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The Hackney Carriage Act
The Hackney Carriage Act was the first legislation passed that controlled horse-drawn carriages for hire in England. -
Taxi Jobs in the 16th century
In Paris, Nicolas Sauvage offered horse-drawn carriages and drivers for hire. -
Taximeter
The taximeter is the instrument which measures the distance or time a vehicle travels and allows an accurate fare to be determined. The taximeter was invented by the German inventor, Wilhelm Bruhn. -
The First Dedicated Taxi
Gottlieb Daimler built the world's first dedicated taxi called the Daimler Victoria. The taxi came equipped with the newly invented taxi meter. -
The First Motorized Taxi Company
On 16 June 1897, the Daimler Victoria taxi was delivered to Friedrich Greiner, a Stuttgart entrepreneur who started the world's first motorized taxi company. -
Paris
Gas powered taxicabs began operating in Paris. -
First Taxi Accident
On September 13, 1899, the first American died in a car accident. That car was a Taxi, there were about one hundred taxis operating on New York's streets that year. -
London
This is when London started using gas powered taxicabs. -
New York
The United Stated was the last country to start using gas powered taxicab. -
Two-Way Radios
The first major innovation after the invention of the taximeter occurred in the late 1940s, when two-way radios first appeared in taxicabs. -
Europe
In the 1960s in Europe, Mercedes-Benz and Peugeot offered diesel taxicabs. -
Computer Assistant Dispatchers
The next major innovation occurred in the 1980s, when computer assisted dispatching was introduced.
