Taxi’s are a big part of big city life. Those of us from the Tri-States have been, at some point, to downtown Chicago (or another big city – if not you should really get out more…). Traveling down the sidewalk and looking into the street you probably think “glad I’m not driving in that mess of cars.” Chances are that you have experienced crazy taxi drivers without the comfort of a vehicle protecting you from getting hit. Several Taxi drivers that I’ve witnessed don’t much care for the laws of the road as they almost hit pedestrians as if they think a red light means go.
If you think about going back to Chicago in the near-ish future, you better be prepared to be hit by a whole lot bigger Taxi as the truck of the year – Ford Transit - has high hopes to make a debut as a Taxi within the next couple of years.
In addition to having more cargo and leg space, the Transit Taxi is working on offering a rear entertainment package for customers that will have a screen displaying stock quotes, weather conditions and cab fare among other things. In addition, it will offer a credit-card swipe pay station for passengers. Last, Ford promises that the taxi will be available with a version of Ford Work Solutions that includes high-speed internet.
Begs the question, is this a cab or a limo?
The Transit Connect Taxi goes into production this year and will available as a 2011 model.
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