Author: Benjamin M. Taylor

Ohangwena Police are investigating the deaths of two taxi drivers on Saturday, after both went to the same cuca shop the day before. The deaths have given rise to speculation that the taxi drivers may have been poisoned. The deceased, who were close friends, are Hafeni Shuufeni (30) from Etunda Lomutako village and Johannes Hangobe […]

After three years away, I was curious to see what Narita airport would look like compared to Incheon where I had just been two weeks before. It’s one of Asia-Pacific’s slowest airports to recover – Incheon is second in recovery after Singapore – and although Japan fully reopened on October 11, Narita felt like a […]

When talking about ‘silly season’, the taxi industry generally refers to the period between the beginning of October the start of January. For the average night worker this can mean entering 92 days of hell, with very little respite. To be fair to the general public, it wasn’t so long ago that the whole of […]

Self-assessment is an annual task for anyone that is not automatically imposed, for example, if you are self-employed or receive payments from private work as a freelancer or contractor. More than 12 million people are expected to file a self-assessment tax return this year. Whether you’re new to self-assessment or you’ve been completing your tax […]

Taxi drivers have their say (Picture: Getty Images) In the world of investing, there’s a saying: when your taxi driver tips you, he’s probably past his prime. This certainly does not mean that we should not listen to our loyal taxi drivers, quite the contrary. Last week I had the pleasure of chatting with two […]

Mount Vernon taxi drivers are lobbying City Hall to raise fares. They say that if their minimum rates are not increased, they and their employers will suffer. They attended Wednesday night’s meeting of the city’s taxi commission to demand that the minimum fare be increased by $1. They tell News 12 it could prevent some […]

Published: 12:25 19 October 2022 The first increase in fees and charges for West Suffolk taxi drivers in seven years will come into effect next April. The District Council Cabinet agreed on a higher cost package at a meeting on Tuesday. The annual cost of a cab license will rise from £163 to £209, while […]

October 19, 2022 | 07:14 IST GoaMiles ready to offer electric vehicles and accommodation for taxi drivers Team Herald VASCO: Transportation Minister Mauvin Godinho said GoaMiles is willing to offer electric vehicles (EVs) and accommodations to taxi drivers in the state. Godinho, who inaugurated the GoaMiles counter at Dabolim airport, said the company plans to […]

Nairobi – Taxi drivers in Kenya have come together to form an association that brings together members from Kenya’s 47 counties to look after their welfare. The association known as the Mobile Taxi Association of Kenya (MTAK) will include taxi and tuk tuk drivers as well as Boda boda motorcyclists. The acting president of the […]

NAIROBI, Kenya, October 17 – Kenyan taxi drivers have come together to form an association that brings together members from all 47 counties in Kenya to look after their welfare. The association known as the Mobile Taxi Association of Kenya (MTAK) will include taxi and tuk tuk drivers as well as Boda boda motorcyclists. The […]

DVSA vehicle inspection. (Image: Ribble Valley Police) Two taxi drivers have received notices after a random inspection was carried out in Ribble Valley last week. On Friday October 14, the police worked with Ribble Valley Council Taxi Enforcement and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) to carry out inspections of taxis to ensure vehicles were safe. Ten […]

Glasgow taxi operators who do not have access to funded retrofit solutions to meet Low Emission Zone requirements will be given more time to prepare, after the proposal has been approved by the Board of Directors city ​​today. The plan to grant a one-year “time-limited exemption” to operators in these circumstances would see the application […]

Glasgow taxi operators who do not have access to funded retrofit solutions to meet Low Emission Zone (LEZ) requirements will be given more time to prepare, Glasgow City Council has confirmed. It comes after the proposal was approved by the council’s city administration committee on Thursday. The plan to grant a one-year “time-limited exemption” to […]

