In acquiring BMG Transport of Bridgeport, IC Cab owner Phil Sauvageot said he wants to bring taxi service in the Ohio Valley into the modern era.

The Wheeling-based IC Cab said that among the company’s priorities are reducing consumer wait times by employing more drivers and adding more vehicles to their fleet, expanding the previous service territory into the Jefferson County market, updating the current fleet of vehicles with brand new hybrid options, developing and implementing the IC Cab mobile app (allowing consumers to hail a ride and track their rides using GPS on their smartphones), and adding to the current consumer base with an emphasis on becoming and maintaining a more professional line of service.

“I want personally thank all of our existing customers for their continued business during the transition and I also want to personally invite any Ohio Valley resident who needs transportation services to consider using IC Cab in the future,” Sauvageot said.

IC Cab LLC serves the greater Wheeling area including but not limited to all locations in Ohio and Marshall counties in West Virginia and Belmont and Jefferson counties in Ohio. IC Cab Company will pick up at any of these locations and take passengers where they need to go both locally and out of town, including Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Columbus, Morgantown, Charleston, airports and other locations.

IC Cab also provides contractual transportation for several area for-profits and nonprofit organizations such as TA Truck Stops, The Health Plan, WVU Medicine Wheeling and Reynolds Memorial Hospitals, Peterson Rehabilitation Hospital, the Wheeling YWCA, DaVita, and more. IC Cab looks to continue those relationships with their established corporate partners and expand offerings to new partner

“I promise that over the next 18-24 months we will change the way the Ohio Valley’s number one taxi business operates, appears and is perceived,” Sauvageot said.

Additionally, IC Cab will continue the relationship established between BMG and Gold, Khourey, & Turak to provide safe and reliable transportation to passengers utilizing the “GKT Cab” or “Booze & Cruise, You’ll Lose Cab” services offered for New Year’s Eve.