Change in licensing exam

Effective December 1, 2012, 

The public chauffeur license written examination will be administered by the City Colleges of Chicago, Olive-Harvey College.

So no more taking exam at Ogden Ave (Dept of consumer Services) Just one exam at Olive Harvey College.

"Starting December 2, 2012, applicants will be able to test once at the end of their course at Olive Harvey and once they’ve passed, may begin the licensing process at Ogden after 48 hours." - Chicago Dispatcher 11/14/2012

Taxi industry current info & updates

Fellow chauffeurs, as most of you know that there is newspaper published specially for the cabdrivers of Chicago. The name of the publication is CHICAGO DISPATCHER. This paper is free of cost to anyone and is available for pickup at most Indian/Pakistani restaurants in downtown Chicago. 

The website address if you what to read the paper online is  http://chicagodispatcher.com/ 

Also, most of the comments on the blog is asking to email them the copy of 100 routing questions! 

The routing questions and other stuff was first made available on this blog since the very first day. Click on the top sentence that says 
Chicago city taxi license information hub
Then scroll down and find the link says "CLICK HERE for 100 routing questions & POI.

Taxi Program is moving to Olive Harvey College from downtown

Well prospective chauffeurs there's some good and bad news. Effective June 2012 the 2 weeks taxi program from Harold Washington College is moving to Olive Harvey College on the south side of Chicago (103rd st and Stony Island). The good news is that there's  plenty of parking on the campus for cars so students can drive without worrying about parking. Anyway, the bad news is (from the rumors) the new revamped 2 week curriculum at new location is going to be somewhat harder than Harold Washington College. Please read the article for more information.

Thanks to the anonymous commenter 5/23/2012.

Click here for the article.