LAS VEGAS, Nev. — February operating results for Las Vegas taxi companies provided ammunition for both sides in the ongoing debate about the condition of the industry.
The number of trips driven with paying passengers hit 2.2 million during the month, 10 percent higher than February of last year, according to the Nevada Taxicab Authority. At the [...]

BALTIMORE, Md. — The Maryland Public Service Commission turned down a request Wednesday that would have allowed taxi companies to put security cameras instead of bullet-resistant shields in Baltimore cabs as a form of protection.
Baltimore Taxi Affiliation Services, which has 100 taxis under the Arrow Cab and Baltimore City Taxi names, asked the PSC in December [...]

EL PASO, Texas —

Flagging down a taxicab in El Paso isn’t easy and that’s because of an ordinance that doesn’t allow cab drivers to drive around looking for passengers.

That’s despite efforts by city leaders to change the ordinance.
The no “cruise” ordinance dates back to 1986 and makes it against the law for taxi drivers to [...]

MIAMI, Fla. — A decades-old black-owned and operated Miami taxi company is fighting for its survival.
In the three decades Clyde Bain has spent driving a green-and-black Society Cab through some of Miami’s roughest neighborhoods, he has heard the mayday call — anytime a driver is in trouble — at least two dozen times.
Now Society Cab may [...]

BURLINGTON, Vt. —An out-of-work Burlington taxi driver claims in a lawsuit that the city’s latest regulations for taxis are invalid and have illegally deprived him of a license.
He’s half right, according to Chittenden Superior Court Judge Geoffrey Crawford.
Crawford’s ruling last week apparently nullifies a city ordinance, passed in July 2011, that increases fees and [...]

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Police are looking for the person who shot a taxi cab driver just after midnight Friday on Summit Avenue.
The driver told police he picked up the suspect on Tillman Avenue and dropped him off to the apartments at the 3100 block of Summit Avenue.
Officers say the suspect pulled out a gun and [...]

LANSING, Mich. – A 31-year-old taxi driver from south suburban Lansing was found shot to death in his taxi in the city’s Englewood neighborhood early Saturday.
Police responding to calls of shots fired at 2:45 a.m. found the victim in his cab in the 1200 block of West 69th Street, police News Affairs Officer Robert Perez said.
The [...]

NEW YORK CITY — A new app developed by the tech firm, Y INTERACT, allows taxi riders to report complaints via smartphone by either entering the cabbie’s medallion number or taking a photo of it. The reports are promptly sent to the Taxi and Limousine Commission.
Number one on the list for top complaints for cab drivers [...]

NEW ORLEANS, La. — The Kenner City Council on Thursday tacked another six months onto the expiring moratorium on the issuance of new taxicab licenses while revisions to existing taxi regulations are being studied. The rules on Kenner’s licenses date to 1971 and city officials say the laws should be updated to be fair both to [...]

DURHAM, N.C. — City Council members have sent their Transportation Department a clear signal that it should begin enforcing Durham’s taxi regulations against shuttle services after fiscal 2012-13 rolls around this summer.“There’s no need for this to continue to go on,” Councilman Eugene Brown said during a recent work session. “There’s no reason we cannot and [...]