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Boston Cabbies Torqued Ovah Hybrid Cah Mandate

Pricey hybrids a problem in Beantown

Wired Wired Sep 4, 08 1:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Boston’s cab drivers are furious over a new rule requiring all taxis to be hybrids by 2015, Wired reports. With rising gas prices already pressing the industry, cabbies are loathe to trade their $6,000 used Crown Vics for new $24,000 Priuses. Many also argue that the hybrids aren’t tough enough to do the job. But an unsympathetic city isn’t budging. More »

More about:  environment • energy • Boston • hybrid car • taxi • taxi driver

Beijing Launches Pollution Crackdown for Olympics

Officials scramble to clean the air for athletes

Reuters Reuters Jul 20, 08 5:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Beijing has launched tough new anti-pollution measures this week in a bid to clean the air for Olympic athletes in time for the games. Officials expect to force nearly half of the city's 3.3 million cars off the road, which will drive commuters onto already-crowded public transport, Reuters reports. "It will bring some real difficulties in transportation for ordinary people," warned a driver. More »

More about:  2008 Beijing Olympics • environment • pollution • public transportation • taxi driver • traffic jam • factories

'Cupid's Cabbie' Rings Up First Engagement

Matchmaking New York taxi driver takes singles a lot further than from A to B

Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Jul 5, 08 11:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - A New York City couple will soon be walking down the aisle thanks to a taxi driver who moonlights as a matchmaker, the Wall Street Journal reports. Ahmed Ibrahim, who offers his services for free, has been trying to match up the singles who jump in his cab ever since the day in 2004 when a tearful young female passenger asked him to find her a new beau. More »

More about:  New York City • love • dating • taxi • taxi driver • matchmaking

Violinist to Serenade
Taxi Driver

Concert at Newark airport for cabbie who returned $4M Strad

Associated Press Associated Press May 6, 08 11:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - When violin virtuoso Philippe Quint left a 1723 Antonio Stradivari “Ex-Kiesewetter” in a New Jersey taxi two weeks ago, he was distraught: The $4 million instrument was not only irreplaceable, it was on loan. But the cab driver returned the violin next morning, and today, in gratitude, the Grammy-nominated musician will perform a private concert—at the Newark airport cab stand. More »

More about:  New Jersey • classical music • taxi driver • violin • Stradivarius violin • Newark airport • generosity

 Is Cell Chatter
 Killing the Cab Ride? 

Constant gab has drivers, riders at odds

Washington Post Washington Post Apr 13, 08 6:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Where cabbies and riders once chatted, they now gab on cellphones—and it's getting under people's skin. "Sometimes passengers, they don't even stop talking to tell me where to go," one cabbie said. But one rider blames the drivers, who often speak in other tongues: "I always assume they're talking about me," she said. How much love has really been lost? Quite a bit, the Washington Post reports. More »

More about:  New York City • Washington DC • transportation • taxi • taxi driver • taxi cab

Family Mourns Iraqi Cabbie Slain by Guards

Single mom shot Tuesday worked to put kids through school

Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Oct 11, 07 2:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - One of the two civilians killed in Baghdad by Dubai-based Australian security contractors on Tuesday was a taxi driver—wearing black in mourning for her husband’s death. Marani Oranis drove a makeshift cab to put two of her three daughters through college, the Los Angeles Times reports. At her memorial service yesterday, shocked family wept—with one brother calling for "an eye for an eye." More »

More about:  security contractors • taxi driver

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