"Yellow-Top taxis were the Mercedes Benz 220S Ponton, followed by the Austin Cambridge A60. In the 1970s the Cambridge A60 still continued until the early 1980s followed by the Opel Rekord D, Peugeot 504, Morris Marina and the Russian GAZ Volga 24. The static Nissan Cedric and Toyota Crown has been there for decades from 1980s. The Nissan Cedric taxis were scrapped in 2008 and Toyota Crown taxis were scrapped in 2012. Yellow-Top taxis Yellow-Top taxis are a collective group of individually owned taxis in Singapore. The name is derived from their yellow top and black body. The ""Singapore Taxi"
"Elantras, Hyundai Sonatas, Peugeots, Citroëns and Volkswagen Jettas. After , the base fare increases by 50% (but is only applied to the portion ""over"" that distance). Different companies have special colours combinations painted on their vehicles. Usually registered taxis have yellowish brown as basic hue, with another color of Prussian blue, hunter green, white, umber, tyrian purple, rufous, or sea green. Between 11 pm and 5 am, there is also a 20% fee increase. Rides over and between 23:00 and 06:00 incur both charges, for a total increase of 80%. Tolls during trip should be covered by customers and the"
"key recommendations. In many metropolitan areas throughout the UK, taxis are licensed by the local authority, and in many places are required to be painted a certain colour. For instance, hackney carriages are blue in Bristol, white in Renfrewshire, yellow in Derby, and silver in Portsmouth and on the Isle of Wight, while in some places they are white with a coloured bonnet and boot: Leeds has white with black, Brighton has white with aquamarine-colour and Windsor has white with purple. These restrictions do not apply to licences granted previously, and many taxis remain unchanged. Elsewhere there are two types"
"Some Canadian cities such as Toronto and Vancouver have taxis with their own custom color, but Montreal-area taxis (mostly mid-size cars such as the Chevrolet Malibu and Toyota Camry) remain stock. In the late 1960s, New York City ordered that the city's taxis be painted yellow. This sometimes led to confusion for New York visitors to Toronto, where police cars had yellow livery from the 1960s until they were phased out starting in 1986. Most Toronto cabs had two-tone livery. In Honolulu, Hawaii, most taxis are luxury cars such as Lincoln Town Cars and Lexus ES350s and GX470s. These cars"
"Boro taxi Boro taxis (or boro cab) are taxicabs in New York City that are allowed to pick up passengers (street hails or calls) in outer boroughs (excluding John F. Kennedy International Airport and LaGuardia Airport unless arranged in advance) and in Manhattan above East 96th and West 110th Streets. The color of boro taxis is apple green (bright green) in contrast to the traditional yellow taxis in New York City. Historically, only ""medallion taxicabs"", those painted in distinctive yellow, were permitted to pick up passengers in response to a street hail. However, an analysis of trips using GPS by"
"serving different parts of the territory. The most common one, which is painted in red. The red taxi serves throughout Hong Kong Island and Kowloon. Green taxis serve the New Territories and blue taxis serve Lantau Island. Most taxis in Hong Kong are Toyota Crown Comforts. Taxis pick up passengers from streets, or by radio-dispatch by phone. Fares are charged according to the distance measured by meters. Surcharges include tolls, luggages and pets. In Budapest, the capital of Hungary from 2013 every taxis must be painted in yellow. In India, taxicabs have a yellow-black livery. Old taxicabs in India are"
"drivers considered his speech impacting and discriminating against them. Taxis are widely available in Bangkok and come in many different colours (because of different groups or companies). Most are metered. The colour of Bangkok taxi are in various colours including single-colour, bi-colour and single-colour with strip. The single-colour are a company taxi, personal taxi in cooperation or alliance and rental company taxi. These colour including bright green, bright sky blue, red, orange, yellow, blue, pink, purple, violet and tan. The bi-colour are in 3 kinds including yellow+green, red+blue and yellow+orange. The yellow+green are the personal private taxi. The red+blue are"
"Taxicabs of Hong Kong have three color based on service area: red with silver top for urban Hong Kong; green with white top for New Territories; and blue with white top for Lantau Island. The color are to even out service between less densely populated areas and urban centres of the territory. Most taxis in Hong Kong are Toyota Comfort. In Indonesia, there are many private companies operating taxis that have their own distinctive liveries. Limo and Almera are the common cars used for the regular taxicabs. VIP or executive taxicabs are painted in black. The first car used for"
