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Strange fares from a taxi driver's journal: in 24 years of driving a cab, he saw it all, from paranoid kooks to helpful bank robbers to a medical miracle From 1973 to 1997, on and off both days and nights, I drove taxis on the streets of San Francisco. On an average ten-hour shift, I would drive about ......(Continue Reading) Controlled Public Transport Fares in the Developing World: Help or Hindrance to the Urban Poor? THIS FEATURE DRAWS ON THE EXPERIENCES OF CAIRO, EGYPT, AND ARGUES THAT FROZEN PUBLIC TRANSPORT FARES HAVE HURT RATHER THAN BENEFITED CERTAIN SEGMENTS OF THE POOR AND CONTRIBUTED TO A GENERAL DETERIOR...(Continue Reading)McLetchie: more questions in taxi fares controversy Pressure mounts BY all accounts, Scottish Tory leader David McLetchie has not had an enjoyable holiday in New Zealand. Instead of relaxing with his family, he has taken phone calls from his spin doctor about his...(Continue Reading)
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