- July 9, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
CHICAGO (CBS) — As people get back to work, they are surprised how expensive it can be to get around. Prices for ridesharing are spiking, and that is driving people back to a more traditional form of transportation — taxis.
Cabbies say business is making a slow comeback.
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When Brian Jones was getting ready to hail his own cab outside of O’Hare International Airport, he said it was his first time in years.
“This is my first time since I was a kid,” he said.
He was one of at least a dozen who said the same.
“I’m actually busier than I’ve ever been, ever, in eight years,” said taxi cab driver William Ainsworth.
He said waiting in the taxi line at O’Hare is quicker than ever.
“The worst we’d wait four hours for a trip,” he said.
Now he said he waits about half an hour.
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