"were traditionally black with the upper half painted green. This was changed to a uniform beige color in the 1990s, but in the 2000s (decade) many new taxis have gone back to the traditional livery. Both color schemes are legal. In Madeira, taxis are yellow with a stripe of light-blue in the middle. In Azores, taxis were black and green like in the continental Portugal. Nowadays, since the 1990s, taxis are beige with two diagonal blue lines on the rear doors. Mercedes C- and E-class are popular taxicab models. In Russia some companies are offering a 'luxury' taxi service where"
"Cab, Golden Cab, Executive Cab, Starcab, Alamo Cab, Taxi Dallas, and Ambassador Cab. Of the eight, Dallas Yellow Cab is the largest with approximately 1,000 taxicabs. Dallas Yellow Cab taxis are easily identified by their uniform yellow color. The other taxi companies’ vehicles are painted a variety of colors including blue (Alamo Cab), black/silver (Executive Cab), grey/white (Cowboy Cab) and burgundy (Starcab). Taxi transportation in Dallas is regulated by the City of Dallas Public Works and Transportation (PWT) office. PWT regulations govern a host of features of a taxicab as well as the permitting of drivers. Specifically, PWT rules determine"
"covered the New Territories, and the service increased to 1,026 cars. The number of taxis would multiply to 10,000 by 1980. Prior to 1974, livery of taxis in Hong Kong depended on colours chosen by the licensees, although the Transport Department had noted considerable confusion for passengers caused by the proliferation of colours and mingling with private vehicles, and by December 1969 had started considering a uniform appearance for licensed taxis. On 13 September 1974, the government gazetted standard colours – silver for the upper half and red for the lower half – for all taxicabs in Hong Kong to"
"is determined by state legislation. In Victoria, an all-yellow scheme is adopted. In contrast, in Queensland and New South Wales livery is dependent on which company is operating the dispatch system the taxi uses. In South Australia, most taxis are white. In the Australian Capital Territory All taxis are white while only recently (early 2011) upon request by some operators, the two main operators are moving from rear window and the old boot-lid mounted advertising to body-wrap advertising while both corporate and limousine services have silver livery on their cars. In Argentina, each city designates the color of their taxis."
"April 2012, Mayor Bloomberg announced the selection of the color for the boro taxis 10 days after the adoption of the rules governing the boro taxi fleet. The official color for the fleet is a light green called ""apple green"". The color was chosen in consultation with a design firm to readily differentiate the fleet from the traditional yellow taxis and from the city’s emergency vehicles. The mayor indicated that the name of the color fits to the city's Big Apple nickname. The green color also coincides with green efforts planned for all five boroughs. Following the enactment of the"
"The RAL number is 1015. Since 2005 the colour has not been compulsory anymore. Taxis have a small illuminated cylinder-like ""TAXI"" sign on the roof of the car (on when available, off otherwise). Typically the taxicabs are Mercedes-Benz E-Class and S-Class along with other, mainly German, brands. Taxicabs are either sedans, station wagons, or MPVs. Common station wagon taxicabs include Mercedes-Benz C-Class. Among the MPVs, Mercedes-Benz B-Class, and Mercedes-Benz Vianos are common. Most taxicabs are automatic transmission, and some have navigation systems on board. Rates are usually near to other western European countries. In Berlin taxis have a special low"
"color scheme is used by a private airport taxicab company ""Yellow Cab"" and another called ""Sitio-300"". In 2003, government decided to change the colors again - to a full white coloured car with a red stripe on both sides of the panels. At the same time the old 2-door VWs were retired and replaced with 4-door saloons or subcompacts such as the Nissan Platina and the Hyundai Atos. The colors changed again in 2008 this time to maroon with golden rooftops and a row of the city symbol, the Angel of Independence. However, VW Beetles are still very common, at"
"New York City government agency. Historically, only ""medallion taxis,"" those painted in distinctive yellow paint and regulated by the TLC, are permitted to pick up passengers in response to a street hail. The TLC also regulates and licenses for-hire vehicles, known as ""car service"", which are prohibited from picking up street hails (although this is less often enforced in the boroughs outside Manhattan) and are supposed to pick up only customers who have called the car service's dispatcher and requested a car. In 2011, New York enacted a law allowing the city to issue ""boro taxi"" permits, which are cabs"
