Links...
If you want to know something about the Taxi industry then the links on this page should help - but be careful: as any taxi driver can tell you, not everyone claiming to speak for the industry has ever spent much time behind the wheel. In fact most of the people controlling Australian taxis have never been Cabbies at all, which goes a long way to explaining why the industry is the way it is...
To learn more about any of the Australian regional associations just click on the relevant state or territory on the map. And if you've any links you thinks should be added to this page drop us a line at links@tda.net.au.
Australian Government Regulators
IPART make recommendations to the NSW government on taxi fares. The TDA has been working for the past six years to have them include driver's costs in the assessment of how much a NSW taxi can charge. Even after all this time IPART still hasn't given a good reason for refusing these...
ACT Dept. of Territory & Municipal Services
S.A. Public Transport Division
Cabbie-Friendly Sites
This forum was created by ATDA Vice-President Ross Nelson in 2004 as part of a successful campaign against the imposition on Sydney taxi drivers of a stupid "No Destination Dispatch" scheme. At times this forum is just like the web once was - a wild place where pretty much anything goes and free speech reigns supreme. Not for the faint hearted or easily offended, "No Desto" is a place where cabbies can tell it as they see it, and ideas are exchanged without hot air or censorship.
The man of lettuce Adrian Neylan and his definitive taxi blog. As close as you can get to driving a cab at night without having to smell the passengers - an experience any night driver will testify is probably best left to the imagination.
OzCabs is the Australian Taxi Yahoo discussion group. The majority of members are drivers, but there are also a number of suppliers and depot managers. OzCabs welcomes anyone with an interest in the taxi industry.
Not only does Cabbiexpress support the ATDA, they also increase a cabbie's income. what more can we say - check them out for yourself!
Lest We Forget. This international memorial is part of the Taxi-Library site maintained by San Francisco cabbie Charles Rathbone, and a chilling reminder of just how dangerous taxi driving can be.
