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    Taxi (redirect from Taxicabs)
    A taxi, also known as a taxicab or simply a cab, is a type of vehicle for hire with a driver, used by a single passenger or small group of passengers...
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    largest rivals, the Detroit Cab Company, was organized in 1910 as the Detroit Garage Company (later the Detroit Taxicab and Transfer Company). By the early...
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    Motors in 1958. Checker made the iconic American taxi cab, valued by taxicab companies for its durability in heavy use. Special features included wide rear...
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    the automotive division which as well as Daimler and Carbodies (London Taxicab manufacturers) included Ariel, Triumph, and BSA motorcycles. Turner designed...
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    while 28.% travel over 7.5 miles (12.1 km) in a single direction. Chicago taxicabs are privately operated under a medallion license from the city. Chicago...
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    two-stroke engines (Detroit Diesel), certain small marine two-stroke engines (Gray Marine Motor Company, which adapted the Detroit Diesel Series 71 for...
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    St. Louis Union Station. Taxicab service in the city is provided by private companies regulated by the Metropolitan Taxicab Commission. Rates vary by...
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    simultaneously. It may be full-time or on-demand, and is typically linked via a transfer case providing an additional output drive shaft and, in many instances...
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    aftermarket "NORMA" safety belts ZMZ-24-01 low-compression engine (standard in taxicabs and an available option on standard sedans) Door panels before 1976 Turn...
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    the CATA Transportation Center (CTC) in downtown Lansing. Several taxicab companies serve the area. In 2001, Big Daddy Taxi opened using large vans to...
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    Amtrak Thruway (category Intercity bus companies of the United States)
    (Gramps Shuttle) DeLand, Florida, to Daytona Beach (thruway service is a taxicab provided by Tri Star Taxi) Orlando/Tampa to St. Petersburg/Fort Myers,...
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    Kolmar Ave. On October 23, upon exiting Prestogiacomo's building to enter a taxicab, a gunman in a second-floor window across the street started firing at...
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    attended Quincy College for two years before dropping out to become a taxicab driver. He was living in Quincy, Massachusetts, at the time of his arrest...
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    with Japanese companies as company cars along with use as a taxicab. While a base Crown was available for many years aimed at the taxicab market, the increasing...
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    City and other cities in the world began using the Ford Escape Hybrid as taxicabs. The Ford Escape Hybrid won the North American Truck of the Year award...
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    (177 km) of trails and greenways. Private ridesharing companies Lyft and Uber as well as taxicabs operate in the city. Launched in 2018, electric scooter-sharing...
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    Upon disembarking from a streetcar in New York City, an electric-powered taxicab strikes and crushes him and he dies from his injuries the following morning...
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    9% walked. About 5% used all other forms of transportation, including taxicab, motorcycle, and bicycle. About 5.7% of working New Orleans residents worked...
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    Triboro Coach Corp. (December 27, 1945). "CHAUFFEURS; Bus, Truck trailer or taxicab experienced". Long Island Star-Journal. Fultonhistory.com. Retrieved March...
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    between Ford Bridj and KCATA that began on March 7, 2016, much like a taxicab service and with a mobile app. The merger and full coordination is expected...
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  • door-to-door service. RTC also maintains an open charge account with a local taxicab company to service paratransit ridership when unforeseen delays occur, frequently...
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    truck, fire chief's vehicle, and EMS vehicle. Suburbans are also used as taxicab livery and limousines. Gothic black Suburban vehicles are commonly used...
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    (May 1973). "Detroit Listening Post". Popular Mechanics. Vol. 139, no. 5. p. 26. Retrieved 2012-08-14. Dunne, Jim (April 1973). "Detroit Report". Popular...
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  • former Soviet countries, is a mode of transport which falls between a taxicab and a bus. Share taxis are a form of paratransit. They are vehicles for...
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    Beijing Hyundai from 23 December 2003 to 2011. This car has been used as a taxicab in Beijing since 2005 and replaced the popular red Tianjin Xiali taxi in...
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    Public Carriage Office for use as a licensed London 'black cab'. The Vito taxicab includes electric sliding doors, electric steps and seating for six people...
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    travelers to wait for connections, and two specially-designed underground taxicab drives were built to protect travelers from the weather. The room's columns...
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    the national railway company. In some cities these suburban services run through tunnels in the city center and have direct transfers to the rapid transit...
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    Central America, and the Caribbean. The Tsuru is commonly used in the taxicab livery in Mexico as a replacement for the VW Beetle. Due to stricter automobile...
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  • Four Decades of American Television. New York, et al: McGraw-Hill Book Company. p. 298. ISBN 0-07-010269-4. "Dukes of Hazzard Listing in TV Guide". TV...
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