"by the adoption of the similarly-sized Toyota Camry Hybrids since 2010, and the Toyota Prius V. By 2015, the Ford Crown Victoria fleet would be nearly entirely replaced. Originally, before October 2007, NYC Yellow cabs displayed the fare stickers in the front doors and the words ""NYC Taxi"" and the medallion number on the back doors. On September 30, 2007, all of the yellow cab decals were redesigned. The cabs were easily identified with the medallion number followed with a checker pattern on the left and right rear fenders, a futuristic fare panel on the rear doors, and a retro"
"the executive taxi was Nissan Cedric Y31 diesel. Now they are using Toyota Camry, Toyota Alphard, Toyota Vellfire, and different models of Mercedes-Benz. In India, most taxicabs, especially those in Delhi and Mumbai, have distinctive black and yellow liveries with the bottom half painted black and upper half painted yellow. In Kolkata, most taxis are painted yellow with a blue strip in the middle (earlier in Kolkata it used to be yellow and black). However taxicabs are more common in Mumbai and Kolkata and not so much in Delhi (where autorickshaws are a more common sight). Private companies operating taxis"
"""NYC Taxi"" logo on the front doors, with a yellow T in a black circle. In August 2012, the TLC phased out the design in favor of one that drops the ""axi,"" leaving only the NYC logo and the circle-T. The detailed fare information on the rear doors was also replaced, replaced with a simple statement of a metered rate unless traveling to JFK Airport, where a flat fare is charged. The TLC also mandated that by the end of January 2008 all taxis should be equipped with a Passenger Information Monitor that is a screen in the backseat that"
"that color and the university study to which B. C. Forbes refers has yet to be discovered."" In 1908, Albert Fenimore Rockwell (1862-1925), founder and General Manager of the New Departure Manufacturing Co. of Bristol, Connecticut, traveled to Europe to evaluate their taxi systems, hoping to develop a similar one in Washington, D.C. Ernest Wyckoff, Alfred Church and Clarence Partridge, well-known automobile dealers in New York, had a number of orange-yellow colored Rockwell taxicabs operating on Manhattan streets in 1909. By March 1910, the Connecticut Cab Co. (essentially the directors of New Departure Manufacturing Co.) assumed operating control of Wyckoff,"
"for five years or more. Medallion (yellow) cabs are concentrated in the borough of Manhattan, but can be hailed anywhere throughout the five boroughs of New York City and may be hailed with a raised hand or by standing at a taxi stand. Boro taxis in ""apple green"" color can be hailed only in the outer boroughs (except at the airports) and in the northern part of Manhattan. Before 2011, a cab's availability was indicated by the lights on the top of the car. When no lights were lit, the cab would be occupied by passengers. When just the center"
"the fleet. Taxicabs are usually distinguished by small company logo stickers on bonnet and doors and an illuminated ""taxi"" sign on the roof (the internationally recognised word ""taxi"" is almost always used, rather than the Norwegian word ""drosje""; the term ""maxitaxi"" is used informally to refer to minibuses used as taxis). There is no particular colour for taxicabs though various shades of black and silver are the most popular choices of colour. Fares are always metered, although there may be fixed tariffs for certain journeys such as airport-to-city-centre. In 2011, the most popular models of vehicles used as taxis were"
"taxi in Taiwan. In Germany, taxicabs are beige, a look that was officially stipulated by law as Elfenbein a light ivory-color in 1971. In 2005 this legal restriction was lifted, but most taxicab drivers associations and companies still prefer the unified look and visibility of beige. Most taxicabs in Germany are Mercedes-Benz limousines, predominantly of the E-Class series. In Greece taxicabs have variable colors, according to the city they are registered. For example, in Athens they are yellow (see: ). In all rural areas, they are usually silver-colored. In other cities except Athens they have particular color, such as blue"
"comfortable for longer trips in hot summers: 7 people (including driver) are packed in a 1970s to '80s four door Mercedes without air conditioning. Many people prefer to charter a complete taxi and agree on a fixed price before departure. Grands taxis are almost exclusively older Mercedes-Benz W123 sedans using diesel fuel. In some extremely rare exceptions Opel Senators serve as a grand taxi. Grands taxis originating in the same region all have to paint their car the same color; quite often white, ochre or olive green. The colors of the grands taxis from one region usually differ from the"
"New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (NYC TLC) is an agency of the New York City government that licenses and regulates the medallion taxis and for-hire vehicle industries, including app-based companies. The TLC's regulatory landscape includes medallion (yellow) taxicabs, green or Boro taxicabs, black cars (including both traditional and app-based services), community-based livery cars, commuter vans, paratransit vehicles (ambulettes), and some luxury limousines. The TLC chair, Meera Joshi, presides over the agency's board of nine commissioners during regularly scheduled public Commission meetings. Eight of the commissioners are unsalaried and appointed by"
