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Cab prices remain stable despite gas rises

Metro | Traffic
2009-11-12

SHANGHAI'S taxi authority said it will not increase cab fares to reflect increasing gas prices after Beijing's cabs announced a price rise today. Several taxi companies said they have not received any notice...

US may invest US$5b in space taxis

World
2009-10-24

THE United States could get astronauts back into space faster and spend less money by scrapping the Ares rocket designed to succeed the shuttle and turning instead to public-private space taxis, according to a presidential...

Parking limits for taxi drivers

Metro | Traffic
2009-10-17

THE Shanghai Traffic Law Enforcement Team has tightened parking limits for taxis in eight key areas of the city. It is another step in a crackdown on cab drivers who refuse short-trip passengers and comes after...

Specialist taxis for Expo

Metro
2009-10-14

NEXT year's Expo goers can enjoy the service of a specialist team of 4,000 taxis from the city's major cab companies through a multilingual booking service. The service will begin a test run next March. Expo...

City taxi-fare increases mirror fuel

Metro | Traffic
2009-10-10

TAXI passengers in Shanghai will pay about 10 percent more from tomorrow as the city raises fares for the first time in three years to offset higher fuel prices and environmental protection costs. The changes include...

Transport: Cab bookings soar

Metro | Traffic
2009-7-21

SHANGHAI taxi firms yesterday reported a rush of phone bookings as people tried to avoid walking in the heat. Officials from Shanghai Dazhong Taxi Co said it had recorded 7,000 phone bookings by 5pm, up 30 to 40...

City moves to improve lives of stressed cabbies

Metro | Traffic
2009-7-3

THE city's transport authority is canvassing opinions from cabbies over a government-raised proposal that the number of drivers serving alternative shifts on a single taxi should be increased as a way to reduce their...

Taxi crash claims all 5 on board

Metro | Traffic
2009-6-4

ALL five people in a taxi that was involved in a collision with a bus on Tuesday have died after the two surviving passengers died later in hospital, government officials announced yesterday. The victims were four...

City to silence taxi video ads

Metro | Traffic
2009-4-8

THE vertigo-inducing video ads that afflict Shanghai taxi passengers are being phased out, and other backseat clutter will be a receding image in the rear-view mirror over the next couple months. Cab company managers...

Shanghai taxis targeted by thieves, police warn

Metro | Traffic
2009-3-16

POLICE are warning taxi drivers and cab companies to step up surveillance on parked taxis after a string of thefts. License plates, onboard GPS systems, taxi meters and LCD screens have all been stolen from cabs recently....