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https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2026/04/15/chicago-cab-fare-hike-rideshare-lyft-uber Chicago cab fares going up 20% as City Council tries to buoy taxi industry - Chicago Sun-Times Apr 15, 2026 - John Moberg, president of Checker, Yellow and American United Cab, says the hike is long overdue but argues that the industry still needs a level playing field... cab farescity counciltaxi industrysun timeschicago https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2026/04/13/chicago-taxicab-fares-increase-20-percent-lyft-uber Council committee backs raising Chicago cab fares 20% to save taxi industry - Chicago Sun-Times Apr 14, 2026 - The fare hike would be the city's first in a decade. It's desperately needed to accommodate the “high cost of everything,” from insurance to fuel prices, said... council committeecab farestaxi industrysun timesbacks https://www.wbez.org/politics/2026/04/17/chicago-cabbies-conflicted-about-fare-hike-intended-to-save-dying-taxi-industry Chicago cabbies conflicted about fare hike intended to save taxi industry - WBEZ Chicago Apr 17, 2026 - The 20% increase, the city's first cab fare hike in a decade, aims to help cabdrivers facing competition with Uber and Lyft, amid skyrocketing gas prices and... fare hiketaxi industrychicagocabbiesconflicted https://www.vox.com/2014/5/28/11627354/travis-kalanick-uber-is-raising-more-money-to-fight-lyft-and-the Travis Kalanick: Uber Is Raising More Money to Fight Lyft and the “Asshole” Taxi Industry | Vox May 28, 2014 - “We’re in a political campaign, and the candidate is Uber and the opponent is an asshole named Taxi.” travis kalanicktaxi industryuberraisingmoney