(The Magazine Plus Editorial): – Mombasa, Coast October 11, 2022 (Issuewire.com) – Kenyan taxi drivers form national association to look after their welfare Taxi drivers in Kenya have come together to form a national association which brings together all of Kenya’s 47 counties. The association named Mobile Taxi Association of Kenya (MTAK) will bring together […]

eThekwini taxi drivers say they haven’t benefited from the city’s Moja Cruise incentive program. Initially, the program was officially launched in October 2018 by embattled former mayor Zandile Gumede. The aim was to reward taxi drivers who didn’t turn on the music, obeyed traffic laws, had trackers installed to ensure speed limits were observed and […]

Settings National 2022-10-11 16:45 Where have all the young taxi drivers gone? Empty taxis are parked in rows in the parking lot of a taxi company in Seoul. Newsis Low profits, excessive hours pushed them into delivery, courier […]

Created: Oct 10, 2022 06:58 Industry meeting: Taxi drivers are due to meet on Monday to discuss concerns (file photo) The Bermuda Taxi Association is calling on its members to come together to help address the issues they face within the industry. The Bermuda Taxi Owners and Operators Association has invited all of its members […]

Taxi Drivers organize a mass demonstration after their colleague Hristo Traikov was killed last night in the “Rassadnika” district of Sofia. Demanding that the Home Office do its job and thwart criminals who commit murder, the Drivers demonstrated in front of the third department of the capital’s regional police, and at night they also blocked […]

South Australian taxi drivers are set to earn more pay, with the state government today allowing a 6% fare increase. The increases, which will be the first for the industry since 2016, will come into effect at the end of this month and are designed to address the financial shortfall that taxi drivers currently face […]

North Devon Council has received funding from the Home Office under the fourth cycle of its Safer Streets Fund to provide training for its taxi and private hire drivers through a safeguarding awareness course. The course will focus specifically on the protection of children and vulnerable adults and will be taught by Karen Anderson, a […]

The consultation on updated rules and regulations for taxis and private hire vehicles and operators is due to end next week. Sunderland City Council has held the consultation to update its hackney haul license and private hire policies and is seeking more views on the proposals. These include the introduction of an ‘enhancement scheme’ for […]

Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Workers’ Social Security Agency (BPJS Ketenagakerjaan/BPJAMSOSTEK) is committed to facilitating social security for online taxi drivers classified as self-employed (BPU). “We know that online transport drivers are at high risk of occupational accidents in Jakarta. In the regions, the risk is related to crime,” Jakarta Region Deputy Deputy Director BPJAMSOSTEK explained […]

Havelock North resident Joga Singh-Chamber is recovering at his Havelock North home after a brutal passenger assault. Journalist/Gary Hamilton-Irvine. Video/Warren Buckland A Havelock North taxi driver stricken to the point of having a brain haemorrhage says a house arrest sentence against his attacker sends a chilling message. The Hawke’s Bay taxi community has been rallying […]

Five east London taxi drivers ‘involved in a people smuggling operation which transported migrants in and out of the UK using lorries’ appear in court The charges follow the investigation by the National Crime Agency Operation Symbolry The investigation focused on a London-based gang involved in migrant smuggling The five men are aged between 40 […]

(Bloomberg) – New York City has arranged more than $225 million in debt relief for more than 1,000 taxi medallion owners to help an industry battered by competition from Uber Technologies Inc. and… other app-based automotive services, Mayor Eric Adams said. Bloomberg’s Most Read Last month, the Adams administration finalized a deal with Marblegate Asset […]

MIDTOWN, Manhattan (PIX11) – They are as iconic as the Statue of Liberty or the Empire State Building. We’re talking about those yellow cabs that were all over the streets of New York. There are far fewer, but many drivers are still struggling with the huge debt of buying their taxi medallions. “Today was a […]

PHUKET: Airports of Thailand branch in Phuket (AoT Phuket), which operates Phuket International Airport, released a statement saying airport security was the reason for the need to allow taxi drivers only “approved” to operate at the airport. The statement was released online by the Phuket branch of the Public Relations Department (PR Phuket) late afternoon […]

The National Transportation and Safety Authority (NTSA) has set regulations to cap the commission charged to online taxi drivers at 18%. Kenyan taxi drivers operating under Uber and Bolt platforms have gone on strike, calling on companies to enforce the law They have decried that they have no say in setting freight charges, and companies […]

