Brad Newsham – travel writer, taxi driver, and the guy on that Toyota Prius Taxi commercial, gives a free ride to one person every shift he drives, and then he writes about the experience on his blog.

Excerpt:

HER ORDER COMES TO ME via cabulous.com, and less than three minutes later she’s in my backseat, singing the praises of cabulous.com:

“Just now I decided I needed a cab, I looked on the cabulous map and saw you three blocks away… I touched my finger to the little icon for your cab… Fifteen seconds later my phone rings and I’m talking to you… On my screen I followed you coming down Mission Street… Three blocks away…two blocks away…and here you are — it’s brilliant!”

Me: “Do you use cabulous a lot?”

For the rest of the story, read Brad’s blog, Free Ride Journal. It’s a cool story.

Brad drives for SF Green Cab, home to some of the coolest drivers in San Francisco.

Here’s the Toyota Prius commercial Brad was in: