{"id":837,"date":"2012-10-03T14:27:51","date_gmt":"2012-10-03T14:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/?p=837"},"modified":"2013-05-09T01:43:05","modified_gmt":"2013-05-09T01:43:05","slug":"a-brief-history-of-nyc-taxi-cabs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/2012\/10\/03\/a-brief-history-of-nyc-taxi-cabs\/","title":{"rendered":"A Brief History of NYC Taxi Cabs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TIME Magazine has put together an intriguing photo compilation of New York City taxi cabs throughout the years: from 1897 to the present day. \u00a0The taxi industry began in New York City\u00a0in 1897\u00a0with the Electric Carriage and Wagon Company. \u00a0These twelve original electric cabs dominated the streets compared to the horse-drawn buggy traffic on the roads.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/WP1-time.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-856\" title=\"WP1-time\" src=\"http:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/WP1-time-300x195.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/WP1-time-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/WP1-time-459x300.png 459w, https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/WP1-time.png 602w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From then on, various models of taxis were introduced into the city with features ranging from sunroofs to the classic checkered cab design. \u00a0The year 1967 marks an important time in the taxi industry, when the law that all taxi cabs must be yellow was passed in an effort to make legal cabs more recognizable and safer for passengers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/WP2-time.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-857\" title=\"WP2-time\" src=\"http:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/WP2-time-300x194.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/WP2-time-300x194.png 300w, https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/WP2-time-463x300.png 463w, https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/WP2-time.png 590w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Currently, New York City is in the middle of a huge switch-over to the new Nissan &#8216;taxis of tomorrow.&#8217; \u00a0These new taxis mark a makeover for the entire city with a completely revamped model, new color and enhanced features for passengers. Cab drivers will be required to have this model by 2013.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/WP3-time.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-858\" title=\"WP3-time\" src=\"http:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/WP3-time-300x192.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/WP3-time-300x192.png 300w, https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/WP3-time-466x300.png 466w, https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/WP3-time.png 593w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>View the entire TIME photo gallery <a title=\"time gallery\" href=\"http:\/\/www.time.com\/time\/photogallery\/0,29307,2110985_2342193,00.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TIME Magazine has put together an intriguing photo compilation of New York City taxi cabs throughout the years: from 1897 to the present day. \u00a0The taxi industry began in New York City\u00a0in 1897\u00a0with the Electric Carriage and Wagon Company. \u00a0These twelve original electric cabs dominated the streets compared to the horse-drawn buggy traffic on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=837"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":860,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837\/revisions\/860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}