Mears Transportation Group Southampton New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission Queensland Transport Pingtung County (Taiwan) Police Bureau Toronto Bridlington, East Yorkshire City of Chicago

Mears Transportation Group

Mears Transportation Group is widely regarded as one of the finest passenger transportation companies in the United States. Anyone visiting the Orlando area who has had the opportunity to ride in one of their many taxis, shuttles or coaches will have appreciated the high levels of professionalism and courtesy displayed by their drivers. In 2008, Mears saw a sudden increase in the incidents of threats, and actual violence, against their taxi drivers. Providing their taxi drivers with the safest and most secure workplace was seen by Mears as an investment rather than a cost.

Southampton

Southampton is the United Kingdom’s highest profile cruise liner terminal. Cunard and the ‘Queen’ liners are synonymous with Southampton. As such, the city presents a first impression of the country to foreign cruise passengers visiting the UK. It is a moderate size city of 260,000 with a large, transient student population and close proximity to many highly popular holiday areas.

New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission

New York City was one of the first cities in North America to mandate cameras in its taxis and for-hire vehicles (FHVs). The NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) introduced its original safety camera specification in 2000 and cameras quickly became the preferred item of safety equipment for the FHVs. In 2007, the TLC updated their camera specifications to take advantage of the latest advances in camera technology, increasing the number of images by a factor of 10, and greatly increasing the resolution and the image quality of the night images. In 2008, with approximately 20,000 cameras installed, New York has more cameras than any other city. The number of incidents of taxi crime is also one of the lowest in the world.