Cool Taxi is a system of prepaid coupons which can be used to pay for taxicab fares in the Canadian province of Quebec.
[1][2][3][4][5] The system was initially conceptualized by M. Carol Rancourt and was then introduced in 2010 by three men, fathers of three teenagers who were seriously injured in a car crash caused by a drunken driver, and received the support of Sam Hamad, Quebec's minister of transportation.
Coupons can be purchased from the offices of taxi companies, Couche-Tard convenience stores and Familiprix pharmacies.
In June 2014, about 80 high school students in La Tuque, Quebec, each received 10-dollar Cool Taxi coupons provided by the city of La Tuque and the Sûreté du Québec provincial police so that the students could get home safely after their graduation dance.
[8] An unrelated company with a similar name, Cool Taxi LLC, is located in Hampton, Virginia.