City Hopes Taxi Zone on Main Street Will Ease Late-Night Problems
St. Charles recently created a special loading zone for taxicabs on Thursday, Fridays and Saturdays.
Late-night partiers in historic St. Charles may soon have an easier time catching a cab home. The city council recently approved the creation of a taxi loading zone on the north side of Monroe Street between Main Street and Riverfront Drive. The zone will allow taxi drivers to line up between 10 p.m. and 2:30 a.m. which will help get the mass numbers of people out of the area after the bars close. Many of the crimes reported in North Main Street—from public urination to vandalism—happen in those early morning hours. In addition, the city also created a 15-minute loading and unloading zone for limos and buses on the north side of Jefferson Street between Riverside Drive and Main Street. The loading zone will be in effect Thursday to …
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