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When a good idea hits, it spreads like wildfire, and taxicabs were no exception. The first automobile taxi, the Daimler Victoria, was released in Germany in 1897, but taxi cars quickly found their way to Paris in 1899, London in 1903, and New York in 1907.

In the 1920s, Russian immigrant Morris Markin founded the Checkered Cab Manufacturing Company in Kalamazoo, MI. Sporting a distinctive yellow and black paint job, these cabs soon became the most widely recognized motorized taxi vehicle.

Taxis in action! In the first Battle of Marne in September 1914, 6,000 of the 10,000 French soldiers sent to the front lines went by taxi. It took a fleet 600 strong to get them there from Paris!

There are four distinct types of taxicabs, each of which is identified by slightly differing terms in different countries. These include Hackney carriages (also known as public hire), hailed or street taxis, private-hire vehicles (pre-booked mini cabs or private hire taxis), taxibuses (aka Jitneys, which drive on pre-set routes like busses) and limousines.

In 1891, the first mechanical device capable of measuring the distance and elapsed time used to calculate cab fares was built by German inventor Friedrich Bruhn. Known as the “taximeter,” this device soon led to the creation of new terms like “taxicab” and “taxi.”