Instant Transportation, Inc.

"We care about you being on time as much as you" Instant Transportation is one of the largest, privately owned taxi affiliations in the greater Michigan City area. Formed in 2002, a group of three independent operators from Evanston wanted to serve t...

"We care about you being on time as much as you" Instant Transportation is one of the largest, privately owned taxi affiliations in the greater Michigan City area. Formed in 2002, a group of three independent operators from Evanston wanted to serve the North Shore community. The drivers strived to offer a higher standard of taxi service by providing customers with more convenience and comfort, such as being on call, opening doors for customers, and always maintaining clean vehicles. Their first "posts" were at the Wilmette, Winnetka, and Glencoe train stations. The Winnetka train stop provided a call box, predecessor to pay phones. When customers wanted a cab, they dialed "Insta" which would direct their call to a taxi driver. They were the pioneers of the first dispatch service in the suburbs. A few years later, radio dispatch came alo