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Taxicabs & Limousines Category: Subject Description: Information on taxicabs, limousines, and “ride sharing” services. Page Sections: Bibliography · Documents · Article Index |
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Taxi Driver Wisdom | Year & Type: 1996 Nonfiction Author: Risa Mickenburg Photographer: Joanne Dugan Publisher: Chronicle Books Dimensions: 4.25" x 6.25" padded hardcover Content: 176 black & yellow pages with black & white photographs ISBN: 0-8118-1165-4 Subject: Taxicabs & Limousines Availability: Reference Desk |
The Taxicab An Urban Transportation Survivor | Year & Type: 1982 Nonfiction Authors: Gorman Gilbert & Robert E. Samuels Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press Dimensions: 6.25" x 8.25" hardcover w/jacket Content: 200 pagex w/black & white photos ISBN: 0-8078-1528-4 Subject: Taxicabs & Limousines Availability: Reference Desk |
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| 16 October 2019 hearing date | Examining the Future of Transportation Network Companies: Challenges and Opportunities Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure | Hearing Transcript ( PDF) 1.0MB · 120 pagesPublisher: U.S. House of Representatives |
| 11 February 2021 filing date | United States of America V. Hatem Ghouneim | Indictment ( PDF) 229KB · 8 pages Court: United States District Court, District of New Jersey  |
| 1 November 2024 filing date | United States of America v. Lyft, Inc. Stipulated Order for Permanent Injunction, Civil Penalty Judgment, and Other Relief | Order ( PDF) 416KB · 18 pages Court: United States District Court, Northern District of California Topic: Lyft |
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| 18 October 1908 | Advent of the Motor Cab; Its Rapid Development A new appetite for cab riding has been developed with a year among the people of the several biggest cities in the United States; it is an appetite for the motorcab distinctly, and it is growing with what it feeds upon. | Commentary (text) Publication: The New York Times Byline: Arthur N. Jervis |
| 9 April 2007 | New York couple taking taxi to Arizona What started as joke, has become reality, in part to spare their cats from traveling in a jetliner cargo-hold. They have negotiated a US$3,000 flat fee instead of the metered rate, which was estimated at US$5,000. | News Article (text) Publisher: Wikinews |
| 15 December 2022 | ENHANCING SAFETY FOR RIDESHARE PASSENGERS Sami's Law has been named to honor Samantha Josephson, a senior at the University of South Carolina, originally from New Jersey, who was kidnapped and brutally murdered by a man pretending to be her Uber driver. | Speech (text) Publication: Congressional Record Byline: Congressman Josh Gottheimer Topic: Uber |
| 27 December 2022 | Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Request for Comment; Child Passenger Safety Perceptions and Practices in Ridesharing and Autonomous Vehicles NHTSA received two sets of comments from three organizations, which we address below. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Nanda Narayanan Srinivasan |
| 9 February 2024 | District Man Indicted on Three Counts of Armed Carjacking and Other Charges Dallas McKinney carjacked an Uber driver at gunpoint in the Eastern Market neighborhood, threatening both the Uber driver and his passenger. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. Topic: Uber |
| 12 February 2024 | Queens Men Sentenced To Prison For Conspiring To Hack The Taxi Dispatch System At JFK Airport Taxi drivers were frequently required to wait several hours in the lot before being dispatched to a terminal and were dispatched in approximately the order in which they arrived at the holding lot. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York |
| 14 February 2024 | Three Men Sentenced to Prison for Violent Carjacking Conspiracy that Targeted Uber and Lyft Drivers “The defendants targeted innocent people who were simply doing their jobs,” said U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Minnesota Dateline: St. Paul, Minnesota Topic: Uber, Lyft |
| 13 March 2024 | Former California Rideshare Driver Charged with Federal Hate Crime for Anti-Semitic Attack on Passenger According to the indictment unsealed this morning, Csaba John Csukás struck the victim in the face while at San Francisco International Airport because the defendant perceived the victim to be Jewish or Israeli. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of California Dateline: San Francisco, California Topics: Csaba John Csukás, Lyft |
| 26 March 2024 | Final of Four Teens Pleads Guilty to Charge in St. Louis County Cab Driver’s Murder The four planned to take the taxi to a fake address near Allen’s home, then run away without paying the fare. After learning that they would have to prepay for the ride, the teens began discussing plans to rob Price. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Missouri Byline: Robert Patrick Dateline: St. Louis, Missouri Topic: Dewight Price |
