In the United States, the police department of the city of Boston has a Hackney Carriage Unit, analogous to taxicab regulators in other cities, that issues " Hackney Carriage " medallions to its taxi operators.
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Using figures from the " New York Taxi & Limousine Commission " and the Boston Police Department's Hackney Carriage Unit, actual rates for the Chicago newspaper's hypothetical five-mile trip with five minutes wait time in Boston is $ 18.60.
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Work carried out on the units included the fitting of central door locking and other safety features to allow them to remain in service beyond the November 2005 deadline for the withdrawal of slam-door stock and the reduction of the 4 carriage units to 3 carriages ( 3Cig ) to address the extreme height difference between the train and the platform at Lymington Town.