"with white-coloured roofs (Thessaloniki), dark red (Patras) or dark green (Ioannina). Cars used as taxis are mostly 4-door sedans with great luggage space. The cars used most as taxis are Mercedes-Benz C- and E-Classes, VW Passat, Škoda Octavia and Toyota Avensis. Most of them in urban areas are equipped with GPS navigation systems. Irish taxis do not have a specific color regulation and can be any color, as long as they have a roof sign with the word ""TAXI"" or ""TASCAÍ"" (Irish for ""taxi""), the license number, and the county code (D=Dublin, SO=Sligo, G=Galway, W=Waterford, for more see Vehicle Registration"
"this time owners began retiring its original hybrid fleet after per vehicle. The Taxi and Limousine Commission's list of 12 vehicle models that can be used as yellow taxis includes nine models are hybrids. As of July 2011, New York City had 4,980 hybrid taxis, representing almost 38% of the city's overall fleet, and about 6,000 by September 2012, representing 45% of the taxis in service. The deployment of the city's Taxi of Tomorrow, scheduled to begin in 2013, would result in almost all the existing fleet to be replaced within 3 years with the non hybrid Nissan NV200 passenger"
"of Transportation. A blue LED light bar is mounted inside the car, exactly the same as the new Expressway patrol cars. It plays the same role, Patrullas Fantasmas (Ghost Patrol). After a poll with citizens and police personnel, the results show that public respect for officers suffered from the use of the yellow, blue and white color paint scheme referred to by officers as ""Poli-Taxis"". On January 25, 2010, the fleet was completely changed, especially the patrol units serving the precincts and districts. The department bought 47 Chevrolet Tahoe cars in 2010 at a cost of $1.2 million of U.S."
"is the responsibility of the local authority, which may require taxis to be painted in a particular livery as a licence condition. In another sense of ""livery"", the Worshipful Company of Hackney Carriage Drivers became a City of London Livery Company in 2004. Three-wheeled Coco taxis, named because their shape resembles that of a coconut, are used in Havana, Cuba. In Trinidad and Tobago, Maxi taxis that are colour-coded to a specific area, taxicabs are not colour-coded. Costa Rican taxis are colored red. Usual cars for taxi use are Hyundai Accents, Toyota Coraxi (a cab version of the Toyota Corolla)"
"and the Nissan Sentra (B13). In the United States and Canada, many older taxi companies are named according to their paint schemes. Thus, ""yellow cabs"" are painted yellow, checker taxis are a play on the car manufacturer's name (Checker Motors) and have a distinctive black-and-white or black-and-yellow checkerboard stripe around their bodies, ""Blue and White Cabs"" might have blue bodies and white roofs, and ""Black Top"" and ""Red Top Cabs"" have black and red roofs respectively. In the 1920s, a famous company named ""Brown and White"" lost a lawsuit to prevent other taxi drivers from painting their cars these colors."
"as either hybrids (254) or handicap accessible (54) taxis. Yellow cabs are often concentrated in the borough of Manhattan, but patrol throughout the five boroughs of New York City and may be hailed with a raised hand or by standing at a taxi stand. A cab's availability is indicated by the lights on the top of the car. When just the center light showing the medallion number is lit, the cab is empty and available. When the OFF DUTY inscriptions to either side of the medallion number are lit, the cab is off duty and not accepting passengers. As of"
"by both gasoline and LPG. On 5 February 2015 Ford also introduced a new Taxi – Ford Transit Connect Taxi, Power by a LPG 2.5L i-VCT engine. All taxis are imported new, there is a type approval process for approving the models of cars to be used as taxis (which means unapproved models cannot be used as taxis). However, used parts of Japan are frequently used. So sometimes there are Japanese stickers on the taxis doors. Most importers just import red colour base cars. For green and blue taxis, the owners have to convert the cars into the correct colour,"
"are left stock colored. Mexico City's ubiquitous VW Type 1 (Beetle) cabs were green and white (being firstly yellow) by law until early 2003. However, the tiny cars had been displaced by bigger four-door sedans, the Nissan Tsuru, a Sentra MkIII (B13) based saloon and recognized for their red/white (or silver) body color. No VW are colored this way anymore. Matchbox released a scale model of the VW taxi in 2004, numbered 31. It is common that every six years, when Mexico city elections are concluded, the recently elected mayor changes the livery of the public transportation. In Australia, livery"