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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- You may soon have to pay more for a taxi ride.
Salt Lake City's taxicab companies may be allowed to raise their rates for the first time in eight years.
Last week, a judge recommended that ceilings on taxi fares, which are set by the City Council, be lifted to compensate for increases in gas and insurance rates.
A judge agreed the per-mile rate should be raised 13-percent from one-dollar and 60-cents to one dollar and 80-cents. The flag drop would go up nine-percent from one dollar and 60-cents to one dollar and 75-cents.
The judge's ruling is still subject to a vote by the City Council. No date has been set. In December, the council commissioned a study of ground transportation that likely will not be completed for two to three months.
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