The arrest of the 50-year-old driver highlighted the strict law in Japan against harming the birds, even if they take over balconies or get in the way of traffic.
Tag: Taxicabs and Taxicab Drivers
London’s Black Cabs Can Soon Join Uber. But Will They?
In 2024, passengers are set to have the option to book black cabs through Uber. After longstanding tensions, a union for drivers said they “have no interest.”
Italy’s Government Takes Aim at Taxi Shortages
The government took steps this week to increase the supply of cabs after months of shortages, but critics say the problems with the industry run deeper.
How 2 Students Rescued Dozens of People from the Fighting in Sudan
As feuding generals turned the Sudanese capital into a war zone, two university students navigated a battered Toyota through the chaos and saved at least 60 desperate people.
Liverpool Bomber Had Planned for Months, U.K. Police Say
The authorities named the man they believe to be behind an explosion in a taxi outside a hospital, who was also the only person killed, as Emad Al Swealmeen, 32.
Your Monday Briefing
The U.S. lags on vaccines.
‘It’s a Godsend’: 9-Cent Taxi Rides in Rural South Korea
One county’s plan to help older, carless citizens stuck in remote villages proved wildly popular and has been copied across South Korea, revolutionizing public transportation in the countryside.
‘Field of Broken Dreams’: London’s Growing Taxi Graveyards
Confronted with deserted streets during the pandemic, drivers are turning in their rented black cabs by the hundreds.
Chinese City of Lanzhou Orders Taxi Drivers to Remove Tattoos
Officials in Lanzhou said tattooed drivers could “cause distress” to passengers. The order has revived a debate over stigmatized body art.
He Drove Her to the Hospital. She Gave Him the Coronavirus.
Taxi and bus drivers are on the forefront of the spread of the coronavirus in Asia, even as a tourism downturn hurts their business.