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City Council lowers minimum affiliated taxi cabs from 40 to 10 in code update
Summary
Council approved amendments to Alexandria’s taxi-cab code to modernize dispatch requirements and reduce the minimum affiliated‑cab threshold from 40 to 10, a change staff said will allow smaller companies to operate and reflects market realities.
Alexandria City Council on Nov. 5 approved code amendments to its taxicab licensing rules to reflect changing market conditions for taxi companies.
Sheila McGraw, the city's parking and curbside manager, told council staff proposed two principal changes: reduce the minimum number of affiliated cabs a company must hold from 40 to 10, and revise prescriptive dispatch…
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