxi, Mr. Lee said.
It also would repeal certain requirements related to taxi certification numbers.
General Motors promised to launch a robo-taxi service in 2019.
I grew up where the taxi drivers didn't like to go.
Many are exploring their own versions of a driverless taxi service.
Unless, of course, that surgeon also moonlights as a taxi driver.
On Sundays, they called a taxi and went to see Dad.
Most recently, Uber merged its Russian operations with rival Yandex Taxi.
We earlier talked about driving a taxi or diagnosing a disease.
Once Birhan arrived we got a taxi to his current accommodation.
I had a pretty unhealthy relationship with Taxi Driver for years.
Letter To the Editor: Re "Time Is Up for 'Taxi of Tomorrow' " (news article, June 13): Despite perhaps the best of intentions by then-Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, the failure of the "taxi of tomorrow," the Nissan NV200, as the choice for New York City's taxi fleet, shows the perils of government — and not the market — in picking winners and losers.
Sony recently announced that it would be partnering with Daiwa Motor Transportation and five other local taxi companies in Japan to build a new taxi-hailing system to match drivers with riders via a mobile app.
Go-Jek started out operating a bike taxi on-demand service, but it has since added taxi and private car options, a mobile payment business and local services on-demand, such as groceries, massages and more.
The proliferation of cheap taxis using the ride-hailing apps in frequently gridlocked Jakarta has made the traditional pick-up and drop-off taxi services unprofitable, threatening the business models of the country's top taxi firms.
The taxi industry, which fiercely competes with rideshare companies, has also lobbied at the state level to have rideshare drivers undergo similar screening processes as taxi and limousine drivers, which mostly comply with fingerprint background checks.
Taxi drivers in Paris and other cities have protested the company's presence and — like taxi drivers in many American cities — have argued that Uber drivers have an unfair advantage because they are not as heavily regulated.
At a taxi school in Queens on Friday, even some students who were studying for the taxi exam and do not speak English as their first language conceded they thought the English test had been necessary.
How Cohen got into the taxi business Cohen's foray into the taxi medallion business preceded his time as Trump's personal attorney, but it continued to be a business he managed after he started working for Trump.
Until that happy day, the Haggler has a very clever idea: Boycott the advertisers now shown on Taxi TV. If nobody advertises on Taxi TV, maybe there will be no reason to keep those screens illuminated.
Lal Singh, a taxi driver for three decades, said he had thought about suicide as he endured long hours driving his taxi and worried about paying off the loan he had taken out to buy it.
También en Buenos Aires, un conductor de taxi recorre las calles desiertas en busca de pasajeros, temeroso de contraer el coronavirus, pero todavía más aterrado de perder su taxi si no puede hacer los pagos respectivos.
According to an earlier New York Times report, Shusterman worked as a New York taxi driver soon after emigrating from Ukraine (then part of the Soviet Union), and by the 25s, he owned nine taxi medallions.
New York's Attorney General, Letitia James, plans to sue the City of New York for $810 million over allegations the city defrauded taxi drivers for 14 years by inflating prices of taxi licenses, Gothamist reported Thursday.
Blue Bird taxi drivers had then lined the streets to protest ride-hailing apps Last year in March, a mob of 10,000 taxi drivers parked their cars in protest along  central Jakarta's main roadways, paralysing traffic downtown.
Taxi driver says victim appeared happy A taxi driver who picked up Schaup-Werner and her husband from Santo Domingo Airport and dropped them off at the resort told CNN the couple appeared happy and tipped generously.
The closely watched case has been taken to the EU's highest court by Barcelona's established taxi drivers, who, like taxi drivers the world over, complain that Uber has muscled into their market by circumventing local transport regulations.
That's made the country a real challenge for Uber, which has held talks with taxi operators, and it also explains why one of the leading ride-hailing service in Japan — JapanTaxi — is backed by the taxi industry.
Uber has faced headwinds since its app went online in Denmark in 2014 as local taxi driver unions, companies and politicians complained that Uber posed unfair competition by not meeting legal standards required for established taxi firms.
Greece is shaping up as the latest battlefield over fast-growing taxi apps such as Uber, which has faced regulatory and legal setbacks around the world amid opposition from traditional taxi services and disputes over labor rights.
The $75 billion platform, which connects drivers and passengers in 100 European cities, is launching its low-cost UberX option in Hamburg along with Uber Taxi, a traditional taxi service, and Uber Green, which uses electric vehicles.
The proliferation of cheap taxis using ride-hailing apps Grab and Uber in gridlocked Jakarta has made the traditional pick-up and drop-off taxi services unprofitable, threatening the business models of the country's top taxi firms.
France suspended the low-cost service last year after the government banned it under pressure from licensed taxi drivers and a French court slapped a hefty fine on Uber last week for running an illegal taxi service.
Other rivals include chat app Line, which has offered taxi-hailing for years; Uber, which has been working on striking deals with taxi operators; and China's Didi Chuxing, which operates a joint-venture with Uber investor SoftBank.