During the taxi strike in Andalusia this weekend, drivers will only operate essential services for two hours a day. As taxi drivers across Andalucia began their scheduled strike action tonight, Friday September 23, a statement issued by the sector informed users that there will be three stops at the main transport hubs of the Malaga […]

Peterborough City Council Licensing Officers took part in a joint operation with officers from Cambridgeshire Police, HMRC and DVSA to inspect taxis operating in Peterborough. On September 8, vehicles were stopped by Cambridgeshire Police and inspected at the Pleasure Fair Meadow car park, Oundle Road. Taxis were checked for potential safety risks, while drivers were […]

COSTA DEL SOL taxi drivers have called a strike for today, Thursday September 22, posing potential chaos in the city’s air and sea transport, bus and train stations. Apart from essential services such as transporting the disabled, the elderly or families with children, there will be no taxi service between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. […]

Auto drivers and taxi drivers in Mumbai urgently need a fare hike. Photo: Eshan Kalyanikar Sain Ullah Khan, 65, has been driving a taxi in Mumbai for 35 years, but his life was turned upside down during the COVID pandemic in 2020. Lockdown two years ago took away his income and savings and now he […]

TAXI drivers could be allowed to continue using their old petrol and diesel engines beyond the 10-year rule due to a shortage of electric vehicles and affordable cars in Ireland. Last month the Irish Sun revealed that only one in five taxi drivers had been able to benefit from a generous government grant replace their […]

Updated: Sep 21, 2022 1:17 PM The Bermuda Taxi Owners and Operators Association is calling for a 20% increase in metered fares (Photograph by Tia Smith) Taxi drivers are urging the government to allow a 20% increase in metered fares. The Bermuda Taxi Owners and Operators Association also wants the late-night work surcharge to start […]

A resident of Bhekulwandle recalled a recent incident where she found herself in a roadblock which had been set up by taxi drivers who allegedly forced all passengers out of private cars, telling them to take minibus taxis. READ ALSO : A taxi owner killed in a hail of bullets in Isipingo Sonto Mthethwa, who […]

Sadit Chaithiang, chairman of the Thailand Association of Public Taxis, announced after the meeting that the first round of negotiations had not yielded any positive results and that the next meeting would be held in October. The taxi drivers’ associations have expressed their determination to continue their campaign for an increase in taxi fares despite […]

TaxisRam and Bolt Portugal have reached an agreement after two months of the Taxis pilot project to integrate TVDE’s digital platform. This new partnership aims to “lead the market for technological platforms in the Region”. According to Paulo Pereira, president of TaxisRAM, the “result was a success for RAM taxi professionals, who increased the residual […]

Sep 14, 2022 | 20:29 UTC Unionized taxi drivers plan to strike across Andalusia, Spain on September 15; demonstration in Seville. Transport disruptions likely. Security transportation ESP Event Unionized taxi drivers across Andalusia plan to stage a regional strike on September 15 to protest new legislation allowing app-based transport services to operate in cities. Drivers […]

Taxi drivers on the Costa del Sol are due to go on strike on Thursday, September 15 to protest against rules being considered by the Junta de Andalucía. If approved and enacted, the rules will effectively open the door to private rental companies which have already been implemented elsewhere in the country, including Uber, Cabify […]

Thousands of taxi drivers could be forced off the road in the new year if pressing issues affecting the industry are not addressed, an Oireachtas committee has heard. Members of representative associations of taxi drivers told the Transport Committee that the ’10-year rule’, which says taxis must be 10 years old or younger, is a […]

Image credit: MPS Several roads in the heart of London have been closed to taxis and other traffic in preparation for the funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Transport for London (TfL) this evening relayed the new closures put in place by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) to allow a rehearsal to take place. […]

Serious concerns are being raised by some women as they say some taxi drivers have sexually harassed them and indecently annoyed them. Speaking to fijivillage, a resident of Navua says there have been incidents where a taxi driver touched his hand and insisted on taking him for coffee and dinner. Your browser does not support […]

