Taxicabs

The activity of taxicab fleets is usually monitored and controlled by a central office, which provides dispatching, accounting, and human resources services to one or more taxi companies. Taxi owners and drivers usually communicate with the dispatch office through either a 2-way radio or a computer terminal, called a mobile data terminal.

Taxi frequencies are generally licensed in duplex pairs. One frequency is used for the dispatcher to talk to the cabs, and a second frequency is used to the cabs to talk back. This means that the drivers generally cannot talk to each other. Some cabs have, or had a CB radio in addition to the company radio so they could speak to each other without interfering with the dispatcher.

In the United States, there is a Taxicab Radio Service [LX] now merged with Business Radio Service [IB] with pairs assigned for this purpose. A taxi company can also be licensed in the Business Radio Service. Business frequencies in the UHF range are also licensed in pairs to allow for repeaters, though taxi companies usually use the pair for duplex communications.

The FCC Rules and Regulations for the TaxiCab Radio Service [LX] is Sec. 90.93

VHF Assigned Taxi Frequencies Dispatch Taxi Cabs 152.2700 157.5300 152.2850 157.5450 152.3000 157.5600 152.3150 157.5750 152.3300 157.5900 152.3450 157.6050 152.3600 157.6200 152.3750 157.6350 152.3900 157.6500 152.4050 157.6650 152.4200 157.6800 152.4350 157.6950 152.4500 157.7100 152.4650 157.7250

UHF Assigned Taxi Frequencies Dispatch Taxi Cabs 452.0500 457.0500 452.1000 457.1000 452.1500 457.1500 452.2000 457.2000 452.2500 457.2500 452.3000 457.3000 452.3500 457.3500 452.4000 457.4000 452.4500 457.4500 452.5000 457.5000

Massachusetts Taxi Frequencies

City/Town	Licensee / DBA	Frequency	Tone	Comments	Confirmation/ReConfirmations
Boston	Independent Taxi Operators Association	452.0500 452.3750	127.3 127.3	Ch.01 Ch.02	2010.11.12 disp617
	Metro Cab	452.4750	146.2		2009.01.25 ecps92
	Top Cab Dispatch Inc	152.3150 464.0750	94.8 D125		2009.02.21 ecps92 2008.11.02 ecps92
	Town Taxi Inc	152.2700 153.3950	146.2 146.2		2008.10.21 ecps92 2010.05.05 ecps92
Brockton	Brian Taxi Inc	152.2700	186.2		2010.04.11 ecps92
	Brockton Cab	152.3300	114.8		2010.04.11 ecps92
Brookline	Independent Taxi Operators Association	452.0500 452.3750	127.3 127.3	Ch.01 Ch.02	2008.10.26 ecps92
	Town Coach	461.3500R	118.8		2009.07.26 ecps92
	Town Taxi Inc	152.2700	146.2		2008.10.21 ecps92
	TXX Inc	452.4250R	233.6		2009.11.20 ecps92
Cambridge	Cambridge Radio Dispatch :Brattle Transportation	452.3000 452.4000	No PL No PL	?	2009.11.09 ecps92
Fitchburg	City Cab Co.	452.2250	D311		2009.11.10 BRS2195
Framingham	Tommys Taxi Inc	152.2700	179.9		2008.10.21 ecps92
Lowell	Yellow Cab of Lowell	152.2700			2010.01.01 metroscanma
Lynn	Toms Taxi Inc	152.4050	123.0		2008.10.27 ecps92
Malden	Taxi Management dba Checker Cab : Checker Cab	451.9125	D343		2008.10.21 ecps92
	Michael J Maiuri dba :Taxi Time	159.8550	241.8		2009.09.27 ecps92
	Yellow Cab Co of Malden	152.3000	88.5		2008.10.21 ecps92
Melrose	Michael J Maiuri dba :Taxi Time	159.8550	241.8		2009.09.27 ecps92
Nantucket	A 1 Taxi	152.2700	D465		2007 JeffKett
	Grangrade, James V : James Grangrade Taxi	452.1000 R	173.8		2009.06 cmpsa
	Murray, John P	461.4500 R	85.4		2007 JeffKett
	Roberts, John : John Roberts Taxi	461.3000 R	D343		2009.06 cmpsa
	Robinson, Patrick : Patrick Robinson Taxi	452.7000 R	103.5		2009.06 cmpsa
	Suzies Taxi LLC	451.5000 R	85.4		2009.06 cmpsa
	Viera, Ernest E : Ernest Viera Taxi	464.3250 R	D612	Encrypted	2009.06 cmpsa
	Voss, Judy : Judy's Cab	451.1750	D664		2007 JeffKett
	Unknown	451.2750	?		2007 JeffKett
New Bedford	Blue Bird Cab LLC	152.3300	225.7	Encrypted	2009.06.16 New Bedford EMA
	Star Cab Co Inc	152.3600	146.2		2008.12.23 New Bedford EMA
	TRANSIT SERVICES INC DBA YELLOW CAB CO Yellow Cab	152.3900	107.2		2008.12.21 ecps92
Quincy	Naana Corp : Shore Taxi : CWC Taxi : Quincy Cab : Marina Bay Taxi	152.4200	82.5		2008.10.27 ecps92
	Naana Corp	152.4350	?
	Yellow Cab of Quincy Inc : North Quincy Taxi : McGraths Taxi Service	152.4500	103.5		2008.10.27 ecps92
Revere	Top Cab Dispatch Inc	464.0750	D124		2008.11.02 ecps92
Tisbury	All Island Taxi	461.3125 R	D152		2009.06.01 cmpsa
Waltham	Mc Cues Taxi Inc	152.3450	167.9		2008.10.20 ecps92
Weymouth	Metri, Walid R : Braintree Blue Cab	151.6550 S	203.5		2008.10.20 ecps92
	Metri, Walid R	151.8050 S

To be Identified

Frequency	Tone	Comments	Confirmation/ReConfirmations
152.3600	107.2	Boston Area	Ch.02
152.3900	123.0
152.3900	151.4
152.4500R	136.5	Nantucket	might be All Points Taxi Svc [WNLZ719] which is expired
152.4500	186.2
152.4500	D125
463.2000	173.8	Nantucket	WPPB694

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