Free Rides in Broadway Cabs Today!

Portland, Oregon’s Broadway Cab company is offering free rides around downtown today from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to help celebrate the new “eco-friendly” cars added to their fleet. That’s right, Broadway Cab is rolling out six Toyota Prius hybrid compacts, and may eventually replace half of its fleet with hybrid vehicles. Cities like New York, San Francisco and Vancouver, B. C. actually have regulations in place that require high-mileage or hybrid taxis in order to cut their city’s carbon emissions. Others cities like Boulder and Baltimore have some hybrids in place. Bravo to Broadway Cab for getting the ball rolling in Portland, hopefully paving the way for more and more hybrid taxis to come!