24 hour Lease- $92.00
Gas- $40.00
Total Expenses – $132.00

Income
$15.90
$7.00
$9.50
$12.00
$8.00
$20.00
$17.00
$13.00
$10.00
$20.00
$40.45
$36.78

Total Income – $72.50 (minus 5% for credit cards)

24 Hour Lease

Expenses
Lease – $91.00
Gas – $50.00
Total Expenses = $141.00
Income from Fares
$9.00
$44.94 (credit card)
$43.26 (credit card)
$15.00
$10.00
$11.00
$10.00
$6.00
$19.00
$47.82 (credit card)
$8.70 (credit card)
$7.00
$14.00
$41.58 (credit card)
$8.94
Total Income = 337.82

Net Income = 196.82

Today I thought of creating some statistics for new taxi drivers looking to enter this industry. When I started driving in December 2010, I wished there was data available to me before I entered this industry. I don’t think that the data I’m about to gather has ever been tracked. So, in addition to my blog about the daily life of a Chicago can driver, I’m going to provide actual data that I hope will be helpful to those already in the industry and those who are contemplating entering into the industry as a Chicago Taxi Driver.

5-18-2011 – 1:24 p.m.

My day started of rather late. My last customer that I picked up at the Chicago Hilton Tuesday night, wanted to go to a casino. So I drove them to the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana. The fare was around $47.00. Since they were from Japan, and spoke very little English, I offered to stay at the casino until 4:00 a.m. for $25.00. At 4:00 a.m., they never called me. After waiting for another 15 minutes, I decided to leave and go to the garage to lease my cab for the next day. At 6:00 a.m. my Japanese customers called my cellphone. I let it ring to voicemail.

My first customer was a radio call going to the Cook County Building at 120 N. Clark. Traffic downtown was heavy and congested as usual. That trip was $20.00 (including tip). I realize that I don’t really want to work downtown because it causes me tension every time I do work downtown. After picking up another fair, I decided to come to O’hare airport. Here, I can at least blog during the wait time.