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....
ABC 7 | Posted 08.30.2009 | Chicago
A cab ride in Chicago could cost you more if taxi drivers get their way. ...
Huffington Post | Posted 08.22.2009 | Chicago
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...
Chicago Tribune | Jon Hilkevitch | Posted 07.23.2009 | Chicago
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...
CBS 2 | Dave Savini | Posted 05.01.2009 | Chicago
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...
Chicago Tribune | Emily S. Achenbaum | Posted 01.01.2009 | Chicago
Thousands of holiday travelers leaving O'Hare International Airport found plenty of cabs waiting in line outside the airport Sunday, despite the decis...
AP | Posted 12.27.2008 | Chicago
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...
STNG | Posted 12.14.2008 | Chicago
The extra 50-cent surcharge being added to Chicago cab fares will expire early Friday morning. City Consumer Services Commissioner Norma Reyes announ...
Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 12.12.2008 | Chicago
Chicago taxicab fares are about to drop for the second time in two weeks. But passengers may soon have a more difficult time finding a cab. The two-t...
Crain's Chicago Business | Lorene Yue | Posted 12.07.2008 | Chicago
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...
Chicago Public Radio | Tasha Flournoy | Posted 12.01.2008 | Chicago
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...
Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 11.30.2008 | Chicago
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...
Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 11.28.2008 | Chicago
On Halloween morning, Chicago will wake up to some consumer news that is not scary, for a change: The cost of riding in a cab is going down. At 12:01...
Posted 11.01.2008 | Chicago
UPDATE Cab fares will increase in 2009, the first price hike in four years, a top mayoral aide told the Sun-Times Wednesday. "We have given taxi dr...
Chicago Sun-Times | MARY WISNIEWSKI | Posted 10.07.2009 | Chicago