New technology will be installed in Chicago that will offer much relief to both passengers and taxi cab drivers. Creative Mobile Technologies is providing touch screens (free of charge) that allow passengers to pay with credit / debit cards in exchange for rights to generate revenue from advertising. Programming, including local Chicago news, sports, entertainment, restaurant listings and tourist information, is still in the works, along with advertising, said Jesse Davis, president of Creative Mobile Technologies.
Introduced earlier in New York City and Boston, the new touch-screen devices have been installed in 30 taxi cabs in Chicago, the first step in solving the third biggest complaint city officials receive each year – the refusal of some taxi drivers to accept credit cards – behind reckless driving and rude behavior.