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – After visiting Grab Indonesia office, members of Driver Online Indonesia (DRONE) came to Gojek office to stage a protest today, September 12. DRONE PR manager Abah Ajat said one of their demands was for Gojek to kick Blue Bird out of the app. According to Ajat, GoCar drivers often have to share […]

An angry Thai man has slammed Bangkok taxis on his TikTok account for favoring foreigners after 23 taxi drivers refused to take him for a ride of less than 15 minutes. The man said taxi drivers in the Asoke area only wanted to serve foreign passengers because they could rip them off with high fares. […]

Read this in the Manila Times digital edition. Dear PAO, My friend and I are former taxi drivers with a certain taxi company and we were paid based on the “frontier” system. We worked there for over a decade until we became eligible for retirement. During our entire service, we did not receive our 13th […]

Taxi drivers are unhappy with the competition from ride-sharing companies. / PE The junta said the regulations aim to provide a legal framework so that the two forms of transport can coexist to provide the best service to the public. Angry taxi drivers protested outside the Andalusian parliament building in Seville on Thursday, over new […]

Hundreds of taxis blocked the streets of Brussels, honking their horns as they circled around a roundabout straddling European Union buildings, as part of a protest by taxi drivers from across Europe Europe demanding that the European Commission launch an official investigation into whether politicians were unduly influenced by the United States. ride-sharing giant Uber. […]

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Chairman of the Indonesian Association of Transport and Online Service Drivers (PPTJDI) Grabbike, Igun Wicaksono said that the online motorcycle taxi (ojol) drivers would hold a rally on Friday to protest against the government’s recent fuel price hike. “It’s true, we online motorbike taxi drivers are going to hold a mass protest […]

Black cabs lined the mall silently on Thursday evening as drivers paid tribute to the Queen. The roads around Buckingham Palace have now been closed by authorities as thousands of mourners descend on the royal residence following the monarch’s death. ITV News reporter Paul Bland posted the image of the scene on Twitter, calling the […]

Angry taxi drivers across Europe have halted traffic in Brussels in protest at ride-sharing platform Uber. The rally follows the Uber Files survey in July, which documented how Uber skirted regulations and wooed lawmakers, including French President Emmanuel Macron, as it expanded its business. Disappointed with their own governments, protesters said they wanted the EU […]

A bitter battle is brewing between taxi operators and residents of Khuma township in Stilfontein, near Klerksdorp in the northwest. Commuters say local taxi operators have unfairly raised taxi fares without consultation. They also allege that some taxis are operating without a license, taxi drivers do not have driver’s licenses, they are overloaded and taxis […]

TAXI drivers have been threatened with fines or penalty points if they park illegally or irresponsibly in the city. Cllr Richard Udall, chairman of the licensing committee which oversees rules governing taxi drivers in the city, warned law enforcement officers would be patrolling Foregate Street. His intervention came after an article in the Worcester News, […]

British Vogue editor Edward Enninful claimed he couldn’t hail a taxi because taxi drivers wouldn’t stop for him because of his skin color. Enninful, whose celebrity friends include Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell, says he still has to ask his assistant – who is not black – to flag down a car for him. The […]

HM Revenue & Customs is suing thousands of private drivers for unpaid taxes as new registration requirements expose the scale of undeclared income among drivers who operate via online apps. HMRC said this week it would write to around 4,000 drivers booked through apps such as Uber, Ola and Bolt, whom it suspects have not […]

The Udon taxi takes travelers on noodle tours in Kagawa, the “Udon capital” of Japan. Taxi Udon It’s not hard to find decent noodles in Kagawa, the unofficial “Udon capital of Japan”. Shikoku Island Prefecture is home to more than 700 restaurants specializing in udon. You’re never more than a few minutes away from a […]

A CITY has been engulfed in a war of words between cyclists and taxi drivers after taxi drivers began parking on double yellow lines and curbs. A video filmed by a cycling activist in Worcester, Worcs., sparked chaos after he blasted a long line of taxis stretching far beyond a designated taxi rank. 1 Camera […]

