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Taxicabs & Limousines Category: Subject Description: Information on taxicabs, limousines, and “ride sharing” services. Page Sections: Bibliography · Documents · Article Index Notes: This is a newer Index and does not yet include all of the information on taxicabs & limousines in The Crittenden Automotive Library. |
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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  |
| May 2023 publication date | VEHICLE SAFETY Extent of Open Recalls among Ridesharing Vehicles | Research Report ( PDF) 667KB · 37 pages Publisher: U.S. General Accountability Office Accessible Version ( PDF) 927KB · 39 pages |
| 30 October 2023 unsealing date | United States of America v. Aleksandr Derebenetc and Kirill Shipulin | Sealed Indictment ( PDF) 694KB · 11 pages Court: |
| February 2024 publication date | RIDESHARING AND TAXI SAFETY Information on Assaults against Drivers and Passengers | Research Report ( PDF) 417KB · 32 pages Publisher: U.S. General Accountability Office Accessible Version ( PDF) 1.8MB · 34 pages |
| September 2024 publication date | RIDESHARING AND TAXI SAFETY Information on Background Checks and Safety Features | Research Report ( PDF) 4.1MB · 89 pages Publisher: U.S. General Accountability Office |
| 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 |
| 6 February 2025 publication date | Vehicle Monitoring System for Providing Alerts to Drivers United States Patent Application 2025/0042335 A1 | Patent Application ( PDF) 1.7MB · 24 pages Inventors: Brennan T. Lopez-Hinojosa & Kermit D. Lopez Company: Uber Technologies |
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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 |
| 12 December 1925 | Presidential Proclamation 1759: Increasing Duty on Taximeters to Equalize Differences in Costs of Production Whereas in and by section 315 (a) of Title III of the act of Congress approved September 21, 1922, entitled “An act to provide revenue, to regulate commerce with foreign countries, to encourage the industries of the United States, and for other purposes,”... | Presidential Proclamation (text) Byline: President Calvin Coolidge |
| 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 |
| 5 May 2023 | Former Chief Security Officer Of Uber Sentenced To Three Years’ Probation For Covering Up Data Breach Involving Millions Of Uber User Records Defendant also ordered to pay $50,000 fine. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of California Dateline: San Francisco, California Topics: Uber, Joseph Sullivan |
| 19 May 2023 | Bronx Man Convicted Of Robbery And Shooting Of Taxi Driver Upon reaching his requested destination, Mario Powell robbed the cab driver at gunpoint, obtained $23 from the cab driver, and shot the cab driver nine times. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York Byline: Nicholas Biase |
| 7 June 2023 | Several traffickers sentenced for smuggling meth for cartel “Martinez was hiding in plain sight, maintaining a front as a taxi driver while secretly doing the bidding of the Michoacan cartel on the streets of Laredo,” said U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas Dateline: Laredo, Texas Topic: Gerardo Martinez |
| 27 June 2023 | California resident sentenced to 3+ years in prison for smuggling scheme using ride share companies to transport Indian Nationals crossing the northern border illegally Key member of smuggling ring making hundreds of thousands of dollars smuggling people into the U.S. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Washington Byline: Emily Langlie Dateline: Seattle, Washington |
| 30 June 2023 | Minneapolis Man Pleads Guilty to Role in Violent Carjacking Conspiracy Targeting Uber and Lyft Drivers As part of the scheme, members of the conspiracy lured victim-drivers to particular locations under the guise of picking up or dropping off passengers. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Minnesota Dateline: St. Paul, Minnesota Topics: Lyft, Uber |
| 30 June 2023 | Philadelphia Man Pleads Guilty to Involuntary Manslaughter and Assault with a Dangerous Weapon Reginald Johnson reached a speed of 61 miles per hour shortly before the crash, more than twice the 25 miles per hour speed limit. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. Topic: Uber |
| 7 July 2023 | Rochester Man Going To Prison On Carjacking And Gun Charges Assistant U.S. Attorney Cassie Kocher, who handled the case, stated that Devin C. Johnson approached a taxicab driver (Victim) at a gas station on Dewey Avenue and asked for a ride to Lake Avenue and Flower City Park. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of New York Byline: Barbara Burns Dateline: Rochester, New York |
| 13 July 2023 | Kissimmee Resident Pleads Guilty To Wire Fraud Scheme Targeting Rideshare Service According to court documents, Millan Gomez used multiple fraudulent rideshare driver accounts that had been created through an online registration process using stolen identities. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida Dateline: Orlando, Florida |
| 30 August 2023 | New Jersey Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison After Grooming Minor Online and Transporting Her Across State Lines via Uber for Sex Arnold Castillo used the Uber application to find and hire a driver in New Jersey to transport the girl the 700 miles to his residence. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Indiana Dateline: Indianapolis, Indiana Topic: Uber |
| 21 September 2023 | Chicago Carjacker Sentenced to Six and a Half Years in Federal Prison Noah Ransom forcibly stole a Lexus RX350 from a Lyft driver. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Illinois Dateline: Chicago, Illinois Topic: Lyft |
| 21 September 2023 | Couple handed significant prison time for beating Uber driver He noted how Frank Lewis Blanco and Destinee Guerrero treated his head like a football and the lasting damage to his eye and nose. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas Dateline: Houston, Texas Topic: Uber |
| 27 September 2023 | Gainesville Business Owner Settles PPP Fraud Allegations Slaiby obtained seven PPP loans for his four businesses, Black Hat Transportation LLC, Green Team Limousine d.b.a. Choice Limousine & Sedan Services LLC, Health N Wealth World LLC, and Slaiby7 Investments LLC. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Virginia Dateline: Alexandria, Virginia Topic: Joe Slaiby Special Collection: COVID-19 |