| 17 April 2024 | Man Involved in Fatal Robbery of St. Louis County Cab Driver Sentenced to 17 Years in Prison They planned to take the taxi to a fake address near Allen’s home, then run away without paying. After learning that they would have to prepay for the ride, the teens began discussing plans to rob Dewight Price. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Missouri Byline: Robert Patrick Dateline: St. Louis, Missouri Topic: Dewight Price |
| 19 April 2024 | Man Who Stole Rideshare Vehicle Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison According to the government’s evidence, the defendant requested a Lyft ride for pick up in the 3800 block of South Capitol Street SE to take him to the 600 block 46th Street SE. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. Topic: Lyft |
| 16 May 2024 | St. Louis County Cab Driver’s Shooter Sentenced to 22 Years in Prison They planned to take the taxi to a fake address near Allen’s home, then run away without paying. After learning that they would have to prepay, they began discussing plans to rob Price. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Missouri Byline: Robert Patrick Dateline: St. Louis, Missouri Topic: Dewight Price |
| 10 July 2024 | Egyptian Fugitive Extradited from Spain Admits Role in Defrauding Rideshare Company By creating fraudulent accounts and using stolen identities, Ghouneim induced the victim company to pay him referral fees for each new fraudulently created account. | Press Release (text & document) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Jersey Dateline: Newark, New Jersey |
| 22 July 2024 | Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for St. Louis County Cab Driver’s Fatal Robbery The four planned to take the taxi to a fake address near Jeremiah Allen’s home, then run away without paying. After learning that they would have to prepay for the ride, they began discussing plans to rob Dewight Price. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Missouri Byline: Robert Patrick Dateline: St. Louis, Missouri |
| 22 August 2024 | Texas Man Charged with Armed Kidnapping of Rideshare Driver Miguel Alejandro Pastran Hernandez had ordered a ride to a closed gas station. When they arrived at the gas station, Pastran Hernandez pulled out a gun and the victim heard a round being chambered in the firearm. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Florida Dateline: Miami, Florida |
| 28 August 2024 | Two Individuals Charged in Multi-Million Dollar Scheme to Defraud Rideshare Customers, Drivers and Others Earlier today an indictment was unsealed charging Eliahou Paldiel and Carlos Arturo Suarez Palacios with wire fraud and money laundering conspiracies relating to a wide-ranging scheme in which the defendants sold hacked smartphones and fraudulent applications to more than 800 rideshare drivers. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York Byline: John Marzulli & Danielle Blustein Hass |
| 27 September 2024 | Lawrence Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for 42 Months for Distributing 25 Pounds of Methamphetamine via a Rideshare “The defendant used a ride-share to transport an enormous quantity of methamphetamine into the state,” said U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Hampshire Dateline: Concord, New Hampshire |
| 30 September 2024 | Seven Year Sentence Handed Down for the Carjacking of a Rideshare Driver While parked, Wilson approached the victim’s car, armed with a silver firearm, and demanded that the victim exit his car. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. |
| 7 October 2024 | Agency Information Collection Activities; Notice and Request for Comment; Limousine Crashworthiness Safety Research In an effort to understand the limousine market and the characteristics of limousine vehicles with respect to crashworthiness and occupant safety, and to comply with a Congressional mandate, NHTSA is seeking approval for a new information collection request. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: Cem Hatipoglu |
| 1 November 2024 | Lyft To Pay Civil Penalty To Resolve Allegations Of Misleading Drivers About Their Potential Earnings These guarantees allegedly did not clearly disclose that drivers were paid only the difference between what they otherwise earned for the rides and Lyft’s advertised guaranteed amount, rather than receiving the full guaranteed amount in addition to their regular earnings for the rides. | Press Release (text & document) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of California Dateline: San Francisco, California Topic: Lyft |
| 5 December 2024 | Man Pleads Guilty to Armed Kidnapping of a Rideshare Driver Victim 1 drove Miguel Alejandro Pastran Hernandez to his destination, which was a gas station that appeared to be closed. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Florida Dateline: Miami, Florida Topic: Lyft |