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Public Passenger Vehicle Licenses

Attribution: City of Chicago · source

A public passenger vehicle is a vehicle used for the transportation of passengers for hire by a public chauffeur. The list of public passenger vehicles includes licensed taxicabs (medallions), liveries, ambulances, medicars, charter-sightseeing buses, horse-drawn carriages, and pedicabs. For more information, please see https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/bacp/provdrs/vehic.html.

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Dataset Profile

15.8K
Total records
17
Columns
table
Type
ID: tfm3-3j95

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~15.8K rows · 17 columns

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Rows updated4 months ago · 5/13/2026
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Created on source5/21/2014
Published6/5/2014
Discovered3/11/2026, 8:37:39 AM
Last checked5/13/2026, 11:36:14 PM
Last changed3/11/2026, 8:37:39 AM
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Owner & Attribution

OwnerJonathan Levy
AuthorJonathan Levy
PublisherCity of Chicago

Metadata

FrequencyEvery hour between 7:30 am and 7:30pm
Data OwnerBusiness Affairs and Consumer Protection
Time PeriodCurrent
Changes and Other Historical Information Useful to Understanding This Datasethttps://www.google.com/search?q=site:data.cityofchicago.org/stories+"Related+dataset+ID+s"+"tfm3-3j95"

Schema (17 columns)

Column metadata from the source provider's own profiling

ColumnTypeCardinalityNullsTop ValuesRange
Vehicle Type
Type of Public Passenger Vehicle license issued
text15.8K0
TaxiLiveryCharter Sightseeing
Ambulance … Taxi
Public Vehicle Number
Assigned License Number. For Taxi type licenses, this number is also the corresponding medallion number.
number15.8K0
123
0 … 6902206
Status
Status of the license.
text15.8K0
ACTIVEVIOLATIONINACTIVE
ACTIVE … VIOLATION
Vehicle Make
Make of the vehicle associated with the license.
text15.8K960
TOYOTAFORDLINCOLN
ACURA … YODER
Vehicle Model
Model of the vehicle associated with the license.
text15.8K1.0K
CAMRYPRIUSSUBURBAN
102C3 … YUKON XL
Vehicle Model Year
Model year of the vehicle associated with the license.
number15.8K985
202320142013
0 … 2026
Vehicle Color
Color of the vehicle associated with the license.
text15.8K1.0K
WHITEBLACKYELLOW
AQUA … YELLOW/BLUE
Vehicle Fuel Source
Type of fuel used by the vehicle associated with the license.
text15.8K0
GasolineHybridPedal
Bio-Diesel … Pedal
Wheelchair Accessible
Only applies to Taxi type licenses. Yes or No to indicate if the taxi vehicle is a wheelchair accessible vehicle (WAV) or not.
text15.8K0
NY
N … Y
Company Name
The legal owner/holder of the license.
text15.8K0
CITY OF CHICAGO BACPSUPERIOR AIR-GROUND D M LIMO INC.
1083 NEW EXP … ZZZAR NATION
Address
Company address
text15.8K847
5550 N. ELSTON AVE.3800 N. MILWAUKEE AV9696 W. FOSTER AVE.
00000 N. NO … 9982 S. ANDE
City
Company city
text15.8K847
CHICAGOELMHURSTSKOKIE
BARRINGTON … TINLEY PARK
State
Company state
text15.8K847
IL
IL … IL
ZIP Code
Company ZIP Code
text15.8K847
606306064160656
60007 … 61111
Taxi Affiliation
Only applies to Taxi type licenses. The association the taxi vehicle is affiliated with.
text15.8K8.8K
DIS-AFFILIATEDIndependent1Flash Cab Co
5 Star Taxi … Yellow Cab A
Taxi Medallion License Management
Only applies to Taxi type licenses. Description of who manages the taxicab and medallion license.
text15.8K8.8K
Owner ManagerOwner-OperatorMedallion Leasing an
Cab Manageme … Top Cab Corp
Record ID
A unique ID for each license in this dataset. It is a combination of the Public Vehicle Number and Vehicle Type.
text15.8K0
0Livery1000003Charter Sight1000006Charter Sight
0Horse Drawn … 9Taxi

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