After years of protests, hunger strikes and appeals to the city government, 3,000 debt-ridden New York taxi drivers are about to get a fresh start. Hundreds of thousands of dollars will be forgiven from loans taken out by drivers, 40% of whom are South Asian immigrants, who bought a taxi medallion before its value was […]

By KAREN MATTHEWS – Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City taxi drivers who owe hundreds of thousands of dollars on loans they took out to operate yellow cabs will see their burden significantly reduced under a tax relief program. debt announced on Tuesday. Under the program announced by city officials, the New […]

By KAREN MATTHEWS – Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City taxi drivers who owe hundreds of thousands of dollars on loans they took out to operate yellow cabs will see their burden significantly reduced under a tax relief program. debt announced on Tuesday. Under the program announced by city officials, the New […]

London – July 1, 2015: Black cab driving on Westminster Bridge near Big Ben in London. Getty Much like barbers and bartenders, taxi drivers have long been known to offer a source of opinions on just about everything under the sun. But in a new book, famed British astrobiologist Charles Cockell uses the memories of […]

Taxi drivers unsuccessfully sought permission to implement a 10% “emergency fuel levy” as part of an upcoming fare increase to account for the rising cost of petrol and diesel. Drivers will receive a 12% increase from next month, reflecting the evolution of operating and overhead costs since 2017. A previously planned increase was postponed due […]

Why is the posterior hippocampus larger than normal in London taxi drivers? According to Dr. Eleanor Maquire, Ph.D., Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London (UCL), the rigorous and grueling preparation that would-be taxi drivers must undergo to achieve what is called “knowledge”, is the reason for these results. These early findings were discovered […]

From Okwe Obi, Abuja Ahead of the 2023 poll, Abuja’s painted taxi drivers endorsed the Federal Capital Territory senatorial candidate on the Nigeria New People’s Party (NNPP) platform, Mubarak Tijjani. Yesterday in Abuja, Chairman of Painted Abuja Taxi Nigeria Limited, Shehu Yaradua, expressed his belief that Tijjani would protect the interests of the union if […]

Bolt taxi drivers will have a physical location to ask questions, raise issues and receive information, the transportation company said. The new hub will be located in Tower Road, Sliema, where current and potential taxi drivers and fleet owners can meet Bolt’s operations and customer service specialists and raise any concerns. Transport manager Ryan Mahoney […]

An angry resident wants a parking area removed on Bath Road, claiming taxi drivers are using it as a ‘toilet break’. A petition has been sent to Buckinghamshire Council asking for the parking area on the A4 in Taplow, Buckinghamshire, to be removed due to continuing issues. The online petition, which was filed on Tuesday […]

From Okwe Obi, Abuja Ahead of the 2023 poll, Abuja taxi drivers endorsed the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) senatorial candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Mubarak Tijjani. Painted Abuja Taxi Nigeria Limited Chairman Shehu Yaradua expressed confidence that Tijjani would protect the interests of the union if elected. He said the union would […]

The number of registered taxi drivers in the borough of Sandwell has fallen from 2,400 to 1,300 Transport chiefs have discussed making life easier for taxi drivers in Sandwell – as new figures show hundreds of drivers have stopped working in the borough. The number of registered taxi drivers in the borough has risen from […]

Proposed city driver fees that are expected to generate billions of dollars for public transit upgrades also threaten to significantly damage the livelihoods of taxi drivers and the long-suffering yellow cab industry. The proposed Central Business District tolling program — aka congestion pricing — could add up to $19 in new fees on every metered […]

Looking for a fare on Sixth Avenue, August 19, 2022. Photo: Hiram Alejandro Durán/THE CITY EDITOR’S NOTE: Taxi drivers in the borough of Brooklyn have been active in their resistance against predatory medallion lending and fairer labor practices, blocking the Brooklyn Bridge in February 2021. The New York Taxi Workers Alliance (NYTWA), New York’s largest […]