As gadgets go, it’s hardly the sexiest. It’s a meter. For taxis. For motorcycle taxis, to be precise. And yet it might just be a $3 billion dollar idea. Paul Giles, President of World Moto, whose new ...
Big Brother is watching — your taxi meter! The city may rig yellow cabs with technology that would stop charging passengers whenever the driver breaks the speed limit, as part of a broad effort to ...
The Ministry of Transport has advised that the Transport Control Department [TCD] “will not calibrate standard taxi meters this weekend due to technical and programming issues encountered by an ...
Flywheel, the company on a mission to help taxis better compete with on-demand transportation companies such as Uber and Lyft, may be a step closer to reaching its goal after the California Division ...
Annoying taxi TVs will likely have their plugs pulled. In all, roughly 4,000 of those detested back seat TVs will be shoved to the curb, if the Taxi and Limousine Commission approves a pilot program ...
The final rules regulating the switch from zone taxi fares to time-and-distance meters are now in effect, leaving cab drivers less than two months to buy and install their meters before the crackdown ...
When I get a taxi for the 15-minute ride from my office to the airport, I have two choices. I can hail a cab on the street, and pay a metered fare for the 4.6-mile trip. Or I can walk to the local ...
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- San Francisco officials voted to extend an agreement between Uber and the taxi company Flywheel that would change how taxi's operate in the city. Today SFMTA's Board voted to ...
Queensland taxi drivers will be mandated to turn on their meters for all rank and hail journeys, even if a pre-arranged price has been agreed to, in a bid to ensure passengers are not overcharged.