D.C. cracks down on rogue cab company

District officials who oversee the city’s 8,000 taxis placed a rogue cab company on probation in their first-ever enforcement hearing Wednesday, a crackdown officials said would become more routine as resources for taxi inspections increase. The D.C. Taxicab Commission placed Anacostia Cab on probation for a year and will hold another hearing on the company’s performance before the firm is allowed to resume regular operations.

The cab company, one of 116 running taxis in the city, was shut down by the commission for failing to pay taxes or register as a legal business. The company’s drivers were operating with expired licenses and fled when city’s hack inspectors tried to check on them, officials said.