Taxi turf war: Latino-owned livery cars face shutdown, claim unfairness in fight with city A turf war between licensed taxis and livery drivers has taken on ethnic overtones in central Massachusetts, as two Latino-owned companies popular in immigrant neighborhoods in Worcester face ...
<div id="subtitle">Homemade bomb detonates on bus in southern Philippines, wounding 27</div><div><p>A homemade bomb ripped through a commuter bus in the southern Philippines on Thursday, wounding 27 people, police said.</p><p>The military initially reported three people were killed, but police and ...
<div><p>Public transportation in Chittenden County makes an "undervalued but critical" contribution to the local economy, according to the manager of the Burlington area's bus system. And mass transit's economic impact is increasing as gas prices put car commuting beyond the financial reach ...
<div id="subtitle">NYC rule requiring fuel-efficient cabs crashes at desk of federal judge, disappointing mayor</div><div><p>A federal judge blocked the city Friday from requiring all new taxicabs to be fuel-efficient hybrids, hampering Mayor Michael Bloomberg's ambitious goal to make all yellow cabs green by ...
<div><p>Authorities in one of China's biggest cities vowed on Tuesday to crack down on violence that has marked a rare strike by taxi drivers, and called for an immediate return to work.</p><p>Several thousand taxi drivers extended a strike in the urban areas ...
<div><p>The ads promoting "Malaysia: Truly Asia" aim to welcome visitors with a warm smile to a prosperous and modern nation, so the taxi fleet branded "the worst in the world" can come as a bit of a shock.</p><p>Even the locals are not ...
<div><p>Acting swiftly in accordance with direction provided by its board of directors, Sunline Transit Agency, the regulatory body for the desert's taxi fleet, has initiated the process of evaluating a possible franchise system for the approximately 190 taxicabs currently operating in the ...
<div><p>Responding in part to the demands of the Coachella Valley Taxi Owners Association, SunLine Transit Agency's Board of Directors, the regulatory body for the desert's taxi fleet through SunLine Regulatory Administration, voted unanimously to extend by a year its current taxi ordinance ...
<div><h1> SUDDENLY, IT'S COOL TO TAKE THE BUS </h1><p>When Bobbie Joe Crail prepared to return home to Detroit after visiting friends in St. Louis in mid-September, she checked the online fares for flights she had taken in the past. Stunned at the ...
<div id="subtitle">Fatal bus crash in California highlights lure of casinos for lonely, cash-strapped seniors</div><div><p>The casinos run by American Indian tribes in Northern California work to attract lonely seniors on fixed incomes by offering cheap transportation on charter buses like the one that ...