But Israeli regulations, in a bid to protect taxi drivers' income, forbid non-authorized drivers from earning money while ferrying passengers around which means services like Uber and Gett are only allowed to use licensed taxi drivers.
Mr. Cohen had been involved in the taxi business for years, the government said, earning millions of dollars by leasing taxi medallions to operators in Chicago and New York who paid him a portion of their income.
In an unprecedented fire sale of medallions, up to 46 of them are expected to go on the auction block later this month as part of bankruptcy proceedings against taxi companies affiliated with an embattled taxi mogul.
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs, who unsurprisingly make up about 2/3 of the total employment in the taxi and limo service industry, are projected to see employment growth of 19.5% between 2018 and 2028, according to BLS.
Representatives of the taxi industry complained that the change was unfair, hurts taxi drivers, and was turning the industry into the "Wild West," but the DOT said that the "vast majority" of public testimony favored the change.
We film getting out of the taxi and entering the front door.
But the NYWTA thinks that cab and taxi drivers should be exempt.
The next day everyone, including me, got a taxi to the office.
Taxi companies have likewise been hit harder by business travelers' changing habits.
If you can't find it, the motorcycle taxi drivers should know it.
A taxi ride took us to the other side of an interstate.
This month marks the 40th anniversary since the first episode of Taxi.
Instead, he wanted to tell the "Taxi Driver version" of this story.
We hop in a quick taxi back to our place, J pays.
It knows the identification number of the taxi that drove me there.
A separate video shows the brothers in the back of a taxi.
That's three times Domingo Mañosca's yearly earnings as a bicycle taxi driver.
Hop on a bus (or taxi) just outside of Taipei's city limits.
Female taxi services can be found in many cities around the world.
NOBODY likes it when a taxi takes longer than expected to arrive.
But unlike Boeing, Airbus plans on launching its own flying taxi network.
I grab a taxi to take me to the bus terminal ($36.463).
Aleksei Razgonov, a taxi driver, witnessed the crash and filmed its aftermath.
Taxi with Uber's operations in Russia and neighbouring countries starting from Feb.
Shared cars and driverless taxi and delivery services could become the norm.
Volocopter won't be the only flying taxi service buzzing through Dubai's airspace.
Because (surprise, surprise) there was a police officer right behind the taxi.
Hyundai is launching a robot taxi service in Irvine, California, in November.
What started as the horseless carriage may soon be a flying taxi.
Batory, an ultramarathoner, also co-founded iTaxi, Poland's popular taxi hailing app.
I take a taxi to the hotel ($13.993 including tip) in Vegas.
"Those who are remaining [as taxi-drivers] are losing hope," he says.
Waymo's robo-taxi service will be an early test of that question.
The taxi app model is disempowering; the riders have no real advantages.
A taxi from SFO to Alamo Square is about $55 each way.
Prior to Uber, taxi-drivers in most cities were already self-employed.
The Volocopter 2X, the company's first attempt at a production flying taxi.
According to the report, there were 11.1 million taxi trips in April.
In an Uber or a taxi, it's too quick, it's too accessible.
Taxi drivers do not see TfL as a sympathetic regulator, he argues.
One of those people is Herman Yung, who's a keen taxi-spotter.
Getting a taxi is a straight-forward thing for most of us.
Uber dispatches almost as many drivers per week as the taxi companies.
You're sitting in a taxi, you're on the move all the time.
More land would also allow him to buy a taxi, he said.
Easy Taxi maintains impressive traction, raising more than $75 million to date.
It is not just the licensed taxi drivers who are at risk.
The taxi drivers were protesting President Trump's controversial executive order restricting immigration.
And of course there's regular taxi cabs, which have allowed tipping forever.
Uber, for its part, is best known for its cheap taxi rides.
COMPETITION between Uber and the taxi industry tends to be fierce everywhere.
I have definitely hit my taxi/Lyft quota for the week/month.
Taxi drivers insult you copiously if you want to pay by card.
But the move devolving regulatory competency has not ended the 'taxi war'.
Now, 40 years after Taxi, she's the one in the driver's seat.
We're starving so head to a restaurant we passed in our taxi.
He also introduced him to Taxi Driver when he was 13. 5.
Uber launched the country's first autonomous taxi service in Pittsburgh last month.
Also, it had distributed vouchers that could be used toward taxi fares.
It launched a self-driving taxi service before the end of 2018.
Why it matters: This bloodletting is forcing the taxi drivers into foreclosure.
Taxi companies broadly are reaching for new technology and riders to compete.
Burrows' other shows include "Taxi", "Cheers", "Frasier" and "Will & Grace" among others.
In December, Uber partnered with PT Express, Indonesia's second largest taxi operator.
The ruling stems from a lawsuit filed by a Spanish taxi association.
Taxi drivers are expected to rally outside the court during the morning.
When in Rome, do as the Romans do...and hail a taxi.
