Taxis
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Madela Anez de Walsh dies after Ballston pedestrian crash
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Madela Anez de Walsh, the 76-year-old Arlington woman who was struck by a cab while she walked in Ballston on Wednesday morning, has died, Arlington Police officials say.
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Arlington Co. considers adding more taxi cabs
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Hailing a cab in Arlington could soon get easier. The county is considering beefing up its taxi fleet.
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Uber fare minimum legislation dropped until November
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Saying that she is "flabbergasted but flexible" about Uber car service in the District, D.C. Councilmember Mary Cheh says she's tabling the proposed fare minimum legislation until November.
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D.C. taxi gas surcharge expiring Wednesday
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The $1 surcharge that taxis in the District has been charging since March of last year due to high gas prices will finally be allowed to expire this Wednesday at midnight.
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Taxi customers claim drivers assaulted them
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According to records from the D.C. Taxi Cab Commission, at least a dozen people have recently filed claims alleging that their taxi driver assaulted them.
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Documents: Taxi cab passengers file assault complaints against drivers
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Records obtained from the D.C. Taxi Cab Commission show a number of complaints filed by passengers alleging assault at the hands of their drivers.
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D.C. taxi fare hike
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The fare hike is intended to bring taxicab revenues and average prices for riders to levels similar to those before May 2008, when the District moved from a zone-based fare system to a meter-based system.
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Ted Loza, former D.C. official, released from prison
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A former District of Columbia official who pleaded guilty to accepting money in a bribery case involving the city's taxicab industry has been released after spending eight months in prison.
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New D.C. taxi fare hike expected
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Officials are expecting taxi rides in the District of Columbia to soon be more expensive.
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D.C. Taxicab Commission proposes panic buttons for passengers
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The D.C. Taxicab Commission has proposed installing panic buttons for passengers in the wake of several alleged assaults by D.C. cab drivers.
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Free cab rides offered on St. Patrick's Day
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A nonprofit organization is offering free cab rides to St. Patrick's Day revelers in the Washington area to help curb drunken driving.
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Kevin Stoddard gets 30 years for armed taxi robberies
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A D.C. man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for a series of armed robberies of taxi drivers in May and June of 2009.
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Abdul Kamus sentenced to one year in prison
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Abdul Kamus pleaded guilty in 2010 to charges of bribery and conspiracy to commit bribery.
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D.C. taxi rider surcharge proposed
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A bill is proposed that would impose a 50 cent per ride surcharge to help cab owners pay for a list of demands, including credit card readers and GPS systems in all cabs.
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D.C. taxicab survey: 94 percent support proposed changes
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According to a new survey three out of four residents called D.C. taxis poor or fair. But D.C. Councilmember Mary Cheh plans to change that.
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Cheh survey shows D.C. residents unhappy with cabs
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A survey released Thursday showed that District residents are overwhelmingly unhappy about the city's taxicab services.
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Is Uber illegal or just competition?
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A Virginia limo driver Friday was fined $2,000, his Lincoln town car was impounded in a southwest lot after the head of the D.C. Taxicab Commission, Ron Linton, set him up using Uber.
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D.C. taxi rates increasing
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Taxi rates in the District are increasing and surprisingly, a lot of taxi drivers are furious.
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