Street Cars Street Cars is a taxi firm owned by Steve McDonald and Tim Metcalfe with its cab office in Victoria Street , Weatherfield . Business details . Street Cars offers 24 - hour private hire car service , with optional advance booking . Its location in Victoria Street , adjacent to Rosamund Street which leads into Manchester , gives prompt and efficient service . Cab booking is usually through telephoning the office on 0161 715 1515 , but customers are welcome to drop by the cab office for enquiries . Licencing history . In 2000 , Vikram Desai and Steve McDonald went into partnership to create the mini cab firm which opened for business on 1st May . Both had to borrow money for their investments , Vik from cousin Dev Alahan and Steve from Jez Quigley . Steve ' s loan caused them both grief as nightclub owner Jez made Steve deliver drugs for him , and made it clear that he had no choice in the matter . To get rid of Jez , Steve testified against him for the murder of Tony Horrocks , but he was found not guilty . The ordeal ended with Jez ' s death at the hands of Steve ' s dad Jim after Jez had Steve beaten up for shopping him to the police . Business was good for Street Cars , especially in the local area , though the bosses were almost always short of drivers . By a stroke of luck , Eileen Grimshaw came to work at Street Cars as radio operator when Vik picked her up in his cab and was impressed with her detailed knowledge of the area . In 2002 , Street Cars was investigated by the Taxi Licencing Enforcement Team who had received complaints of sexual harassment on part of a driver . Vik ' s affair with married Hazel Wilding put him under fire from her husband , but his ex - girlfriend Bobbi Lewis admitted she had filed the complaint to get back at him . Vik was involved in drug smuggling in December and hid cocaine inside Karen McDonald ' s suitcase when she went to Tenerife with Steve . When Steve found out he emptied the drugs into the canal . Vik left Weatherfield leaving Street Cars in debt because of his gambling . Dev Alahan bought Vik ' s share of the business , but preferred to be a silent partner , leaving Steve to run it . In 2005 he sold his share to Lloyd Mullaney for £15 , 000 . Later that year , Steve took on Ronnie Clayton as a driver . Ronnie used to work for rival Connect Cabs and was married to its owner Jimmy Clayton . Jimmy was determined to lure Ronnie back to him by any means , including making bogus call - outs to Street Cars , trying to hurt its business . Perhaps unwisely , Steve started dating Ronnie . Things reached a head when Ronnie and Steve were lured to the deserted Wildclough Farm and held at gunpoint by Jimmy . Lloyd came to their rescue . In 2006 , Ronnie was involved in a hit and run while on a call - out . The victim , an elderly man , died from his injuries , but Ronnie put herself in the clear when the same car received a speeding ticket and Steve shouldered the blame . He unwittingly took the fall for the hit and run when fibres matching the victim were found on the car . On the night in question , Steve was sleeping with Lloyd ' s girlfriend Kelly Crabtree , and her confession to the police let Steve off the hook and Ronnie was arrested . However , Lloyd , betrayed by his friend and girlfriend , refused to work with Steve , and Street Cars closed down while Steve ' s minicab licence was up for renewal . The drivers worried about their jobs as Steve and Lloyd both entertained ideas about setting up their own ( rival ) cab firms in the local area . It took Steve ' s mum Liz to make them see sense - that Street Cars was fine the way it was and they should agree to disagree . When Street Cars re - opened its doors , Lloyd was the new licencee , but things were more or less back to normal .