The classic example is the war taxi companies have waged against Uber.
"Those in the taxi wars are raising more to compete," Wohltorf said.
She arrives in a taxi to confess that she still loves him.
In Chicago, his taxi fleet included wrecked vehicles with illegally laundered titles.
Taxi drivers always know the best spots, so ask them for sure.
"The terrorists arrived at the airport in a taxi," Mr. Yildirim said.
Traditional taxi companies already conduct fingerprint-based background checks on their drivers.
That's essentially what's happened to thousands of New York City taxi drivers.
A taxi opened its door and I didn't have a helmet on.
A writer friend told me never to quote children or taxi drivers.
After an hour, he asked me to see him into a taxi.
Or how he hauled peat moss to the garden in a taxi.
He was killed when suicide bombers in the taxi detonated their explosives.
And taking a taxi to somewhere outside Monaco will cost you €90.
A construction worker learned in a taxi that he was owed $50,000.
Startup, taxi, takeoff and departure to the airspace all went as planned.
He doesn't want to build cars or start a robo-taxi service.
Taxi ranks were full of commuters attempting to find a way out.
Taxi queues were full of commuters attempting to find a way out.
Accusations of racial discrimination also have been levied at conventional taxi services.
"The taxi industry will be long gone at the end," he added.
The Katzes had arrived a day earlier, by charter plane and taxi.
Taxi, which is a subsidiary of the country's preferred search engine, Yandex.
In fact, two taxi drivers died in separate incidents by self-immolation.
There is a space for them and the black taxi as well.
Players can use Corviknight as a flying taxi to travel between towns.
"George was thinking harmonically and melodically with the taxi horns," he said.
By 2009, Cohen shifted his focus for the taxi business to Chicago.
The company has denied this, citing Indonesian law on independent taxi operators.
They are the companies behind Taxi TV. Fie, you two companies. Fie.
Ride-hail tech expanded into the continent's frequently used motorcycle taxi market.
The designs that cover the taxi seats are often dull and forgettable.
Taxi Fabric serves as the perfect meeting point between these two spheres.
To get there, our taxi drove us down a long, isolated boulevard.
The treatment was expensive, so I had to take over the taxi.
I could find a taxi to the bus station in the morning.
We get TLC [Taxi and Limousine Commission] locations, that's a big dataset.
So this sector suffers such issues as the taxi driver industry does.
BPD interviewed the taxi driver, who admitted to taking the woman home.
In Japan, most taxi drivers belong to companies and few operate independently.
Two Danish Uber drivers were fined in November for violating taxi laws.
Well, just sign up for Uber, and now you're a taxi driver.
New drivers can still get new registrations via the Taxi & Limousine Commission.
Most of the human taxi drivers had already disappeared by this time.
One, some taxi drivers were simply afraid to go to the 'hood.
New York City has approved Tesla's Model 3 as an allowable taxi.
"This is the new norm," a taxi driver in the city said.
One bill aims to help taxi medallion owners saddled with massive debt.
"They've driven their whole lives," said Meera Joshi, the city's taxi commissioner.
Weeks later, Mr. Becker was hit by a taxi, fracturing his leg.
At the airport, Bill hailed a taxi driven by a black cabby.
The horse's customer left the taxi in search of a better ride.
Taxi companies could receive help tied to incentives to purchase electric vehicles.
I was in a taxi, possibly the last time for a while.
We're not thinking about taxi fares today, we are thinking about wine.
The taxi driver had transported Italian tourists in his vehicle on Mar.
James did not open the FedEx, the mail or the taxi door.
I took a taxi straight downtown — suitcase and all — to join in.
He blamed the Taxi Commission for the fines and hassles it imposed.
Emma reports on the suicides of several New York City taxi drivers.
They were never business partners; Mr. Shusterman owned seven taxi medallion corporations.
MyTaxi, a taxi-dispatch app owned by Daimler, is also widely used.
Even after returning to Düsseldorf, Uber has faced an obstacle: taxi drivers.
Beyond tensions with taxi drivers, Uber has to deal with customer awareness.
These posts from Poland claimed migrant taxi drivers are raping European women.
In the past decade, Cohen bought 22 taxi medallions in Chicago too.
It started developing the "Taxi of Tomorrow," a model for future cabs.
Aerospace giants like Airbus and Boeing have their own air taxi prototypes.
At least one of the S.U.V.s had Taxi and Limousine Commission plates.
His father was a taxi driver, and his mother was a teacher.
The jets there taxi, speed down the runway and, ingeniously, take off.
VICE: So Nora gets a paid-for taxi and Nancy walks home.
The taxi driver had transported Italian tourists in his vehicle on Mar.
Their subways are accessible, and the taxi fleet is 100 percent accessible.
Last year, Uber trips eclipsed yellow taxi rides for the first time.
A lone bicycle is the only thing parked at this taxi stand.
I spotted it one day as I rode past in a taxi.
You might even meet the love of your life in a taxi.

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