Chicago Taxis

Consumer Protection Commissioner Proposes Hikes In Taxicab Fares, Lease Prices

Posted 12.25.2011

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The commissioner of the Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection has begun the first overhaul to taxicab regulation in Chicago in nearly...

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Chicago Cracks Down On Dangerous Cab Drivers

Posted 11.23.2011

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After cab drivers were involved in two separate fatal collisions this summer in Chicago, city officials moved to crack down on some of the most danger...

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New App Warns Users Of Smelly Taxis, Cabbies

Posted 10.19.2011

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They say that entrepreneurial inspiration can come from just about anywhere, but for 32-year-old Chicago-based smartphone app developer Adam Saffro, i...

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One Killed, Two Injured In Streeterville Cab Crash

Posted 08.27.2011

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One pedestrian is dead and two others were seriously injured after a taxi cab lost control and swerved into a wall near the intersection of Illinois S...

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City To Help Taxi Companies Buy Green Vehicles

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 06.23.2011

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Chicago is hoping to make its taxi fleet a bit more green, so on Earth Day, it launched a new program to help the industry buy cost-effective hybrid a...

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Fix The Budget By Hiking Cab Fares?

Chicago Sun-Times | Grits for Breakfast | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chicago Taxi Surcharge, Chicago Budget Crisis, Chicago Taxis, Carrie Austin, Chicago City Council, Chicago, Illinois, Ed Burke, Chicago Budget, Chicago News

Chicago taxicab riders would pay a $1-a-ride surcharge, but the $70 million raised by the fee would go to the city budget -- not struggling cabbies --...

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Taxi Driver Driven To Write Chicago Mystery Novel

Chicago Sun-Times | Queens Crap | Posted 05.25.2011

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Let's just tell it like it is: Jack Clark started out as a hack writer who was better at driving a cab than meeting deadlines for the Chicago Reader. ...

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Robber Uses GPS-Equipped Cab For Getaway, Is Immediately Caught

Chicago Tribune | Posted 05.25.2011

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A 40-year-old convicted armed robber with a long rap sheet went back into business but this time made the mistake of using as his getaway vehicle a ta...

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Cab Fuel Surcharge Going Back Into Effect

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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The city's $0.50 taxicab fuel surcharge is going back into effect one minute after midnight, officials announced Wednesday. After seven straight days...

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1 In 5 Cab Drivers Assaulted On The Job: UIC Survey

Chicago Sun-Times | MARY WISNIEWSKI | Posted 05.25.2011

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When Hong "Steve" Kim, 50, a cabdriver from Humboldt Park, got robbed at gunpoint in his cab a few years ago, the assailant told him he was lucky....

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City Cracking Down On Unlicensed Cab Drivers

Chicago Tribune | Jon Hilkevitch | Posted 05.25.2011

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"Jerzy," a rogue taxi driver, sauntered through door 1D on the lower level of O'Hare International Airport like he owned the place....

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The Country's First Cab Vomit Law?

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chicago could become the first major city in the country with a puking ordinance if cab drivers get their way. Chicago taxi drivers proposed a packag...

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Taxi Fuel Surcharge Expiring At Midnight

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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The on-again, off-again taxi fuel surcharge is expiring yet again at midnight, the city's Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection annou...

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Taxi Fuel Surcharge Going Back Into Effect

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Only three weeks after expiring, Chicago's taxi fuel surcharge is coming back Thursday at 12:01 a.m., the city's Department of Business Affairs and Co...

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Cabbies Want Fare Increase

ABC 7 | Posted 05.25.2011

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A cab ride in Chicago could cost you more if taxi drivers get their way. ...

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Taxi Fuel Surcharge Being Phased Out

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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The city could eliminate the 50-cent taxi fuel surcharge Friday, ABC 7 reports. The surcharge is added when gas prices top $2.70 per gallon. It's rem...

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Chicago Cabs Getting New York-Style Credit Card Touch Screens

Chicago Tribune | Jon Hilkevitch | Posted 05.25.2011

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The refusal of some Chicago taxicab drivers to accept credit cards leads to hundreds of complaints to city officials each year, ranking third behind r...

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Four Tips for a Great Taxi Ride (or Anything Else You Want)

Lisa Earle McLeod | Posted 11.17.2011

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People like to bemoan the dearth of customer service in America. But is there anything you can do to get better service in out there in the cold cruel world of indifference?

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Cabbies Assault Passengers For Paying With Credit Cards

CBS 2 | Dave Savini | Posted 05.25.2011

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Cab riders held prisoner, assaulted and even ripped off - all because of how they wanted to pay their fare. There have been thousands of complaints ag...

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Thousands Of Cab Drivers Strike, But Impact Slim

Chicago Tribune | Emily S. Achenbaum | Posted 05.25.2011

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Thousands of holiday travelers leaving O'Hare International Airport found plenty of cabs waiting in line outside the airport Sunday, despite the decis...

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Chicago Cab Drivers Seek 16% Fare Increase, Threaten Strike

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chicago cab drivers say they'll strike for 24 hours starting Sunday because of concern over fares. Many protested outside of Chicago's City Hall on T...

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Cab Fares To Drop Friday As Gas Surchage Expires

STNG | Posted 05.25.2011

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The extra 50-cent surcharge being added to Chicago cab fares will expire early Friday morning. City Consumer Services Commissioner Norma Reyes announ...

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Cab Surcharge Could End Next Week

Crain's Chicago Business | Lorene Yue | Posted 05.25.2011

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Look for cab fares to drop next week if gasoline prices keep falling. The current 50-cent taxicab fuel surcharge could disappear Nov. 14 if gas price...

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Some Chicago Cabs Haven't Reduced Surcharge

Chicago Public Radio | Tasha Flournoy | Posted 05.25.2011

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A $1 fuel surcharge in Chicago taxi cabs is supposed to drop to 50 cents today. But several cabbies still haven't reduced the fee. None of the handfu...

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Cabbies Threaten To Strike

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Furious that Chicago taxicab fares are going down -- not up -- cabdrivers on Thursday gave Mayor Daley a two-week ultimatum: Support a 16 percent fare...

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