Archive for March, 2008



Covergirl Kate turns cabbie for pals with cool new set of wheels

Monday 31 March 2008 @ 1:03 am

Kate Moss has acquired a new set of wheels with some serious street cred - a black London taxi cab. Over the weekend the supermodel took the vehicle for a spin, acting as the driver for a group of friends on a trip down to the pub.

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A Black Cab Ride

Monday 31 March 2008 @ 12:03 am

Getting to one place to another in London is the easiest thing possible, you have a choice of bus, cab, underground, or bicycle. Out of them I love black cabs the most, it symbolizes London in just one car. There are so many black cabs

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Taxi driver sprayed and robbed

Sunday 30 March 2008 @ 11:03 pm

Police are investigating after a taxi driver was sprayed with an an incapacitant spray and robbed in a late-night attack in Northampton. The incident took place at about 11.15pm on Friday at the junction of Southampton Road and London

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Ford concept cab causes stir

Saturday 29 March 2008 @ 2:03 am

Related Entries. Cabbie picks up hybrid trend; Taxi to show its stuff; Black cabs may be going green; New York 2008: Mark Fields hails a Transit Connect Taxi Concept; Nickels wants Seattle’s taxis to get 30 mpg.

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Fees for passengers who vomit in taxis set to rise

Saturday 29 March 2008 @ 12:03 am

Currently, getting into one of the council’s 170 black cabs costs £1.80 for the first quarter of a mile and 20p for every subsequent eighth of a mile, or 220 yards. But under the proposals put forward by the council, the initial “flag

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Taxi! Do Drivers of Color Get Less Tips?

Friday 28 March 2008 @ 12:03 am

I rarely use yellow taxi cabs. I can’t find any in my hood and when I’m in the city, they don’t want to drive me to my hood. A study of 1000 taxicab rides in one city, New Haven, Conn., found that black cab drivers were tipped less than

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The good and bad in New York and London

Thursday 27 March 2008 @ 12:03 am

Compared with the drivers of London’s black cabs, New York’s are a sorry lot. Careening up the Avenue of Americas in a cab littered with apple cores, driven by a man who had no idea where my hotel was, I longed for the serenity of a

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Rocking while they roll in the Black Cab Sessions

Tuesday 25 March 2008 @ 11:03 pm

The idea is as simple as can be: a film crew meets the band on a London street, flags down a black taxi and everyone piles in the back. The band gets one take to play one song as the cab cruises along the city streets.

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Kate Moss quits modeling, becomes cab driver

Tuesday 25 March 2008 @ 11:03 pm

This past week supermodel Kate Moss took delivery of a London taxi cab for personal use. We’re not talking a busted-up Ford Crown Victoria off a used car lot; no, these “Black Cabs”, as they’re known […]

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A Black Cab Tour of London

Tuesday 25 March 2008 @ 2:03 am

To drive a Black Cab you have to pass a test called The Knowledge. It means you know London’s streets and significant places inside and out. It can take up to four years. All over London you see people on small motorbikes with

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