From Mr. Tang today:
“Here is a story “Where to”, and the incident (2/28/09) was posted on the EveryBlock.com
According to the arrest report obtained from the court:
EVENT# 01630 IN SUMMARY, RO’S WERE FLAGGED DOWN BY VICTIM WHO WAS STANDING IN FRONT OF THE LISTED VEHICLE STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT AT CLARK/ADDISON. VICTIM STATED [...]
“If you need some general ideas of crimes related to taxi, please check out EveryBlock, You may sort either sort by crime type or place.The incidents listed on the EveryBlock are from the CPD directly. Now, the arrest rate is very low, and most incidents are considered to be “minor” ones. Normally, you can verify an [...]
At the request of Barb Kabrick we are posting her comment regarding our project:
“Kara,
Just last night a taxi driver in Norfolk, Virginia called me to report that he was robbed at gunpoint. He was hoping I would be able to somehow alert the local and surrounding cab companies of the incident so that they could be [...]
Last night I took a cab in San Francisco to a dinner. I as usual ended up chatting with the cab driver. I mentioned to him about CabbieTalk and what we were thinking of doing. I primarily wanted to get his feedback about the concept and if he would be willing to contribute to such [...]
What keeps coming up now as we research and continue getting more feedback from cabbies is the amount of violence cabbies deal with. K. Weiszhaar from The Taxi News brought this up in his post regarding our project:
“What is the overall goal of this project? What piques your interest in taxi drivers and/or the taxi industry. I used [...]
One of the first people to respond to my post regarding this project to the Yahoo taxi group was
Yi Tang. Mr. Tang is the director of the Chicago Professional Taxicab Drivers’ Association (CPTDA), is originally from China, and has been a Chicago cabbie for twenty years. He didn’t just e-mail me back, he called, left a message and [...]
Since posting our CabbieTalk idea as part of the UC Berkeley Human Rights Center Mobile Challenge we have gotten some great ideas from various folks on different online Taxi groups and inquisitive conversations with cabbies in the SF Bay Area. We’ll be filing those here as we develop the project. But first, CabbieTalk you ask?
Here [...]