Last week, the mothership Gothamist covered a new pilot program in New York City focusing on cab shares. While cab share fares are in place here in Chicago, it's a very limited number program. Something closer to the experimental NYC program, though, could be making it's way here soon, according to the Sun-Times. more ›

After all that huffing, puffing, and striking, it turns out cab drivers may not get that fare hike they've been after all this time.

Norma Reyes, commissioner of the city's newly merged Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Services, said Thursday that circumstances have changed in the weeks and months since she promised to push through Chicago's first cab fare hike in four years. more ›