| 30 October 2023 | Two Russian Nationals Charged For Conspiring To Hack The Taxi Dispatch System At JFK Airport They used their unauthorized access to alter the Dispatch System and move specific taxis to the front of the line, thereby allowing drivers of those taxis to skip other taxi drivers waiting in the line. | Press Release (text & document) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York Byline: Nicholas Biase |
| 8 November 2023 | Salt Lake City Man Allegedly Robs Two Banks, Takes Uber Home After the First Robbery The Uber driver informed law enforcement that he picked up a passenger, around the time of the bank robbery, at a games store in South Salt Lake. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Utah Byline: Felicia Martinez Dateline: Salt Lake City, Utah Topic: Uber |
| 4 December 2023 | Two Men Sentenced to Prison for Shooting Taxi Driver During Robbery The defendants both admitted that they brandished a loaded firearm to demand a taxi driver’s fares, and then proceeded to shoot the driver. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Jersey Dateline: Camden, New Jersey |
| 20 September 2023 | Massachusetts Man Convicted in Rideshare and Delivery Account Fraud Scheme Thiago De Souza Prado also used his fake driver accounts to get bonuses from rideshare companies by referring his other fake driver accounts as new drivers. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Rhode Island Dateline: Providence, Rhode Island |
| 19 December 2023 | Revere, Massachusetts Man Sentenced in Nationwide Rideshare and Delivery Account Fraud Scheme Once the driving accounts were active, Thiago De Souza Prado either used the accounts himself or rented them out to others, who also could not pass the background checks, often because they did not have social security numbers and were in the United States illegally. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Rhode Island Dateline: Providence, Rhode Island |
| 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 |
| 20 February 2025 | Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Armed Kidnapping of Ride Share Driver Chief Judge Cecilia M. Altonaga sentenced the defendant to 60 months as to Counts 1 and 2, kidnapping and carjacking, and imposed the mandatory 84-month term of imprisonment for Count 3, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, to be served consecutively. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Florida Dateline: Miami, Florida |
| 6 March 2025 | Portland Couple Sentenced to Federal Prison for Stealing $34 Million from Former Client Sergey did the driving, and Galina handled the company’s books and finances. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Oregon Topics: Astra Car Service, Sergey Lebedenko, Galina Lebedenko |
| 14 April 2025 | Felon Sentenced After Robbing Bank and Taking a Rideshare Home Nearby surveillance captured Markell Demond Stanley casing the area before the robbery and fleeing the area in the back of a vehicle. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Oklahoma Dateline: Tulsa, Oklahoma |
| 12 September 2025 | Justice Department Sues Uber for Denying Rides to Passengers with Service Dogs, Wheelchairs The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, alleges Uber violated Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which prohibits discrimination based on disability by private transportation companies like Uber. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs Topic: Uber |
| 12 September 2025 | Justice Department Sues Uber For Denying Rides To Passengers With Service Dogs, Wheelchairs The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, alleges Uber violated Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which prohibits discrimination based on disability by private transportation companies like Uber. | Press Release (text &  document)Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of California Dateline: San Francisco, California Topic: Uber |
| 25 September 2025 | Zoox, Inc.--Receipt of Application for Temporary Exemption From Various Requirements of the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards for an Automated Driving System-Equipped Vehicle NHTSA is reviewing Zoox's application and will publish a subsequent notice seeking public comment on the merits of the application after the agency conducts its initial review. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Byline: David M. Hines Topic: Zoox |
| 30 September 2025 | TBL Group, Inc.--Control--Kaptyn Nevada, LLC The Board is tentatively approving and authorizing the transaction. | Federal Register Notice (text) Agency: Surface Transportation Board Byline: Topics: Regena Smith-BernardTBL Group, Kaptyn |
| 1 December 2025 | Top Reasons to Choose Boston to Salem Shuttle Service for Easy Travel Pre-scheduled pickups eliminate uncertainty and delays commonly associated with rideshares or public transport. | Press Release (text) Publisher: Boston Airport Shuttle via PressReleasePoint.com Dateline: Boston, Massachusetts |
| 1 December 2025 | Why Choose Car Service to Logan Airport from New Hampshire for Easy Travel Pre-scheduled pickups eliminate uncertainty and delays commonly associated with rideshares or public transport. | Press Release (text) Publisher: Boston Airport Express via PressReleasePoint.com Dateline: Boston, Massachusetts |
| 31 December 2025 | Felon to Federal Prison for Carrying Stolen Firearm in a Rideshare Car Information from the plea and sentencing showed that Marshawn Ladarius Jeffries was a passenger in a rideshare car when the driver was pulled over for a nonworking taillight. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Iowa |
| 15 January 2026 | Southern District of Texas launches Operation Lighthouse, a new initiative to combat sexual assault of rideshare passengers Four local drivers charged with kidnapping in program’s initial rollout. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas Dateline: Houston, Texas |
| 16 January 2026 | D.C. Man Pleads Guilty to Pointing a Gun at Taxi Driver Defendant and co-defendant attempted to evade paying cab fare. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia Dateline: Washington, D.C. |
| 25 February 2026 | Miami Gardens Man Charged with Shooting at Uber Driver and Possession of Illegal Firearms and Narcotics The driver, concerned with what he had observed, drove off without Lester Leon Sanders but with the luggage and other belongings still in the car. | Press Release (text) Publisher: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Florida Dateline: Miami, Florida Topic: Uber |