March 29 at 6:48 p.m.
Filed under:
Investigations,
Regulations
By Chicago Tribune
Taxis move across Van Buren Street in downtown Chicago, Jan. 3, 2011. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune)
By John Byrne | Taxi companies have agreed to pay the city of Chicago more than $1 million in fines and to upgrade their fleets after the city accused them of illegally using rebuilt or salvaged vehicles as cabs.
As part of a settlement, cab mogul Simon Garber and his business partners agreed to pay $839,320 in fines and court costs for using 183 salvaged or rebuilt vehicles as taxicabs in violation of a city ordinance, according to a press release from the city Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection. Get the full story »
Jan. 21 at 4:55 p.m.
Filed under:
Autos,
Energy,
Green,
Tourism,
Transportation
By Julie Wernau
One of a dozen Yellow Cabs in Chicago that will run on compressed natural gas. (Yellow Cab)
Starting in March, if you stick out your hand to hail a cab in Chicago, the taxi you get might not run on gasoline.
That’s because Taxi Medallion Management, which operates Yellow Cabs in Chicago, is introducing 12 Ford Transit Connect taxi cabs into its fleet that run on compressed natural gas -– a fuel that emits 30 percent fewer greenhouse gas emissions that traditional gasoline but requires special pumping stations. Get the full story »
