Taxi and Limousine Services

Taxicab ruling: Mile High Cab wins Supreme Court case, gets another shot at licenses

The 2011 feature "Mean Streets" described allegations of discrimination and abuse at Yellow Cab, the city's oldest taxi company, as well as detailing taxi drivers' inability to find alternatives because the state's Public Utilities Commission made it nearly impossible to start new cab companies. But ... More >>

Cab companies may have bungled insurance for injured drivers, court rules

Call it the latest legal frontier in the city's cab wars. A recent Colorado Court of Appeals decision, reinstating a severely injured Denver Yellow Cab driver's lawsuit against the company's insuror for allegedly failing to offer him adequate insurance, may open the door for similar claims by othe ... More >>

Yellow Cab takes a hit in arbitrator's decision on racism case

In the summer of 2010, 21 past and present Yellow Cab drivers -- all African immigrants -- filed a lawsuit in federal court, charging that the taxi company had favored American drivers and billed plaintiffs for questionable fees. The lawsuit was dismissed at the request of the filers after Yellow Ca ... More >>

Public Utilities Commission, embroiled in taxi controversies, faces state audit

​Folks who have tried to start taxi companies in Denver -- an industry long fraught with controversy -- often butt heads with the Public Utilities Commission, the body charged with regulating cabs. Lately, PUC officials seem to swing back and forth as to whether the city needs more taxis, and ... More >>

Taxi controversy: PUC denies 300 new cabs, but is there data to back up the move?

​Yesterday the Colorado Public Utilities Commission reversed PUC Judge Paul Gomez's March ruling to allow 300 more cabs in Denver streets. Gomez's ruling was divisive because he had earlier denied a politically fraught attempt by local drivers to start Mile High Cab, saying Denver didn't need ... More >>

Taxis at Denver International Airport: Officials say cab-shortage experience doesn't add up

​Last Saturday, a DIA cab porter told me that as of 11:30 p.m., the airport was essentially out of cabs and that me and my family would have to consider other options, such as renting a car or spending the night in the concourse. But according to DIA Media Relations Director Jenny Schiavone, t ... More >>

Taxis at Denver International Airport: How a cab shortage nearly stranded my family all night

​It was 11:30 p.m. on Saturday night as my family lugged our suitcases to Denver International Airport's taxi stand for a ride home after a week-long trip. While we'd always parked at DIA in the past, we'd decided to skip the hassle and take local cabs, the topic of my Westword feature "Mean S ... More >>

Taxicab controversy: Mayor Bill Vidal asks PUC to nix 300 divisive new cabs

​The fight over how many taxicabs to allow in Denver, detailed in the November feature "Mean Streets," took a strange turn in March. After rejecting taxi drivers' application to start Mile High Cab because he said the market was saturated, PUC Judge Paul Gomez green-lit 300 other new Denver ca ... More >>

Taxicab controversy: PUC allows 300 new cabs after rejecting Mile High Cabs' request for 150

​Our November feature "Mean Streets" focused on the lengthy and fruitless attempts of local taxi drivers to start Mile High Cab. Last August, PUC judge Paul Gomez rejected Mile High's application because he deemed the Denver taxi market was at or near capacity. Now, however, he's approved 300 ... More >>

Taxicab regulations: Senator Ted Harvey introduces bill to deregulate industry

​The November cover story "Mean Streets" revealed allegations of discrimination and abuse at Yellow Cab, the city's oldest taxi company, and detailed how attempts to launch alternative companies have been stymied by Colorado's restrictive taxi regulations. That may change, however, since Senat ... More >>

Metro Taxi's $10,000 for Hick's inauguration payback for opposing Mile High Cab?

​November's "Mean Streets" detailed how politicians with ties to existing taxi companies -- Mayor John Hickenlooper among them -- stymied attempts to start new operations such as Mile High Cab. Now, Metro Taxi, which opposed Mile High Cab, has donated $10,000 to Hickenlooper's inauguration.

Yellow Cab controversy: New driver comes forward, says he lost job for reporting abuse

​Westword's recent cover story "Mean Streets" focused on East African immigrants who claim they were victims of abuse and discrimination at Yellow Cab, Denver's oldest cab company. But it turns out immigrants aren't the only Yellow Cab workers with complaints. Former Yellow Cab driver Doug Wen ... More >>

Yellow Cab controversy: Couple gives Nuggets seats to driver who couldn't afford tix for son

Ahmed Odawaay​Westword's recent cover story about alleged abuse and discrimination at Denver's Yellow Cab and complaints about the regulatory system that's supposed to prevent such issues has generated heated debate, as well as one unique response: After reading the story, a Greeley couple dec ... More >>

Yellow Cab controversy: Company president Brad Whittle slams Westword story in memo

​Brad Whittle, president of the company that operates Yellow Cab in Denver, refused to comment for last week's cover story, "Mean Streets," in which former taxi drivers described alleged abuse and discrimination at the operation. But after the story came out, Whittle apparently weighed in on t ... More >>

Denver taxicab controversy: Read Yellow Cab lawsuit alleging discrimination and abuse

​Last week's cover story, "Mean Streets," detailed allegations of discrimination, abuse, assault and bribery at Yellow Cab, Denver's oldest taxicab company. The accusations came to light courtesy of a federal lawsuit filed last summer by 21 former Yellow Cab drivers -- the details of which you ... More >>

Mean Streets

Some Denver taxi drivers say they've been taken for a ride by their employers

Taxicab confession: Won't someone pick up Adam Cayton-Holland?

Letters to the Editor

From the week of July 14, 2005

Captured by Gypsies

Queenie and the Jester take a ride.

The Long Drive

ProTAXI could spell relief for Denver cabbies.

Best Actor in a Drama

Charles Weldon
Jitney

Best Ride

Yellow Cab Limousine

Off Limits

Sic transit gloria

Calhoun

Location, Location, Location

Motion to Dismiss

Should Judge Lynne Hufnagel be benched? Ask the bankrupt cabbies, bullied witnesses and banished lawyers who've tasted her bitter brand of justice.