Results tagged “yellowcab”

Hell hath no fury like a cab driver handed an American Express card. Technically-speaking, cabbies are supposed to allow payment with credit card; however, we suspect that, technically-speaking, many of you out there have gotten into arguments - or have been flat-out refused a ride - because you tried to pay with plastic. But taxicab travel is set to improve immediately now that New York-based Creative Mobile Technologies and Chicago's Taxi Medallion Management, home of the 2,600 cars of the Yellow, Checker, and Blue Diamond fleets, are beginning to install touch-screens as part of a ten-year deal signed last December. more ›

Despite what some people think, we've lived here long enough to know when a cabbie is starting to give us the runaround. And now we just nip it in the bud. We call out the Lower Wacker route before they start to pull some other crap. We tell them to take Ashland instead of going all the way east to Lake Shore Drive. But there's one thing we have never been really strong on —... more ›

"Cart Rouge" via pantagrapher. more ›

"Hello, is Chiquita there?" via The Looper in Contribute. more ›

Back in May Chicagoist reported that Chicago cab drivers were gathering signatures for a petition to ask the city council to approve a fare hike. Well, today they presented the petition containing 1,900 signatures - that's 11% of the city's cab drivers. more ›