Taxicab | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-10-02

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxicab


00:01:38 1 Etymology
00:04:07 2 History
00:04:17 2.1 Hackney carriages
00:05:44 2.2 Hansoms
00:07:08 2.3 Modern taxicabs
00:09:39 2.4 As military and emergency transport
00:11:42 3 Vehicles
00:12:51 3.1 Wheelchair-accessible taxicabs
00:14:50 3.2 Other
00:16:14 4 Livery
00:16:23 5 Hiring
00:18:38 5.1 Dispatching
00:23:18 5.2 Drivers and companies
00:24:08 6 Regulatory compliance and training
00:24:19 6.1 Australia
00:25:28 6.2 New Zealand
00:26:21 7 Navigation
00:27:35 8 Environmental concerns
00:28:15 8.1 Alternative energy and propulsion
00:33:00 9 International trade association
00:33:51 10 Occupational hazards
00:34:36 11 Regulation
00:34:46 11.1 Support of deregulation
00:39:01 11.1.1 Airport taxis as a special case
00:39:44 11.1.2 Partial deregulation as a failure
00:41:34 11.2 Opposition to deregulation
00:45:48 11.3 Results of deregulation in specific localities
00:50:22 12 See also
00:50:31 13 Bibliography



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A taxicab, also known as a taxi or a cab, is a type of vehicle for hire with a driver, used by a single passenger or small group of passengers, often for a non-shared ride. A taxicab conveys passengers between locations of their choice. This differs from other modes of public transport where the pick-up and drop-off locations are decided by the service provider, not by the passenger, although demand responsive transport and share taxis provide a hybrid bus/taxi mode.
There are four distinct forms of taxicab, which can be identified by slightly differing terms in different countries:

Hackney carriages, also known as public hire, hailed or street taxis, licensed for hailing throughout communities
Private hire vehicles, also known as minicabs or private hire taxis, licensed for pre-booking only
Taxibuses, also come in many variations throughout the developing countries as jitneys or jeepney, operating on pre-set routes typified by multiple stops and multiple independent passengers
Limousines, specialized vehicle licensed for operation by pre-bookingAlthough types of vehicles and methods of regulation, hiring, dispatching, and negotiating payment differ significantly from country to country, many common characteristics exist. Disputes over whether smartphone-based ride hailing services should be regulated as taxicabs has resulted in some jurisdictions creating a new classification called transportation network company.