New York City may have the Taxi of Tomorrow these days, but a new take on the classic Checker cab could soon be on the road. Checker Motor Cars of Haverhill, Mass., is planning to manufacture two ...

The Checker cab is coming back. Well, at least the brand is. A Massachusetts-based car parts company has secured the rights to use the classic trademark on cars, and it sounds like it’s going to do it ...

The Checker Cab—an exemplar of four-wheeled Americana—owes its existence to Russian emigrant Morris Markin. Born in Smolensk in 1893, Markin immigrated to the United States in his late teens. He ...

CRESSON - The Checker cab sits where it has for the last 30 years - surrounded by shinier models in an old metal barn. Dust covers its dashboard and rust dots its roof. Its radio hangs silent beside a ...

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- The last Checker cab took one final fare on the streets of New York City almost 20 years ago, in July of 1999. But today, about two dozen remain on the road -- where they are ...

United Cabs’ long-held stranglehold on the New Orleans market may soon be coming to an end. New Orleans Carriage Co., which arrived on the scene in November with 52 cabs, purchased Yellow Checker Cabs ...

Commentator Daniel Pinkwater recalls a Checker cab he once owned. He rode around with his large dogs. Occasionally, people would mistake the car for a real taxi. He tells about one old woman who ...

"I've loved Checkers ever since I was a little kid," Joe Fay says. The Naperville resident isn't referring to the board game. Fay has a passion for the Kalamazoo, Michigan, taxi-building company. One ...

The cab lumbers through the mists of time like a yellow-and-black-checked dinosaur, pulling to the curb with the majestic grace of a docking ocean liner. As you hop into a back seat seemingly big ...

Nashville has a crime rate of 6.8/10. Despite this rate being higher than the national average, it is still a popular place for tourists. But, when tourists visit, they typically end up Ubering home.