Yellow Cab's San Antonio Shuffle

Cab conglomerate calls out-of-town cabs to Austin, but did it get the city's OK first?

"...If you hail a taxi through Yellow Cab this weekend, chance stands you may know the local..."

June 10, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

New Cab Company Sued: Fender Bender or Blood on the Highway?

Will a suit against Lone Star Cab delay awarding a new taxi franchise?

"...took an unexpected turn Friday, April 13, as Austin Cab Co. sued Solomon Kassa, whose Lone Star Cab Co...."

April 18, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Death Cab for Cutie’s Two-Hour Sprawl

Epic first performance of a two-night Moody Theater stand

"...LiveJournal entries, etc. Starting in the late Nineties, Death Cab for Cutie famously provided the score for rocky adolescence...."

Sept. 22, 2015 Music Post by Libby Webster

Reviving Austin's Cab Industry

ATX Co-op Taxi splits the difference between traditional taxis and ridesharing

"...street like it was 1995 to get a frickin' cab."..."

April 28, 2017 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Cab Drivers Look Toward the Future

"...The longtime cabbie, who immigrated to Austin from Ethiopia by way of..."

May 13, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

TCRP Sues Uber, Lyft, Yellow Cab

Alleges the companies failed to serve wheelchair-bound customers

"...the 30, the TCRP named Austin taxi giant Yellow Cab and transportation network companies Uber and Lyft, the three..."

Aug. 8, 2014 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Council: Call Me a (Lone Star) Cab!

Hailing 'unique' business model, City Council chooses city's newest taxi franchise

"...new taxi franchise and 55 permits to Lone Star Cab Co., bucking staff and commission recommendations that rival Capital..."

April 13, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Cab Co-op Starts Its Engines

Union-backed franchise launches with 30 drivers

"...the city, said that initial deployment should be 30 cabs, with another 150 going online in October, and potentially..."

Oct. 7, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Council Preview: City Manager Review, Cab Vote, and More

Controversial items hit the dais this week

"...and final readings to renew franchise agreements with Austin Cab and Yellow Cab for five years. Council Member Bill..."

May 28, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

What About an Employee Owned and Operated Cab Company?

"...“Beside the Point” [News] about controversy regarding the taxi cab permits of Roy's Taxis, and whether to give its..."

May 2, 2006 Postmarks

Council Extends Cab Contracts

Council approves cab franchise extension

"...will extend the current agreement with the pre-existing three taxicab franchises for another five years, as well as grant..."

June 12, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

What About 'Best Cab Driver'?

"...request is this: Why is there not a "Best Cab Driver" category in the Chronicle's “Best of Austin ?..."

Oct. 16, 2012 Postmarks

Cab Franchise's Bumpy Road Continues

Cab decision keeps puttering along

"...ever. Martinez led the insurgency awarding the franchise to cab co-op Lone Star, while Dunkerley, a former city staffer..."

April 19, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Hailing a Cab

"...will do. At night, you can tell if the cab is loaded by the yellow lights on top of..."

Aug. 29, 2005 Postmarks

Last Week in Live Music: Death Cab for Cutie, Flogging Molly, Margo Price, and More

"...Death Cab For Cutie at ACL Live on Feb.ruary 9, 2023..."

Feb. 14, 2023 Photo Gallery

Blind Leading the Sighted

Yellow Cab of Austin has become an employment option for people who are visually impaired

"...Ever wonder what it's really like at a taxicab company? If you're old enough to remember the TV..."

June 9, 2006 News Feature by R.U. Steinberg

Naked City

The taxi co-op's bid for a franchise comes at "the worst possible time."

"...With the number of taxicabs already on Austin streets exceeding customer demand, the City..."

Nov. 28, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Propositions for a Taxicab Petition

Yellow Cab contests proposed co-op by exposing "silent majority"

"...Tensions between the taxicab franchises and its drivers’ local union are on the..."

May 13, 2015 News Post by Chase Hoffberger

Night On Earth

"...brief, impressionistic relationship between a taxi driver and the cab passenger as they “share the space of the cab..."

May 22, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Daily Hustle: 5/25/10

Cab compromise driven to council

"...final reading are franchise renewals for Austin’s two largest cab franchises – Yellow Cab, the biggest franchise with 400-plus..."

May 25, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Goodbye Solo

This small marvel of a film by American portraitist Ramin Bahrani is a large-hearted examination of human curiosity and kindness and the limits of both.

"...of the brief bond that forms between a Senegalese cab driver named Solo (Savané) and his frequent passenger, 70-year-old..."

May 8, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

My Life's in Turnaround

"...barely have lives. Splick's exploits as a New York cab driver are outbizarred only by his attempts to get..."

Aug. 29, 1994 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Night and Day

"...the earth. Julie loves Jack (Langmann) who drives a cab by night. The two spend their days in bed,..."

Feb. 26, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

My Son the Fanatic

"...25 years in England, working hard and driving a cab. He's happy to do what life deems necessary in..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Keep Calm and Party On

Everything you need to know to navigate SXSW Film

"...for walking, and when it's time to hail a cab? You've got questions, and we've got every answer you..."

March 4, 2013 Screens Post

Bella

This two-person character study features lovely performances that are models of restraint in what otherwise might have been a soppy melodrama.

"...Rodriguez. Bella is, indeed, a beautiful film. The bustling, cab-crowded thoroughfares of New York City have rarely looked as..."

Oct. 26, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

My Best Friend

An antiques dealer is more at home with his silent artifacts than with his fellow Parisians, until a cabbie teaches him the basics of social interaction.

"...world, the hapless François enlists the help of a cab driver named Bruno (Boon) to show him the basics..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Half Nelson

Ryan Gosling's bleakly hopeful turn as crack-addicted teacher Dan in Half Nelson is matched only by the smoldering realism of newcomer Shareeka Epps.

"...as though he just stepped out of a Death Cab for Cutie song, Gosling is the emo Brad Pitt...."

Sept. 15, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Dr. Lamb

"...Killer, the film follows the gory exploits of disturbed cab driver Lam Gor-Yu, a twisted psychopath who spends his..."

Aug. 25, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Warlock: The Armageddon

"...bloody wake (his hostile takeover of a Yellow Checker Cab and its driver is a nice touch). Hickox unfortunately..."

Oct. 1, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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